TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  By now, it shouldn’t be a secret that you can do a DIY elk hunt without winning the lottery in several western states. So, if you want to hunt elk in the West, why does everyone tell you have to start building points in the various lottery or draw systems? Sure, in order to get tags in the best units and to hunt during times when there is less competition and you will have to draw a tag and you usually need a lot of points to do it. But that is a different article. Backcountry Chronicles has taken alot of time and research to provide you with information needed to hunt elk this year in the west... READ MORE

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  The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is accepting online applications for 2019 hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for sandhill crane. All online applications must be received by the department by 11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, June 11.  All paper applicationsmust be received by 7 p.m. (Arizona time), Tuesday, May 14. Postmarks don’t count. In addition... READ MORE

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The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is accepting online applications for 2019 hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for deer, fall turkey, fall javelina, bighorn sheep and fall bison. All online applications must be received by the department by 11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, June 11. All paper applications must be received by 7 p.m. (Arizona time), Tuesday, May 14. As a reminder, applicants must... READ MORE 

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  Since 1988, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and its predecessor, the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, have offered hunters the opportunity to take part in their annual statewide recreational alligator harvest, which always runs Aug. 15 – Nov. 1. The application period for the phase I random drawing begins May 17 at 10 a.m. and runs through May 27. More than 6,000 alligator harvest permits will be available.  Before you apply... READ MORE

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  Wyoming antler hunters from all over the region began jostling for position to access the big game winter ranges of the Bridger Teton National Forest that lie adjacent to the National Elk Refuge on the edge of town. A total of 239 vehicles, to be precise, lined Brodaway from the entrance of the National Elk Refuge nearly back to the town square. At precisely midnight, no more than a minute into the opening day on May 1, officials allowed the eager antler hunters access through... READ MORE

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To provide information and gather crucial public input on chronic wasting disease, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is holding a series of meetings across the state. These meetings are part of the Game and Fish chronic wasting disease (CWD) collaborative process facilitated by the Ruckelshaus Institute, Haub School of Environmental and Natural Resources with the University of Wyoming to develop a revised CWD management plan. Meetings are planned for... READ MORE

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  The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), the Illinois Conservation Foundation and several co-sponsors will be conducting a youth/women’s wingshooting clinic Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19 at the Des Plaines State Fish and Wildlife Area (SFWA). In addition, the IDNR is sponsoring wingshooting clinic sessions for hunters Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2 at the Des Plaines SFWA. In addition... READ MORE

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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks invites anglers and other interested parties to participate in a survey regarding changes to the 2020 fishing regulations. This initial scoping process runs through June 21, 2019. FWP staff will then formulate tentative proposals to present to the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission in August. Some of the ideas now being considered by FWP include... READ MORE

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The length and bag limits of two of Alabama’s most popular inshore fish species will likely change soon after proposals by the Alabama Marine Resources Division were approved recently by the Alabama Conservation Advisory Board.Under the new regulations, spotted seatrout (speckled trout) and southern flounder will have reduced bag limits to deal with concerns that the species are not able to sustain healthy populations. Speckled trout will go to a slot limit of... READ MORE

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  The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is closing the state’s 2019 regular paddlefish snagging season, effective at 7 p.m. Central Time, on Saturday, May 11. The 2018-20 fishing proclamation allows for the Game and Fish director to close the snagging season early if it appears the harvest will exceed 1,000 paddlefish. An additional four-day snag-and-release season will begin Sunday, May 12 and run through Wednesday, May 15. Paddlefish snaggers with... READ MORE

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  The California DFW is now accepting applications for a limited, lottery draw deer hunt for the opening week of the A Zone general deer season on the Knoxville Wildlife Area in Napa County. Applications will be accepted through June 20, 2019. The 21,000-acre Knoxville Wildlife Area is located approximately 1.5 miles north of Lake Berryessa. This special lottery draw deer hunt is to limit the number of hunters on... READ MORE

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Oregon hunters should be aware that the Forsea Ranch Access Area is ending its participation in the Access & Habitat (A&H) program and will not be available to hunt through the program after July 31, 2019. Hunters who have already applied for a controlled hunt in Lookout Mt and wish to change their hunt choice based on the closure of Forsea Ranch Access Area have until June 1 to do so. The deadline to apply for all fall controlled hunts is... READ MORE 

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Hunters in Alabama can now hunt white-tailed deer (when in season) and feral pigs with the aid of bait on privately owned or leased lands if they have purchased and are in possession of an annual bait privilege license issued by the Alabama ADCNR. The new license, $15 for resident individual hunters and $51 for non-resident.The new baiting law applies only to white-tailed deer and feral pigs ONLY on privately owned or leased lands. However, baiting any wildlife is... READ MORE

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