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Vermont Deer Hunting Season Results

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 863 views No Comments »

WATERBURY, VT – Vermont deer hunters are finding plenty of deer according to early reports received by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Reports were up for the rifle season that started November 15 and continues through November 30, with 756 legal buck reports received by the Fish & Wildlife Department on November 19. The average for the previous three years on the same reporting day was 465, for an increase of 291 deer or 63 percent. Deer season reports are tallied weekly on Wednesdays by the Fish & Wildlife Department, and totals can vary from year-to-year according to the regularity with which reporting stations mail in their report forms. Preliminary totals for other seasons include (3-yr. average) Youth Deer Hunting Weekend – 1,279 (1,106); Archery Season – 3,296 (2,048); Bear Season – ... Read more..

Deer Smugglers Sentenced to Prison

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 452 views No Comments »

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man and a Minnesota man were both sentenced to federal prison terms yesterday for illegally transporting white-tailed deer across state lines. On Nov. 24 in Plano near Dallas, Federal District Judge Richard A. Schell sentenced Robert Eichenour, owner of Circle E Ranch in Grimes County, Texas, to 18 months in federal prison. Eichenour must also serve 36 months probation after his release from prison and pay a $50,000 fine. Brian Becker of Minnesota was also sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and 36 months probation after his release. During the probation period, neither man will be allowed to sell deer. The equipment used by both during their illegal endeavor was also forfeited. Both men were convicted of felony violations of the federal Lacey Act, which prohibits ... Read more..

Nebraska Firearm Deer Harvest At All-Time High

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 665 views No Comments »

LINCOLN, Neb. - Hunters harvested a record 57,529 deer during the recent November firearm season, according to preliminary results by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The November firearm season harvest breaks the previous record, set last year, by 8,100 (16 percent). The highest firearm harvest was in southeast Nebraska, where 14,096 deer were taken, an increase of 26 percent from last year. Every permit in that district included a bonus tag. Kit Hams, the Commission's big game program manager, attributes the sharp increase to the issuance this year of 85,000 bonus tags that allow the harvest of antlerless white-tailed deer. This is good news, he said. It's definitely what we were trying to accomplish with the bonus tags. The goal of the bonus tags is to thin the antlerless whitetail herd, especially in ... Read more..

Michigan Muzzleloader Seasons Open Dec. 5 and 12

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 2,543 views No Comments »

The Department of Natural Resources reminds deer hunters that muzzleloader season begins on Friday, Dec. 5, in the Upper Peninsula and southern Michigan, and on Dec. 12 in the northern Lower Peninsula. "Bad weather on opening day of the firearm season slowed the harvest in several parts of the state. Plenty of deer remain out there for muzzleloader hunters who have yet to fill their tags," said DNR Big-Game Specialist Rod Clute. Hunters may take both antlered buck and antlerless deer during the muzzleloader season providing they have appropriate tags. The same antler restrictions that were in place during the archery and firearms seasons apply. Check the 2008 Michigan Hunting and Trapping Guide or the DNR Web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr for details. Muzzleloader season runs through Dec. 14 in the Upper Peninsula and ... Read more..

Illinois Hunters Harvest 71,894 Deer During First Weekend

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Deer Hunting News | 316 views No Comments »

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 71,894 deer during the opening weekend of the 2008 Illinois Firearm Deer season, Nov. 21-23, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Acting Director Sam Flood announced today. The second portion of the firearm season will be Dec. 4-7. The preliminary total for the first three days of the 2008 firearm season compares with the first weekend harvest of 85,490 deer during the 2007 deer season. The top county harvest total was in Pike with 2,194 deer, followed by Adams (1,900), Fulton (1,878), Randolph (1,770), and Jefferson (1,650). The preliminary first-season figures reported for each county include those deer taken on special hunt areas within that county as well as on private ... Read more..

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