Oregon hunters raising the stakes on poachers

Author: OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff Report Date: November 5, 2021 SALEM, Ore. — Poachers are busy day and night in Oregon. Three cases around Halloween have OSP Troopers asking the public for information on these incidents, while Oregon hunters raise reward amounts to $3,500 for those who do. Troopers discovered all...

Wild Game Cooking With Hank Shaw

Author: Nevada Department of Wildlife Report Date: November 5, 2021 In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez, Aaron Keller, and Bobby Jones are joined by writer, angler, cook, forager, among many other titles, Hank Shaw! For more than a year NDOW has shared Hanks's recipes on social media for Wild Food...

2022 spring hunt draw results now available

Author: Arizona Game & Fish Department Report Date: November 1, 2021 PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) has released the draw results for 2022 spring hunts for turkey, javelina, bison and bear, and raptor capture. AZGFD portal accounts now are the sole source for finding...

The time for upland game bird hunting is here

Author: WA Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff Report Date: October 22, 2021 The time for upland game bird hunting is here, so WDFW has put together information on our pheasant programs on both sides of the state. Written to benefit new and seasoned hunters alike, this blog covers season limits and dates, where...

Youth hunters can enter drawing for C2 Ranch deer hunt

Author: OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff Report Date: October 21, 2021 CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Youth hunters can enter a drawing for a one-day guided hunt on the C2 Ranch, a 10,000-acre property near Eagle Point. Five lucky applicants will have an opportunity to harvest a southwest Oregon blacktail deer. Young...

Poaching Investigation Leads to Second Investigation, Conviction

Author: Nevada Department of Wildlife Report Date: October 20, 2021 A report of a possible poaching led game wardens from the Nevada Department of Wildlife down a path that resulted in the conviction of two men for multiple incidents of illegally killing wildlife. Game Wardens originally received a tip of the...

Ducks & Donuts 2022

Author: Nevada Department of Wildlife Report Date: October 17, 2021 Registration for Ducks & Donuts 2022 begins Monday at 8 a.m. Reservations are required. To secure your chance to participate in this event and the youth waterfowl hunt at the Overton Wildlife Management Area call 1-855-542-6369.

Chronic Wasting Disease Prevention

Author: Nevada Department of Wildlife Report Date: October 15, 2021 In this week's Nevada Wild, Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller sit down with Nevada Department of Wildlife Veterinarian Nate LaHue to talk about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a transmissible neurological disease that is always fatal to animals in the deer...

New online course allows hunters to earn lifetime bonus point

Author: Arizona Game & Fish Department Report Date: October 15, 2021 PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) has created an innovative online course — “Ethically Hunting Arizona” — that provides hunters 18 and older with an opportunity to earn a lifetime bonus point. A bonus point is simply...

White-tailed buck, bull elk poached; Oregon hunters take it personally

Author: OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff Report Date: October 14, 2021 ENTERPRISE, Ore. — Poachers shot a white-tailed buck deer in NE Oregon and a bull elk in SW Oregon in a one-week timespan. Rewards stand at $500 (or four hunter preference points) in each instance for a call to the...

Quail outlook: Good hunting will take work

Author: Arizona Game & Fish Department Report Date: October 14, 2021 PHOENIX — There’s just no other way to say it: This is going to be one tough quail-hunting season. Now that we’ve gotten that announcement out of the way, that doesn’t mean hunters who have high hopes of chasing Gambel’s...

Chukar, Hungarian partridge, quail seasons all open tomorrow

Author: OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff Report Date: October 8, 2021 Chukar, Hungarian partridge, quail seasons all open tomorrow, October 9. The chukar partridge is an introduced species found in the dry, rimrock country of eastern Oregon. Oregon stocks originated from India and the first successful releases began in 1951. Over several...