The next 10 were confirmed on an affiliated hunting ranch in adjoining Macon County. It does not harm humans but is fatal to deer or elk. Missouri allows it. Previous legislative efforts to redefine captive deer have fizzled, but the number of CWD cases has raised the issue's profile.
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Officials estimated the population at 2,211, but the survey was done in midwinter before wolf pups were born. The number of duck hunters is up, too. Deer management always is controversial, and the DNR has started to re-evaluate statewide deer population goals, aiming to finish by 2017.
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The batteries for transmission of the feed have been donated by Interstate Batteries of North Versailles. Powers is also using solar panels for the camera system. "This is going to show real life," Fazi said. "This is going to be educational. The bird is protected by state laws as well as the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Mary Ann Thomas is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.
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Hoyt was not a voice for compromise. He often was as hard on his friends in the conservation community as he was on those he considered enemies. I talked to Fish and Game officials; it appears Hoyt got into a herd of elk, got confused and kept shooting. While hunting in Wisconsin, I shot a doe while aiming at a buck.
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...northern pike as the species of choice among the state's anglers. --The North Dakota Game and Fish Department first stocked Devils Lake with northern pike in 1956. --Greg Power, fisheries chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, offers this list of the top state waters for big northern pike: 1. Lake Sakawea; 2. (tie) Lake Oahe/Missouri River and Lake Darling; 3. Lake Audubon. Other big lakes, including Devils Lake, Pipestem Reservoir, Lake Ashtabula and Lake Tschida...
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...wolf harvest. Wolf Harvest Zone 3 is the sixth and last wolf harvest zone to be closed this season, according to a DNR news release. Zone 3 is in the northwest part of the state and includes portions of Burnett, Washburn, Rusk and Taylor counties. The other regions of the state had already been closed to wolf hunting and trapping, when quotas were met. The wolf hunting season in Zone 3 began slowly, but hunters neared the DNR's quota over the weekend, harvesting...
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African python. Growing larger than the notorious Burmese and with a nastier disposition, the snake also known as the African rock python was first spotted in South Florida in 2002 -- probably an abandoned pet. About 30 have been found over the past five years, mainly around the C-4 levee north of Tamiami Trail, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wildlife biologist Jennifer Eckles. While Eckles said there's no estimate of the population, the snakes...
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Biologists have proven that Yellowstone grizzlies always have had a far higher diet of animal protein than grizzlies studied elsewhere. Outside of the park there are grizzlies in the Washakie Wilderness, North and South Absaroka Wilderness areas of Wyoming today -- places where bears hadn't been seen in more than a century! There have been reports of grizzlies in the northern Wind River Range in Wyoming, again an area where grizzlies hadn't been seen in modern times.
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The wallowing can destroy large areas of land, killing crops and decimating native plants that other animals rely on for food. That is why hunting and trapping are the best methods for hog removal from an area. Hunters are encouraged to take hogs in Georgia to help control populations. They are mostly shy and timid animals that wish to remain unseen.
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...of Wednesday afternoon, hunters and trappers had harvested 33 wolves in the zone, reaching the zone's target harvest. Wolf hunting and trapping continues in the northwest and east-central wolf zones to anyone with a valid license. The late season in those zones is scheduled to end Jan. 31 or whenever the target harvest is expected to be met, whichever comes first. As of Wednesday, hunters and trappers had harvested 51 wolves in the northwest zone, where the target harvest is 89,...
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