105-Pound MONSTER Snapping Turtle!
Herpetologist Nick Shiltz has his hands full with this 105-pound Suwannee alligator snapping turtle trapped in Warrior Creek near Sylvester. Shiltz and Dirk Stevenson caught and released the monster two-foot-long male as part of a DNR-coordinated survey documenting...
South Carolina Increases Bear Hunting Opportunities
Additional opportunities have been added for hunters in South Carolina this bear season. For the first time, private land in the southern portions of Oconee, Pickens and Greenville counties (south of Game Zone 1) and all of Spartanburg County (Game Zone 2) will have a...
Antlerless Deer Hunter Database
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Antlerless Hunter Database connects hunters who wish to harvest antlerless deer with landowners who are experiencing damage from deer on their property. Landowners and hunters are important to managing wildlife; together with...
First Time Huntress Draws, Scores Once-in-a-Lifetime Rocky Mountain Goat
Alyssa Nitschelm, of Redmond, Oregon, did not fully grasp the significance of what she was seeing when she checked the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) big game hunting draw results in the kitchen with her father. Having never hunted before, the...
Land of Giant Whitetails
Hunting giant whitetails in an enclosure had never held any appeal for me. Over the past 50 years, I’d chased free-range deer with gun, bow and camera, and I had no intention of changing that. Chuck, the editor at Sporting Classics, knew of my distaste for high-fence...
New Deer Urine/Body Fluids Law In South Carolina
It is illegal to possess or use, for the purpose of hunting or scouting any wild animal in South Carolina, any substance or material that contains or purports to contain any excretion collected from a cervid (deer) including urine, feces, blood, gland oil or other...
Tips For Properly And Ethically Disposing Of Deer Remains
Disposal of deer remains may not be the highlight of a hunting trip, but it is an important aspect of hunting, particularly in maintaining the hunter's image. Hunters should realize that improperly disposing of deer remains is not only illegal in many places, but also...
5 Times To Be Worried About Sick-Looking Deer
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, recently distributed information important to deer hunters on diseases they may encounter in deer and how to recognize sick-looking deer. While the Division reported that, to date, neither...
Alabama Artist Wins Federal Duck Stamp Contest
After two days of competition, Eddie LeRoy of Eufala, Alabama, emerged as the winner of the Federal Duck Stamp competition with his painting of a black-bellied whistling-duck pair. The announcement was made by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director...
Georgia: What’s A Tegu And What Should I Do?
A campaign to combat tegus in Toombs and Tattnall counties, Georgia, is making a last push for the public’s help before the big, invasive lizards go into brumation for winter. DNR and Georgia Southern University reached out to residents and media last week. The...