Archive for April 10th, 2010

Snow Conditions May Hinder Some Spring Turkey Hunts

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With more than a decade of prolonged drought conditions throughout Arizona, any moisture is a welcome blessing across our state’s landscapes, from low-lying deserts to high-elevation forests. However, for those sportsmen and women who live for the trials and tribulations of out-foxing a cagey, wild gobbler in Arizona’s pine forests, this past winter’s snowfall has produced some inconveniences that hunters need to be aware of before they embark on their upcoming spring adventure. Arizona Game and Fish Department officials in the Pinetop and Flagstaff regions advise that the snow pack is still significant in areas above 7,300-feet elevation in the White Mountains, North Kaibab Plateau, San Francisco Peaks and Mogollon Rim country, resulting in many roads being impassable or closed due to snow or muddy conditions. Read more..

New Hampshire’s Youth Turkey Weekend

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New Hampshire’s 2010 youth turkey hunt will take place Saturday and Sunday, May 1-2, the weekend before spring gobbler season gets underway on May 3. This year marks the sixth annual youth turkey hunt weekend in New Hampshire. During the 2009 youth weekend, young hunters took an impressive 570 gobblers, or 14.1% of the total spring turkey harvest in the state (very similar to the previous year). To participate in the special weekend turkey hunt, youth hunters must be age 15 or younger and must be accompanied by a properly licensed adult age 18 or older. The adult may not carry a firearm or bow and arrow. Youth hunters do not need a hunting license, but they must have a valid turkey permit ($16 resident, $31 nonresident). Accompanying adults must hold ... Read more..

ODFW Seeks Input On Coastal Salmon Seasons

Saturday, April 10th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News | No Comments »

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will host public meetings in several coastal communities later this month to solicit input on regulations for the 2010 fall chinook salmon and coho seasons in Oregon bays and coastal rivers. Fisheries include sport and commercial chinook fisheries in terminal ocean areas off Tillamook, Elk, and Chetco rivers, sport chinook fisheries in all coastal rivers, and sport wild coho fisheries in select rivers. The meetings are scheduled for April 26-28 in Gold Beach, North Bend, Newport and Tillamook. Read more..

Melting Ice Means Great Fishing

Saturday, April 10th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News | No Comments »

A list of fishing spots to try in southern Utah The calendar says spring arrived three weeks ago. But anglers in southern Utah know different. They know spring is "really" here when the ice starts to come off the surface of southern Utah's fishing waters. When that happens, they know hungry trout will be cruising the shorelines of lakes and reservoirs in the area, looking for their first meal of the spring. They know some of the best fishing of the year is here! Try these waters Mike Ottenbacher, regional aquatic manager for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says the ice has melted off several reservoirs in southern Utah. And it will be melting soon at many others. Read more..

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