Hunting

Sept. 1 is opening day of the 2011 dove hunting season. Hunters wishing to hunt at the Overton Wildlife Management Area (WMA) will need to make reservations for opening day and the first weekend. They

Cheaha State Park will soon have a new attraction, the Walter Farr Indian Artifacts Museum. The collection, donated by Walter Farr from Lineville, Ala., will go on display with a grand opening on September 24,

SANTA FE – The Department of Game and Fish is accepting applications for youth waterfowl hunts in the Bernardo Waterfowl Area south of Belen and for sandhill crane hunts in various areas around the state.

A regulation change allowing deer hunters to use a hinge or break-open action muzzleloader during the primitive firearms season for deer has officially been enacted and will be in effect for the 2011 deer season.

WATERBURY, VT – Vermont’s bear hunting season is September 1- November 16 this year. Vermont’s bear population is now estimated at slightly more than 6,000 black bears, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

WATERBURY, VT – The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department urges hunters to prepare now for Vermont fall turkey hunting. “A schedule of hunter safety courses is listed on Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website (vtfishandwildlife.com),” says

Waterbury, VT – The winners of Vermont’s 2011 moose hunting permits were determined July 27 at a lottery drawing in Montpelier. Governor Peter Shumlin, standing alongside Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Patrick Berry, started the computer-generated

WATERBURY – Before hunting season, its hunter education season. With most hunting seasons just around the corner, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is urging new hunters to sign up now for a hunter education