Hunting Sports Plus News
2008 KANSAS HUNTING REGULATIONS SUMMARY NOW ONLINE
08/21/2008
Printed copies available in September; new format, regulation changes
Printed copies of the 2008 Kansas Hunting & Furharvesting Regulations Summary will be available at Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) offices and license vendors around the state soon, but hunters can view or download the summary now from the KDWP website.
This year's booklet contains several changes, in both format and new regulations. A few of the more significant new regulations include the following...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
KDWP POSTS RESIDENT BIG GAME PERMIT DRAWING RESULTS ONLINE
08/14/2008
Resident Elk, Firearm Either-Species/Either-Sex Deer, Firearm Antelope permit results viewable on web
Kansas residents who applied for Elk, Antelope, or Firearm Either-Species/Either-Sex Deer permits may now view the results at the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) website. To check the status of a permit application, go here.
All other resident deer permits may be purchased throughout the seasons at KDWP offices and license vendors, as well as online.
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas DWP Bowhunter Education Field Day
07/31/2008
In preparation for the 2008 archery deer season, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) Hunter Education section is offering Advanced Hunter Education -- Bowhunter Education Field Day events. The Field Day completes the two-part independent study process required to attain the Kansas Bowhunter Education and National Bowhunter Education Foundation's (NBEF) International Bowhunter Education Program (IBEP) certification...
Source: Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks
LEFTOVER KANSAS 2008 NONRESIDENT DEER PERMITS STILL AVAILABLE IN EIGHT UNITS
07/23/2008
Permits available online, at license vendors, or with toll-free call
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced that about 1,900 nonresident deer permits are still available for the 2008 season.These are permits that were not taken in the May nonresident application period. They are Whitetail Either-Sex permits, and are being sold on a first-come first-served basis at license vendors and online to any nonresident who did not successfully draw a 2008 permit. Interested hunters can also purchase a leftover permit with a toll-free telephone call (800-918-2877)...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
More South Dakota Antelope Hunting Licenses, Tags Offered in 2008
07/17/2008
RAPID CITY, S.D.�As South Dakota�s antelope population reaches a near-record size, the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission has approved a hunting season that offers significantly more licenses and tags.
To increase the harvest of antelope, the 2008 season will offer two new types of licenses: a three-tag license good for any antelope and two doe/fawn antelope and a three-tag license good for three doe/fawn antelope...
Source: South Dakota Game Fish and Parks
KANSAS LEFTOVER 2008 NONRESIDENT DEER PERMITS STILL AVAILABLE IN NINE UNITS
07/17/2008
Permits available online, at license vendors, or with toll-free call
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced that about 2,100 nonresident deer permits are still available for the 2008 season.These are permits that were not taken in the May nonresident application period. They are Whitetail Either-Sex permits, and are being sold on a first-come first-served basis at license vendors and online to any nonresident who did not successfully draw a 2008 permit. Interested hunters can also purchase a leftover permit with a toll-free telephone call (800-918-2877)...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
BREEDING DUCKS DOWN BUT STILL ABOVE LONG-TERM AVERAGE
07/16/2008
Estimate is 9 percent below last year but 11 percent above long-term average
The preliminary estimate of total ducks from the 2008 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was just over 37 million, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). This is a 9 percent decline from last year's estimate but still 11 percent greater than the 1955-2007 average. In the U.S. and Canadian prairies, population estimates of many species declined, while populations increased in the boreal forest to the north, likely reflecting that birds flew over the prairies because of drier habitat there...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Hunters Bagged 630,000 Roosters in Iowa
07/14/2008
DES MOINES - More than 109,000 pheasant hunters harvested 630,000 roosters in 2007, keeping Iowa among the national leaders in pheasant hunting. The harvest estimates are based on a survey of small game hunters. The 2007 pheasant harvest was a 16 percent decline from 2006, when hunters harvested nearly 750,000 roosters.
But as Iowa continues to lose critical Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) habitat, it will not likely provide pheasant hunting and harvests that was experienced in the 1980s and 1990s, with more than 200,000 hunters and harvests topping 1 million roosters...
Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
WYOMING APPLICATION PERIOD BEGINS FOR LEFTOVER ELK, DEER, ANTELOPE LICENSES
07/11/2008
CHEYENNE - Hunters who missed the earlier application periods for elk, deer and antelope licenses could still have an opportunity to hunt this fall by participating in the upcoming drawing for hunt areas and license types that were under subscribed in the initial draws...
