Archive for March 16th, 2010

Idaho Turkey, Black Bear Drawing Results Online

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in Hunting News, Turkey Hunting News | No Comments »

Hunters who applied for spring turkey and black bear controlled hunts can find results on the Idaho Fish and Game Website. Successful applicants also have been notified by mail. It is the responsibility of hunters to find out whether their names were drawn in these hunts. Details for obtaining or exchanging tags are explained on the site. Hunters who need to exchange a general season tag for a controlled hunt tag can do that at any Fish and Game Office. Hunters who have a general turkey tag will need to buy the controlled hunt permit that costs $7.75. Hunters who don't have a general turkey tag must buy one as well as the controlled hunt permit. Read more..

Another Wolf Hunt Has Closed In Central Idaho

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in Predator Hunting | No Comments »

The wolf season has closed as of Monday, March 15, in the Salmon wolf management zone, where the harvest limit of 16 wolves has been reached. The closure affects big game management units 21, 21A, 28 and 36B. Six other zones already have closed. The wolf season closed February 1 in the Middle Fork zone, January 2 in the Southern Mountains zone, December 18 in the Palouse-Hells Canyon zone, on November 17 in the Dworshak-Elk City zone, on November 9 in the McCall-Weiser zone, and on November 2 in the Upper Snake zone. Elsewhere in the state wolf seasons remain open. Read more..

Natural Resources Board Raises Deer Population Goals

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in Deer Hunting News | No Comments »

The state Natural Resources Board has approved revisions to proposed overwinter population goals for white-tailed deer, raising this management benchmark to a statewide target of nearly 800,000, which is a Correction -- 8 percent increase over current levels. The board, meeting in Madison March 16, approved increases in population targets in 43 of Wisconsin’s 131 deer management units. The new goals were developed at the request of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee after the committee heard testimony on hunter dissatisfaction with the number of deer seen and harvested during the 2009 gun deer season. The legislative committee did not accept a previous proposal to raise population targets in 13 deer management units. Read more..

Mountain Lion Visits Downtown Santa Fe

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in Wild Animal News | No Comments »

The Department of Game and Fish is advising residents of a neighborhood near downtown Santa Fe to be on the lookout for a large mountain lion that has been sighted and may be living in a residential area. Department wildlife biologists sighted the lion at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, about an hour after area residents reported seeing the animal. The lion eluded capture by traveling along walls and through back yards in the quiet but densely populated neighborhood near Cordova Road and Don Gaspar Avenue. Based on many fresh and old tracks discovered while pursuing it, the biologists believe the lion is a resident of the area. Read more..

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