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Giles County Youth Deer Hunt

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 236 views No Comments »

The Fellowship of Christian Hunters and the Giles County Deer Hunters Association are having a Youth Deer Hunt, on Saturday, October 25, 2008, for ages 6-16. Deer check-in will be at Richland Trace Market from 6:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The prize for the largest buck will be a free shoulder mount. The prize for the largest doe will be a free gun. A banquet will be held at the Giles County Baptist Association Building on October 25, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. A meal will be served and numerous door prizes will be given away. Mentor hunts are available for those ages 10-16 who may need a guide. Hunters ages 10-16 must have passed a hunter education course. Triple Threat Outdoors will be video taping a hunt. The registration deadline will be October 15th to ... Read more..

Kansas Assisted Deer Hunt

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 235 views No Comments »

The Riley County Fish and Game Association, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), and the Tuttle Creek Lake Corps of Engineers are seeking participants for the 6th Annual Tuttle Creek Youth/Disabled Deer Hunt, which will be held Sept. 13-14. Youth 16 years old and younger and anyone with a Disability Assistance Permit issued by KDWP are eligible. In addition, a Kansas hunting license, a deer permit, and an approved hunter education course (for those who are 16) are required. Assistance fulfilling these requirements, as well as scholarships to purchase a hunting license and deer permit, may be provided by the sponsoring agencies and associations. For those who do not have one, a rifle and ammunition will be provided. Each participant will also be placed with an experienced hunter as ... Read more..

Illinois Deer Population Task Force

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 255 views No Comments »

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the state’s Joint Deer Population Control Task Force will conduct a series of public meetings to discuss and seek public comment on proposals for changes and improvements in deer management in the state. The task force was established by the Illinois General Assembly to examine and make recommendations on ways to manage the Illinois deer population, including maintaining and increasing deer hunting opportunities, reducing deer-vehicle accidents and examining how those accidents affect insurance rates, reducing crop and other property damage, and maintaining and increasing the health of the Illinois deer herd. “The open house public meetings will allow those attending to review information on the Illinois deer management program, deer-vehicle accidents, and proposals the task force is reviewing for changes in hunting ... Read more..

DNR Acts to Implement CWD Surveillance

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 260 views No Comments »

In the wake of Monday’s announcement that Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a three-year old privately-owned white-tailed deer in Kent County, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is acting immediately to implement provisions of the state’s Surveillance and Response Plan for CWD. Among the provisions is an immediate ban on all baiting and feeding of deer and elk in the Lower Peninsula. DNR conservation officers will step up surveillance and enforcement efforts on baiting. Baiting and feeding unnaturally congregate deer into close contact, thus increasing the transmission of contagious diseases such as CWD and bovine tuberculosis. Bait and feed sites increase the likelihood that those areas will become contaminated with the feces of infected animals, making them a source of CWD infection for years to come. Additionally, the ... Read more..

WMU 3C And 4D Out Of Doe Permits

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 269 views No Comments »

HARRISBURG - Wildlife Management Units (WMU) 3C and 4D have exhausted their entire antlerless deer license allocations, announced Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. As previously announced, antlerless deer license allocations for WMUs 1B, 2E, 2F, 2G and 4B have been sold out. WMU 3C covers all of Susquehanna County and portions of Bradford, Lackawanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties. WMU 4D includes portions of Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Snyder and Union counties. Of the 849,000 antlerless licenses originally allocated, agency employees have distributed to county treasurers 563,216 applications. Following is a listing of the remaining Wildlife Management Units antlerless deer licenses as of today (along with the initial allocation for each WMU): WMU 1A, 13,634 (42,000); WMU 2A, 34,726 (55,000); WMU 2B, ... Read more..