October 26, 2011

RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 25, 2011) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering a special youth-only deer hunting opportunity on Dec. 10 near New Bern. To be eligible, participants must be between 12 and 16 years old and have successfully completed a hunter education course. The hunt will be held at the Weyerhaeuser-Cool Springs Environmental …

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RALEIGH, N.C. (October 25, 2011) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Nov. 7 to receive comments on proposed temporary rules that will allow the trapping of feral hogs with no closed season and no bag limits. The hearing will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Centennial

DURHAM, N.H. — Commercial fishermen will be prohibited from landing Atlantic herring (sea herring) taken from Management Area 1A effective 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2011, because herring harvesters are projected to reach 95% of the allowable harvest quota for the period. The closure will remain in effect through midnight on December 31, 2011.

Salmon fishing in Idaho will be over for the year when the fall Chinook harvest season on the Snake and Clearwater rivers ends Monday, October 31. The season opened September 1 on the Snake River between Lewiston and Hells Canyon Dam and, this year, in the lower Clearwater River downstream of the U.S. Highway 12

We are all aware of the heated battles taking place in Washington D.C. and around the nation regarding reducing federal spending and cutting government programs. The conversations are full of arguments and generalized statements that often miss the finer details of a program or bill. As we all know, the devil is in the details,

The time chart on Page 11 in the 2011-2012 Waterfowl Seasons and Rules book has some incorrect times for five days in January. The opening times on January 22 through 27 in the column for Ada, Adams, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Owyhee, Payette, Valley and Washington counties and part of Idaho County, all in the

Q. Can I use a pistol in a short-range deer season? A. Beginning last year, the use of handguns using straight-walled center-fire cartridges not originally developed for rifles was approved for use in big game short-range weapon hunts.  

WOODLAND PARK, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is looking for information about a dead buck deer found near the Turkey Rock subdivision in Teller County. Hunters discovered the partially hidden carcass of the deer off Forest Service Trail 717 in game management unit 511. “Due to the condition of the carcass, it’s likely that

This weekly fishing report is provided by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. CENTRAL   Hefner: October 24. Elevation below normal and rising, water 55-63 and murky. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair on crankbaits at 3-8 ft. in rocky areas. White bass and striped bass hybrids good on sassy shad, grubs and rooster tails at