by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 16, 2020
Missouri turkey hunters can expect a challenging spring season according to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). The spring turkey hunting season starts with a youth-only weekend April 4 and 5 followed by the regular spring season April 20 through May 10....
by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 9, 2020
A Granite Bay man has been convicted of poaching a trophy class deer with the use of bait and will pay an enhanced penalty. A tenacious investigation by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and prosecution by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 9, 2020
Brian Holiday of Fordland is the new a state-record holder after catching a 2-pound, 3-ounce yellow perch from Bull Shoals Lake. This is the second time the record for yellow perch has been broken in 2020. “Missouri is on the very southern range for yellow perch, so...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 9, 2020
Between Dec. 20, 2019 and Jan. 15, 2020, six mature bull elk were shot and killed by poachers in the Knob Hill area of Park City, Utah. The area between Knob Hill and the Glenwild Residential Area is home to a herd of large, adult bull elk. Local residents routinely...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 17, 2020
Bighorn sheep in Nebraska’s Panhandle are sporting some new hardware thanks to the work of a helicopter capture crew, wildlife professionals and volunteers. South Dakota State University joined the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in capturing and processing a total...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 13, 2020
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently recognized Tyler Halley of Maryville for catching a new state record yellow perch. Halley was fishing on a private pond in Nodaway County when he caught the 1-pound, 14-ounce fish using the pole-and-line method....
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 7, 2020
A year after a contagious respiratory disease decimated a bighorn sheep herd at Antelope Island State Park, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources successfully reintroduced a new herd of 25 bighorn sheep to the island on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Bighorn sheep existed on...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 6, 2020
A youth small game hunt is scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at Crane Pond State Game Area 60887 State Highway M-40, Jones Youth hunters will be put into small hunting groups and assigned a mentor. Hunt participants must be under 18 years old, have a valid hunting...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 5, 2020
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds Missouri resident and nonresident landowners who qualify to receive free or discounted deer and turkey hunting permits to register their properties in MDC’s new Landowner Permit Registry either online or by...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 5, 2020
A final report examining the results from 2018’s ruffed grouse West Nile virus sampling effort has been posted. This report summarizes only 2018 data. Samples collected by hunters during the 2019 season were received by the laboratory and a second-year report will be...