Minnesota gearing up for bear hunting season
Minnesota DNR Reports
April 5, 2017
Bear hunt applications available;
deadline is Friday, May 5.
Hunting
NWTF Gobble Map app upgraded
NWTF
April 5, 2017
EDGEFIELD, S.C. — The National Wild Turkey Federation Gobble Map app has been improved and is ready for the 2017 spring turkey seasons, according to the NWTF. The “turkey hunter toolkit” app is free on
Vermont eyeing banner spring turkey season
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
April 5, 2017
Vermont was the first New England state to re-establish wild turkeys when it released 31 wild birds from New York in 1969 and 1970. Today, the Green Mountain State has an estimated 45,000-60,000 turkeys.
Preliminary deer harvest numbers for 2016 at about 214K in New York
Staff and News Reports
April 4, 2017
Updates expected as New York State Department of Environmental Conservation continues to upgrade deer harvest calculation system.
Illinois youth turkey season preliminary harvest totals a record 1,541 birds
Staff and News Reports
April 4, 2017
This year, a total of 5,601 youth turkey permits were issued, including 106 permits for special hunt areas. Last year, 4,761 permits were issued, including 113 for special hunt areas.
Tom turkey dilemma: henned up and (almost) hopeless
Tony Peterson
April 4, 2017
Early wild turkey hunting seasons can be frustrating, so get patient for April longbeards.
CWD samples nearly doubled in 2016, 447 positive detections
Wisconsin DNR Reports
April 3, 2017
Agency sampled more than 6,000 deer for chronic wasting disease statewide in 2016; positive detections primarily within the endemic area in southern Wisconsin.
Turkey season opens with a bang, harvest nears 2,000
Andy Palmer
April 3, 2017
More than 1,500 turkeys taken the past two weekends by youth hunters has put the total at 1,949, topping last year’s spring total of 15,490.
Ohioans prep for 2017 wild turkey hunting season
Ohio DNR Reports
March 31, 2017
New for the 2017 season, the state has been divided into two zones for spring turkey hunting: a south zone, which opens to hunters on Monday, April 24, and a northeast zone, which opens to
