Archive for April 5th, 2010

West Virginia Deer Poachers Called Thrill Killers

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Three adults and two juveniles from Braxton County have been arrested and charged with multiple violations of West Virginia wildlife laws in what Division of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement officers are calling “thrill kill” deer poaching incidents. In October 2009, DNR conservation officers began finding numbers of dead deer adjacent to several roads in Braxton County. The locations, position of the carcasses and in some cases information supplied by the local citizens led the officers to become suspicious of what might have been written off as deer struck by vehicles. However, upon closer examination of the carcasses, the officers determined that the animals had wounds consistent with being hit by a low velocity projectile that officers later learned ... Read more..

North Dakota Spring Mule Deer Survey Begins April 12

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The state Game and Fish Department’s annual spring mule deer survey is set to begin April 12 in western North Dakota. Weather permitting, the survey takes a week to complete. Bruce Stillings, big game biologist in Dickinson, said biologists have completed aerial surveys of the same 24 badlands study areas since the 1950s. “The survey allows us to obtain solid mule deer population data for the badlands, such as demographic trends and production ratios (buck-to-doe and fawn-to-doe),” Stillings said. Read more..

Crimestoppers Seeks Information on Antelope Shootings

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Nebraska Wildlife Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information about antelope that were shot and left lying in Kimball County. There have been four incidents in recent months in which a total of seven antelope where found shot and lying within a few miles of each other. The most recent included two antelope found March 30 about 14 miles south of Dix near the Nebraska-Colorado border. Conservation officer Scott Brandt of Gering said the most recent antelope found, a buck and a doe, were lying near a road, about 20 yards apart. They were gut-shot with a large-caliber rifle. In the three earlier incidents, the antelope were shot in the neck with a small-caliber rifle. Read more..

Breaks & Bear’s Paw Elk Survey Results Released

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Recent aerial surveys of elk populations in the Region 6 portions of the Missouri River Breaks and the Bear’s Paw Mountains south of Havre indicate a slight decrease in the Breaks and a sizable increase in animals in the mountain section. The surveys are conducted by managers in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Region 6. According to Glasgow-based biologist Kelvin Johnson, more than 2,900 elk were counted in the Breaks section this year. That represents a 5 percent decrease since the last complete survey took place in 2008 -- where more than 3,100 animals were documented -- and a 30 percent decrease since the highest count on record – more than 4,200 animals -- was observed in 2006. Read more..

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