Source: Wyoming Fish and Game
KANSAS HAS LEFTOVER NONRESIDENT DEER PERMITS AVAILABLE AFTER JULY 14
07/08/2008
More than 2,800 permits available in 12 deer management units
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced that 2,840 nonresident deer permits are still available for the 2008 season.These are permits that were not taken in the May nonresident application period. They are Whitetail Either-Sex permits and will be sold to any nonresident who did not successfully draw a 2008 permit, beginning July 14, on a first-come, first-served basis at license vendors and online at the KDWP website (www.kdwp.state.ks.us)...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
KDWP POSTS NONRESIDENT DEER PERMIT DRAWING RESULTS ONLINE
07/08/2008
Nonresidents who applied for Kansas deer permits may now view the drawing results online.
Results of the resident Antelope, Elk, and Either-species/Either-sex Deer permit drawings will be posted in early August.
All other resident deer permits may be purchased throughout the seasons at KDWP offices and license vendors, as well as online.
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
LATE CHANGES IN KANSAS DEER PERMITS APPROVED BY COMMISSION
07/07/2008
Unit 3, Fort Riley, and nine northcentral Kansas counties affected
At a June 26 meeting of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission in North Newton, three additions were made to deer permits and seasons that will affect specific areas of northern Kansas.
In northcentral Kansas, any unfilled deer permit valid in units 7 and 8 will be valid in a special extended firearm antlerless-only season running Jan. 5-11, 2009. The season includes all or portions of Smith, Jewell, Republic, Washington, Marshall, Clay, Cloud, Mitchell, and Osborne counties. A detailed boundary map of this area will be included in the 2008 Kansas Hunting Regulations Summary, available...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
KANSAS WILDLIFE & PARKS COMMISSION APPROVES CHANGES FOR PHEASANT, QUAIL SEASONS
6/30/2008
The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission has approved a change in the opening date of pheasant season, moving it to the second Saturday in November, effective in 2009. This year's pheasant opening date will be the first Saturday in November, as it has been since 2006, since many hunters already have made lodging and vacation plans for this fall. The pheasant season runs through Jan. 31, 2009.
At their June 26 public hearing in North Newton, the commission also approved a recommendation to return the quail season closing date to Jan. 31, effective with the upcoming 2008 season. The closing date had been the third Sunday in January since 2006...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Gun Law Changes!!!
06/26/2008
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact...
Source: Washington News
Midwest Quail habitat disappearing; CP-33 is the solution
06/20/2208
Conservation officials say this federal program gives farmers an economically practical alternative to plowing under wildlife habitat.
JEFFERSON CITY-The upward trend in corn prices is prompting some farmers to bulldoze brushy fencerows and plant marginal land around field edges. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency offers an alternative that helps farmers improve their bottom line while letting them keep habitat for quail and other wildlife...
Source: Missouri Department of Conservation
KANSAS CROWING SURVEY SUGGESTS MORE NESTING PHEASANTS IN 2008
06/19/2008
Thirty-five percent increase rangewide means more nesting birds; production outlook hopeful
Each spring, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) conducts a survey of pheasants throughout their statewide range. As the mating season approaches, roosters increase crowing, and KDWP staff drive routes, stop at established stations, and listen for birds. Data from this survey, combined with the summer brood count survey in August, helps determine the outlook for the fall pheasant crop. A windy spring made surveying difficult this year, but last year's production combined with good winter carry-over appears to reveal an increased number of breeding pheasants over last year...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
South Dakota Pheasants and Other Upland Birds in Peak of Nesting Season
06/18/2008
HURON, S.D.-With the prairie winds waving around waist-high grass that has benefited from above-normal precipitation this spring, many nesting birds including pheasant, grouse and waterfowl are at the peak of their critical nesting and brood rearing time.
"Although it has been cooler and wetter than average along with localized hail and flooding, much of the state's grassland areas are looking very favorable from a nesting and brood-rearing habitat perspective," said S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department Senior Upland Game Biologist Chad Switzer of Huron. "However, when it comes to our pheasant reproduction, we won't know the impact of these weather conditions until our staff completes the annual pheasant brood surveys this August...
