Big-game hunting recommendations, changes get the OK in Nebraska
Nebraska Game and Parks Reports
April 21, 2017
Numerous changes coming in 2017-2018 for deer, antelope and elk.
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Lessons learned as a bird hunting dog turns 10
Site Staff
April 21, 2017
A decade later, we’ve hunted 11 states in search of eight different game birds and have learned a lot along the way.
No black bear hunt until at least 2019 in Florida
Associated Press
April 21, 2017
The state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 7-0 to direct its staff to revamp the bear management plan and report back in two years. That came after a motion to hold a bear hunt
Swift fox resurgence continues in parts of Montana
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Reports
April 20, 2017
In 1969, Montana declared swift fox basically extinct locally. But due in part to transplant programs, sightings of swift foxes have increased in eastern and central Montana since the 1980s.
Record visitations at national parks generate billions of dollars in 2016
Staff and News Reports
April 20, 2017
WASHINGTON – National park visitation generated $34.9 billion for the U.S. economy in 2016, a $2.9 billion increase from 2015, and supported 318,000 jobs, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced today. The 2016 National
Spring gobbler hunting tactics: the effective jake-hen decoy combination
Tony Peterson
April 20, 2017
To draw a feisty tom into range, your best spring turkey decoying strategy probably should include “junior” – a jake – and an amenable hen.
Emperor goose hunting open for first time in 30 years in Alaska
Associated Press
April 20, 2017
Among the rules are targeting one bird at a time, instead of spraying the flock, and only taking juvenile birds that are not yet breeding.
Winter deer losses prompt major cuts to Oregon hunting tags
Associated Press
April 19, 2017
Pronghorn antelope tags will also be reduced, but tag numbers for elk hunts will not be affected.
Indiana deer harvest, deer-vehicle collisions down in 2016
Associated Press
April 19, 2017
Hunters last year harvested nearly 119,500 deer — down 4 percent from the 2015 harvest of nearly 124,800 deer — and collisions across Indiana numbered more than 14,000, down nearly 9 percent.
