TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  If there is a kickoff to Arkansas fishing season, its the fast and furious angling action brought on by the annual migration of white bass from large lakes and rivers upstream to their spawning areas each spring. You will start hearing people ask, Are the white bass running yet? beginning in late February and early March every year. White bass typically start concentrating near the mouths of streams feeding lakes and rivers each year as the surface water temperature begins to reach... READ MORE

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California’s recreational salmon fishery will open in ocean waters on Saturday, April 6 in the Monterey management area, between Pigeon Point (37° 11’ 00” N. latitude) south to the U.S.-Mexico border. In the Fort Bragg and San Francisco management areas, between Horse Mountain (40° 05’ 00” N. latitude) and Pigeon Point, the recreational salmon fishery will open on Saturday, April 13. The Klamath Management Zone (Horse Mountain to the Oregon state line) will remain closed for... READ MORE

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  Applications for the Hawaii 2019 Lanai Mouflon Sheep Hunting Season, together with instruction sheets, will be available at all Division of Forestry and Wildlife Offices Statewide. Appplicants may apply online or by mail. DEADLINE for submitting applications will be 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019. Interested hunters are encouraged to submit their application well before the application DEADLINE to insure proper processing.  A ten dollar ($10.00) application fee will be assessed for each person applying for the hunt. This fee MUST... READ MORE

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With all of the rain we received early this year, many Kentuckians are wondering when will the white bass run. We are about there, 60 degrees is the magic number for water temperature, said Mike Hardin, assistant director of Fisheries for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The redbud blooms are as good an indicator as anything. Last year was spotty, starts and stops with the fish as confused as the anglers. We had up and down weather and water levels. Reports surfaced last week of... READ MORE

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  The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce recreational crabbing is now open for the entire Oregon Coast, free of restrictions. Crab samples taken from the area of Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford, to the California border indicate that levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid have dropped below the closure limit. Two consecutive tests below the limit are required to open a closed area... READ MORE

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Rhode Island 2019 Regular Spring Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 25. Youth and paraplegic season: April 20 and 21. Regular season: April 25 through May 19. Limit: two bearded birds per spring, but only one can be taken on state lands. Tiverton/Little Compton and Hopkinton/Exeter had the most active calls during the 2018 spring gobbling survey, Ferreira said. This was also true during the 2017 spring gobbling survey... READ MORE

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Tennessee’s 2019 spring turkey season opens in all 95 counties on Saturday, March 30 and continues through Sunday, May 12. We have abundant public land, one of the longest seasons in the southeast and one of the biggest bag limits and plenty of turkeys.  Bag limit is one bearded turkey per day, up to four per season. A hunting and fishing combination (Type 001), plus a supplemental big game license, or a sportsman license is required. Don’t forget to... READ MORE 

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Wyoming 2019 Regular Spring Turkey Hunting Season opens the second Saturday in April through May 20 or April 1 through May 20 (varies by hunt area). Limit: one male or bearded turkey per license. Many areas are hunted with a general license (full price), that can be purchased over-the-counter, but some areas have a limited quota license (Type 1 and Type 3). Turkey hunt area 1, the Black Hills, is Wyoming’s best public land hunt area. Situated close to... READ MORE 

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  The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is proposing changes to 2019 deer hunting seasons in the Upper Shoshone mule deer herd (Hunt Areas 110-115) and the Clarks Fork mule deer herd (Hunt Areas 105, 106, 109). The 2019 proposed changes are intended to further decrease buck harvest to address future hunt quality and number of bucks. Essentially, we are trying to shorten the time frame in which hunt quality and the number of bucks in this herd will be impacted while the population rebounds... READ MORE 

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Iowa’s spring turkey season begins with a youth season April 5-7, followed by four specific seasons. Season 1 is April 8-11, Season 2 is April 12-16, Season 3 is April 17-23 and Season 4 is April 24 to May 12. An archery only season is April 8-May 12. “Hunters will notice the youth season dates were changed back to the traditional three day season, but any unfilled youth season tags will be valid until filled for the remaining spring seasons. The key is for the youth tags to be purchased before the youth season closes because... READ MORE

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  TPWD is partnering with the Texas Council of Fly Fishers International (TX-FFI), San Gabriel Fly Fishers, Bass Pro Shops and Living Waters Fly Fishing on a prize giveaway program to reward anglers for catching the state fish. Beginning March 21, 2019 and continuing until March 31, 2020, any angler who catches one of 40 tagged Guadalupe bass from the San Gabriel River or its tributaries will be entered into a monthly prize drawing. Each monthly winner will be given... READ MORE

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  The 2019 Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season opens on Saturday, April 6 at 58 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state, with four new sites added for this spring.  Baumann Lake in Cherry Valley, Weldon Springs Lake in DeWitt County, Casey Park Pond in Casey, and Belk Lake in Wood River have been added for the first time for spring stockings. No trout may be taken from any of the stocked sites until the spring trout season opens at 5 a.m. on April 6.  Anyone attempting to take (harvest) trout before the legal harvest season opening will be... READ MORE 

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  Kansas novice hunters age 11-16 who is excited to learn more about turkey hunting, register them for the upcoming Council Grove Youth Turkey Hunt, Saturday, April 6. Space is limited, so hunters must register no later than March 30 by calling Public Lands manager Brent Konen at (620) 767-5900. Registered participants, along with their parent or mentor, can expect to gather Friday evening, April 5, to pattern shotguns and... READ MORE 

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  Ohio 2019 Spring turkey hunting opens in April. Youth Spring Turkey - April 13, 2019 and April 14, 2019.  2 birds total, bearded only , 1 per day. Spring Turkey: South Zone (except for Lake La Su An) April 22, 2019 - May 19, 2019.  Spring Turkey: Northeast Zone April 29, 2019 - May 26, 2019. In addition... READ MORE

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