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The first day to apply for an Iowa nonresident deer application is May 4. Applications close June 2 at midnight, so mark your calendar and don’t miss out! Preference point purchases and applications are no longer available by phone this season and will only be accessible online. Please follow the instructions to apply... READ MORE

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  The John A. Kleber Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Kentucky recently expanded by 378 acres in Owen County. The new area is now open for turkey hunting. The Kentucky Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program recently concluded a stream restoration on Minors Creek, a tributary of Elm Fork that flows through the heart of the main tract of Kleber WMA. The new acreage adjoins a section of the main tract of Kleber WMA, south of... READ MORE

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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' deadlines to apply for special license drawings is May 1 for bison, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat; and June 1 for the elk B, deer B and antelope license drawings. Resident hunters applying for bison, moose, sheep and goat licenses need only submit a nonrefundable $10 application fee per license and then pay the full license fee of $125 if successful. Nonresident hunters need only... READ MORE 

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  TBC Press wants to wish everyone a Happy Easter. Be safe in the field and on the water and follow fire rules in the high country. Thanks for following TBC Press

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  Unusually cool weather may have set back some of the choruses of bullfrogs this year, but for those hunter/angler hybrids waiting to skim a pond’s surface with a spotlight, Arkansas bullfrog season opened April 15 and will run through Dec. 31, 2019. In Arkansas, only bullfrogs may be harvested, and a valid fishing license is required. The limit is 18 frogs per day, measured from... READ MORE 

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Hunters who applied for New Mexico big-game licenses will know their draw results early again this spring through the Department of Game and Fish online license system. Hunters can check their draw results by logging onto their customer account on the department website. Draw licenses and tags will be mailed to the address provided, unless you chose the e-tag option for deer or elk. Do not hunt without... READ MORE

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  North Dakota’s 2019 paddlefish snagging season opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through May 21. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Legal snagging hours are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. One tag per snagger will be issued. Snagging is legal in all areas of... READ MORE 

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North Dakota’s moose and elk lotteries have been held, and individual results are available by visiting My Account at the state Game and Fish Department’s website. A total of 15,516 applications were received for bighorn sheep, 19,290 for elk and 22,456 for moose. The bighorn sheep lottery is scheduled in September. Hunters in moose unit M10 and elk unit E6 are reminded of restrictions that prohibit transporting the whole carcass, including... READ MORE 

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  Texas waterfowl hunters can begin marking their calendars for the 2019-20 hunting seasons, with minimal changes over last year’s schedule. The only change from last year to upcoming migratory game bird seasons adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be a reduction in the pintail bag limit to just one per day. Following is the season calendar and framework for 2019-20 ducks and geese... READ MORE

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Texas wingshooters can begin marking their calendars for the 2019-20 hunting seasons, with minimal changes over last year’s schedule.Following is the season calendar and framework for 2019-20 dove, woodcock and sandhill crane.. READ MORE

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  Australia deer hunting in New South Wales (NSW) got a significant hit on the head with regulations that remove the season on fallow and red deer and allow spotlights to be used on private land. The suspension applies to all areas across NSW and will be for a period of three years. Suspension of the normal rules for hunting deer will allow more control options to be available to hunters and minimise wild deer impact on landholders and…READ MORE

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The Australia 2019 duck hunting season in Victoria has been shortened from 12 to nine weeks due to dry conditions and reduced bird numbers. The hunting season opened Saturday 16 March 2019 and closes on Sunday 19 May 2019. About 1,300 hunters took part in the opening weekend of the duck hunting season in Victoria, fewer than normal, according to the Game Management Authority. In addition… READ MORE

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  The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the state’s trophy striped bass season will begin April 20 and last through May 15.  Anglers may catch one striped bass per day, with a minimum size of 35 inches, in the Chesapeake Bay from Brewerton Channel to the Virginia state line, excluding all bays, sounds, tributaries, creeks and rivers, except Tangier Sound and ... READ MORE

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  For nearly a year, momentum has been building in Botswana to reform the nation’s wildlife sector to increase its economic productivity and, the options available to manage the country’s large elephant population. Last April’s election of President Mokgweetsi Masisi, created the space to challenge the policies of his predecessor, Ian Khama. This includes Khama’s near-complete closure of the country to trophy hunting enacted in 2014. Calls to overturn the hunting ban were... READ MORE

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