Outdoor News Daily

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission, during the annual meeting Thursday, January 28, changed the season opening and limit on chukar and gray partridge, and changed turkey rules.

The season for chukar and gray partridge will open statewide on October 1, with a daily limit of six birds and 12 in possession.

The commissioners also changed pheasant shooting hours on opening day to one-half hour before sunrise statewide – except at C.J. Strike, Fort Boise, Montour and Payette River wildlife management areas, where it will open at 10 a.m., including youth hunts.

The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced that the rabbit hunting season has been extended by approximately two weeks to Saturday, Feb. 27. This extension comes as the result of a new regulation that will end Delaware’s rabbit season each year on the last day of February or the last Saturday of the February if the month ends on a Sunday.

“Division staff conducted a careful review of the biological data,” said Wildlife Section Administrator Greg Moore. “It was concluded that the season extension would not adversely affect the state’s rabbit population.”
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Learn about the excitement of snowshoe hare hunting at a free workshop being offered at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, N.H. The workshop will take place from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, call the Owl Brook Hunter Education Center at (603) 536-3954.

At the workshop, Edward Vien and Larry Williams, President and Treasurer of the NH Beagle Club and Volunteer Hunter Education instructors; along with Bob Drozdowski, past president of the NH Beagle Club, and Larry’s son Thomas Williams will introduce participants to one of New Hampshire’s finest small-game hunting experiences — hare hunting with beagles.
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ODFW Outdoors will host a family-friendly rabbit hunting clinic and a pheasant hunt for women and youth in January and February.

These events are designed for beginners and begin with a basic hunter safety overview and a shotgun skills clinic. Participants then go out in the field for a real hunt, accompanied by volunteer guides and their trained hunting dogs.

“These workshops provide participants with hands-on outdoor skill-building activities in a casual, supportive environment that emphasizes safety,” says Mark Newell, ODFW outdoor skills coordinator. “It allows people to try hunting and see if they like it before they invest in equipment. People that have already tried hunting can enhance their skills at these workshops.”
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