Arizona Elk and Pronghorn Hunt Draw Application Deadline Approaching PHOENIX - The deadline for 2014 elk and pronghorn antelope hunt draw applications to be received by the Arizona Game and Fish Department is 7 p.m. (MST) on Tuesday, February 11. Applying online is fast and easy. Go to https://az.gov/azgfd/draw/home.xhtml and scroll down to the "Apply for a Draw" button. The system prompts users to complete forms accurately, dramatically reducing errors that might result in applications being rejected. Only VISA and MasterCard are accepted for online draw applications. No charges for the cost of hunt permit-tags will be posted to applicants' credit cards unless and until they are drawn. The online draw application service works with these browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google…
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...mauled by a big cat."We are about 99 percent that it was a lion," Foy said. "The conclusion is based solely on the victim's injuries and the extent of the injuries."The man was recovering at a hospital after undergoing emergency surgery."He's lucky to be alive," Foy said.The attack prompted wardens to set up traps in the area. Foy said mountain lions typically...
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Panther Valley and Pine Grove are working towards certification. Williams Valley has earned numerous individual and team medals -- including championships -- in the Pennsylvania State NASP Tournament. The PGC started to coordinate the program in 2010.
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...landowners interested in easements have grown wary, the Natural Heritage Land Trust's Welsh said. Acquiring easements is a crucial method of preserving wildlife habitat at low cost without removing land from tax rolls, Welsh said. But many owners won't give up the right to decide who fires guns or sets traps on their land, Welsh said. "They want to control the type of hunter who hunts on their property," Welsh said. "When you open your land to public hunting, you don't...
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But by the mid-2000s, deer numbers were at all-time highs. Wolf numbers were at similar levels through the mid-2000s, when deer numbers peaked and hunters achieved record harvests. Biologists say wolves are doing the compensatory harvest of deer that are going to die anyway.
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But despite nearly 20 years of effort, there has been scant positive change for elk in places like the Lolo and Selway elk hunting zones. Summer is the time when cow elk need energy to produce milk for their calves. But it is uncertain if the portion that would use tame elk will happen.
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...endangered Mexican gray wolf population in New Mexico and Arizona grew for the fourth year running in 2013, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The latest end-of-year count showed a minimum of 83 wolves in the wild, up more than 10 percent from a count of 75 wolves in 2012. It's the greatest number of wolves counted since a program to reintroduce the species began in 1998, according to Benjamin Tuggle, southwest regional director of the FWS. "One hundred wolves is...
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The Forest Service has started to treat weeds in the Selway Zone. Hunters and trappers have killed 70 wolves this season in the Panhandle Region and 36 in the Dworshak-Elk City Zone. White said the prescriptions in the elk plan are designed to help the Forest Service justify projects that will help elk.
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Jan. 30--Does Anaconda-Deer Lodge County need a large predator policy? These resolutions have been adopted in Madison, Powell, Ravalli and Granite counties. As a community we want to be involved in these discussions about predators, large game species and livestock.
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New Próis® Archtach Down Jacket When it's colder than a well digger's... well you know, you'll be glad you have the new Próis® Archtach Down Jacket made specifically for women hunters. Let's face it, sitting in a stand or blind waiting for your prey for hours isn't exactly sitting on the beach in Cabo - especially when it's late season. This is why the folks at Próis created the Archtach Down Jacket, engineered for the ultimate in warmth, for the ultimate female hunter. Bone chilling cold feels even colder when you're sitting still, an oftentimes vital part of hunting. The Próis Archtach Down Jacket is constructed with 100 percent Microfiber Ripstop, a unique material which uses a special reinforcing technique…
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