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• Md. Hunters Report Record Spring Turkey Harvest

  Hunters reported harvesting a total of 3,344 wild turkeys during the 2013 spring turkey season, surpassing the previous record harvest of 3,136 set in 2005. This year’s harvest was 7 percent above the 2012 harvest of 3,132, and well above the 10-year average of 2,925. These results indicate that Maryland’s turkey population remains healthy and hunters are enjoying some of ...

• What Do Deer Eat? Three Tips to Manage Your Vegetation

  The most experienced deer hunters know that understanding what deer eat and controlling all of the whitetail food sources on their property is essential for attracting and holding a large deer herd. A mistake often made however, is a hunter will plant a food plot and assume that this will provide all the nutrition that a whitetail will need. Nothing ...

• W.Va. Hunters Harvest 10,974 Spring Turkeys

  Preliminary harvest figures for the 2013 spring gobbler season indicate West Virginia hunters checked in 10,974 bearded turkeys, according to Curtis I. Taylor, chief of the Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section. This year’s harvest represents a 32 percent increase over the 2012 harvest and is 13 percent above the previous five-year average. “Our biologists expected a higher harvest ...

• Bills to Expand Sunday Hunting in 3 Md. Counties Signed by Governor

  Governor Martin O’Malley signed the final two of three bills passed during the 2013 legislative session that allow for increased Sunday hunting opportunities in Carroll, Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties, on May 16 in Annapolis. “Hunting is a Maryland tradition, woven into the fabric of our history, passed down for generations,” said Governor O’Malley. “Hunters contribute to our economy and ...

• WVDNR Advises: Leave Young Wildlife Alone

  FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources advises people to leave all young wildlife alone. “The spring season is the time of year when the woods and fields of West Virginia are full of new life,” said Gene Thorn, wildlife biologist at the West Virginia State Wildlife Center in French Creek. “People have a great opportunity ...

• The Best Season to Hunt Good Venison

  If a person likes to go for hunting and likes to eat a good quality of the venison, it is better for him to see in which season is the best to get the best quality for verison. Check out some ideas on how to recognize which season is the best to hunt a good quality of deer meat. All ...