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Pratt — The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has completed the nonresident deer permit drawing for the 2012 seasons, and for those applicants who were unsuccessful, there’s good news: more than 4,000 permits are left over in other units after the initial drawing. These permits will be sold online at ksoutdoors.com on […]

Wendi Thomas, an Alma Bryant High School junior from Irvington, Ala., was the number one female archer at this year’s National Archery in the Schools (NASP) National Tournament.

Kansas City, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is investigating a fish kill at Blue Springs Lake in Jackson County. Only common carp have been affected. About 10,000 carp have died, said MDC Fisheries Biologist Jake Allman. Dead carp were reported at the lake during the week prior to the Memorial Day weekend.

Residents of San Bernardino Mountains Asked to Help Collect Information Last spring, the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) received reports from residents of sick and dying western gray squirrels in Big Bear Valley. Researchers from DFG, the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab in San Bernardino, and University of California, Davis, School of

Spring turkey hunters reported harvesting 15,326 birds during the 2012 season. The statewide harvest was 2% lower than last year’s total of 15,698 birds. Very little change was seen in counties east of the Blue Ridge Mountains (EBR) but there was a slight decline in counties west of the Blue Ridge Mountains (WBR). The EBR

A California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) warden cited a southern California man for an illegal take of giant (black) sea bass. Scott Andrew Carlton, 30, of Corona Del Mar was spear fishing on Friday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. at Salt Creek Beach at Dana Point in Orange County when he harvested a

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are looking for tips on a deer poaching case that occurred late last week in the northern Bitterroot Valley. FWP Game Warden, Lou Royce, reported that at least five mule deer were shot and abandoned between the late evening hours of Wednesday, May 30 and the early morning