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  Wisconsin 2019 spring turkey season opens April 17, and bonus harvest authorizations are still available for purchase. Youth turkey hunting days are April 13-14, 2019. Attention Fort McCoy Hunters: Starting March 2019, Fort McCoy hunting and fishing permits will no longer be available through Go Wild, instead hunters will have to use Fort McCoy’s license system, iSportsman. For the 2019 turkey season, hunters must... READ MORE

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  Georgia hunters are encouraged to review proposed hunting regulations changes for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 hunting seasons. Three public hearings are scheduled to provide the public an opportunity to comment. Big items include the shifting of the Central Georgia bear season, adjustment of either sex firearms days for deer, and the extension of archery season for some urban counties. Can't make a hearing... READ MORE

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  Minnesota’s popular warm weather stream trout season opens Saturday, April 13, with quality fishing opportunities in every region of the state. Brook trout and splake fishing also opens on Lake Superior and its tributary streams that have no posted boundaries. Minnesota has roughly 3,800 miles of designated trout streams. Anglers fishing on designated trout waters must have a trout validation in addition to an angling license. In addition... READ MORE

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  As rewarding as hunting, fishing, hiking & camping may be – giving you the chance to connect with nature, while surrounded by beautiful scenery – it is not without its downsides. One of them being the possibility of a snake encounter, especially if you’re in snake country. While there are some precautions that you need to take to ensure your safety in the field, it’s good to remember that snakes are just afraid of you as you are of them. Snake encounters are uncommon, and snake bites even more so, but it’s always important to read up on snake safety on the trail, just in case you come across one of these slithery creatures... READ MORE

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Commissioners passed new deer hunting rules that take effect starting with the opening of archery and crossbow seasons in Zone A on Aug. 3, 2019. Annual statewide bag limit – five deer, of which only two may be antlerles. One of the rules establishes a new annual statewide bag limit of five deer per hunter, of which no more than two may be antlerless (any deer, except a spotted fawn, without antlers or... READ MORE

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the statewide spring turkey season will kick off Saturday, April 13 with Junior Turkey Hunt Day. All hunters can try to bag a bird during the regular statewide spring turkey season, April 18-May 23. For the first part of the regular hunting season, April 18-May 9, hunting is allowed from one half-hour before sunrise until noon. Throughout the rest of the season, May 10-23, hunting hours are... READ MORE

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Applications for bear hunting licenses are being accepted now through Friday, May 3, wherever Minnesota hunting and fishing licenses are sold, online, and by telephone. A total of 3,400 licenses are available in 13 permit areas. Bear licenses cost $44 for residents and $230 for nonresidents, and there is a $5 application fee. The 2019 season is open from Sunday, Sept. 1, through Sunday, Oct. 13. Lottery winners will be notified by... READ MORE

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There were 1,060 white-tailed deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin during the 2018 surveillance year, which ran from April 1 through March 31. This compares to 597 that tested positive during the 2017 surveillance year; however state wildlife heath officials say the number of deer tested in 2018 was double that of 2017. More than 17,200 deer were sampled and tested for CWD statewide in 2018, compared to... READ MORE 

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  Under provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced that the preseason Chinook salmon all-gear harvest limit for Southeast Alaska (SEAK) in 2019 is 137,500 fish. This year's all-gear harvest limit includes a 2% reduction that will serve as a buffer to avoid exceeding the all-gear limit and payback provisions within the Pacific Salmon Treaty. In addition... READ MORE

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The Indiana 2019 Spring Turkey hunting season gets underway starting with Youth season  April 20 and 21. Regular season opens April 24 through May 12. Bag limit is one bearded or male turkey. Overall outlook: Indiana’s turkey population growth began to level off over 10 years ago like many other Midwestern states, with a general decline in hunter success the last seven to eight years, as above-normal levels of precipitation during the early brood period have negatively impacted production success. In addition... READ MORE

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  Indiana has set the 2019-20 deer hunting seasons. Reduction Zone Sep. 15, 2019-Jan. 31, 2020 - Youth Sep. 28 & 29, 2019 - Archery Oct. 1, 2019-Jan. 5, 2020 - Firearms Nov. 16, 2019-Dec. 1, 2019 - Muzzleloader Dec. 7, 2019-Dec. 22, 2019 - Special Antlerless* Dec. 26, 2019-Jan. 5, 2020. Deer hunting hours: ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset. Deer Reduction Zones, previously called Urban Zones, are... READ MORE 

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The latest results of chronic wasting disease testing of Kentucky deer and elk returned encouraging news: none of the tests came back positive for the fatal brain disease that affects members of the deer family. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ monitoring of the state’s deer and elk herd for chronic wasting disease (CWD) will be among the topics covered at four public CWD forums planned across the state in the coming weeks. In addition... READ MORE

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  Montana Boaters anxious to get on the water after a long, cold winter are reminded to ensure their watercraft are Clean, Drained and Dry to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Snowbirds must seek out a watercraft inspection when returning to Montana for the summer, even if their boat has been inspected in another state. Many lakes and reservoirs in southern states are mussel-positive waters. Aquatic invasive species, such as... READ MORE

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Due to damage caused by recent flooding, the Nebraska Two Rivers State Recreation Area’s Trout Lake will not be open for put-and-take trout fishing for the foreseeable future.The lake flooded and must be assessed to determine the potential impact of other species of fish from the river system. The access road to Two Rivers, as well as interior roads, also was damaged. Weather conditions prevented... READ MORE 

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After testing more than 3,000 harvested white-tailed deer during the 2018-19 season, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has found no evidence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state’s wild deer herd.  Each year, Commission staff collect deer tissue samples across the state from hunters, meat processors, taxidermists, road-kills, and deer showing signs of disease. Hunters who submitted samples with their harvest authorization number can view CWD test results by.... READ MORE 

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