Source: South Dakota Game and Fish
KANSAS RESIDENT EITHER-SPECIES DEER, ELK PERMIT APPLICATIONS DUE JULY 11
6/12/2008
Applications available online; either-species permit allows take of white-tailed or mule deer
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) reminds resident hunters that 2008 Firearm Either-species/Either-sex permit applications are due July 11. Applications are available online. These permits allow firearm hunters to take a mule deer or white-tailed deer of either sex. General resident permits cost $37.50. Landowner/tenant permits cost $22.50. Unsuccessful applicants will be charged a $6.50 application fee and receive one preference point for next year's drawing.
Over-the-counter deer permits (available July 1) include the following...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
South Dakota Public Comment Sought on Deer, Grouse Management Plans
06/11/2008
PIERRE, S.D.-Wildlife biologists of the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department have written management plans for Black Hills deer and sage grouse.
"Both plans have gone through an internal review process, and now we are making them available to the public for further comment," said Game Program Administrator Tom Kirschenmann. "These management plans will provide a working framework for the department and guide our efforts in meeting management objectives."...
Source: South Dakota Game and Fish
June 9th - Nebraska Leftover Tags Go on Sale
06/09/2008
Nebraska residents and nonresidents may begin purchasing any remaining deer, antelope or elk permits at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time on June 9.
Hunters are encouraged to purchase permits online from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Web site, www.OutdoorNebraska.org. Permits also will be sold at the following Commission permitting offices: Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Alliance, Bassett, Chadron State Park (SP), Fort Robinson SP, Kearney, Niobrara SP, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha, Lincoln, Ponca SP, and Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area...
Source: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
2008 OHIO SPRING TURKEY HARVEST TOPS 18,500 BIRDS
6/5/2008
Ashtabula County again leads the harvest
COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters checked 18,556 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 18, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
The preliminary total represents a 9 percent increase over last year's preliminary harvest number of 17,005...
Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife
Wonderful member passes on.
5/30/2008
Tribute: James Noah shared his love of the outdoors
By JACQUIE LEHATTO
Special to The Star
James A. Noah turned his love of the outdoors into a third career, helping to set up hunting and fishing events. Who: James A. Noah, 56, of Lee's Summit. Friends called him Jim.
When and how he died: May 11 of pneumonia.
Outdoors man: Jim Noah was a semipro bass fisherman and avid hunter...
Source: By JACQUIE LEHATTO, Kansas City Star
Economic Impact of the 2007 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Hits Record Level
5/30/2008
PIERRE, S.D.-The combination of 1.5 million acres of marginal cropland enrolled into the Conservation Reserve Program and favorable nesting and brood-rearing weather conditions set the stage for something special last fall in South Dakota.
With the highest pre-season pheasant population since 1945, approximately 78,000 resident and 103,000 nonresident pheasant hunters harvested just more than 2.1 million ringnecks during the 2007 pheasant season...
Source: South Dakota Game and Fish Department
ADVANCED HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE JUNE 12 IN LENEXA, KS
5/29/2008
Wingshooting the focus of eight-week course
Kansas volunteer hunter education instructors will conduct an eight-week advanced course in wingshooting beginning Thursday, June 12. The course will run from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Thursday evening for eight consecutive weeks at the Powder Creek Shooting Park, 8601 Monticello Road in Lenexa. (Sunday afternoons will be offered as make-up days.) Two instructors will be available each night, and each student will receive individual instruction and assistance...
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR 2008 KANSAS NONRESIDENT DEER PERMITS
05/28/2008
Application may be downloaded and mailed or completed online at
PRATT -- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has announced that 2008 nonresident deer applications are now available online. To apply by mail, complete the downloaded application and mail to the address provided on the application. Application deadline is June 2, 2008.
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
2008 Non-resident Archery applications available ONLINE June 1st!!!
5/23/2008
Resident Archery Dates and Fees - Combo tags (Either-Sex and Antlerless-Only) - Over-the-Counter late August
Non-Resident Archery Dates and Fees :
2008 Non-Resident Archery Deer online application - will go live June 1.
You can purchase your permit via the internet. DNR Direct Online License Sales or by phone at 1-888-6PERMIT (1-888-673-7648)
Source: Illinois Department of Natural Resources
2008 PRONGHORN ANTELOPE PERMIT
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
Date: 5/22/2008
Application deadline is June 13 for firearms, muzzleloader permits PRATT -- Applications for permits to hunt antelope in 2008 have been mailed to last year's applicants. For those who did not apply last year, printed applications are available at offices of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP). Applications are also available on the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us, and applications may be filed online.
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
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- John, Member E997
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