Bobcat Season In Indiana? State Lawmakers Renew Push To Permit Hunting And Trapping
For years, efforts to allow hunting and trapping of bobcats in Indiana have proved unsuccessful.
Read MoreFor years, efforts to allow hunting and trapping of bobcats in Indiana have proved unsuccessful.
Read MoreDonate Life Indiana and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources have partnered to give Hoosiers the opportunity to save lives as an organ and tissue donor when purchasing their hunting, fishing and trapping licenses.
Read MoreBy JONATHON BOYD Indiana Conservation Officer, District 1 MILFORD — Indiana Conservation Officers executed an arrest warrant Sunday evening, Oct. 30, on Christopher Pollock, 37, Milford, for the March 5 killing of a hunting dog. Jason Miller, 40, Nappanee, was hunting with his 8-year-old American Fox Hound on … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — For 13 years now, several hunters and trappers from Kosciusko County have paired their labor of love with a burgeoning charitable movement. Every hunting season from Nov. 15 through March 15, they skillfully scour the area’s snow-covered fields and woodlands looking for coyotes. They harvest … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – The regular-season waterfowl dates, as proposed to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) by the Indiana DNR are highlighted through the north, central and south zones.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – The fee for put-and-take pheasant hunts at DNR Fish & Wildlife Areas will increase from $25 to $28 for the 2015-16 season.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – The date range to set up and leave portable tree stands and ground blinds on state and federal lands is now noon on Sept. 15 through Jan. 10 the next year. Another change this year is that hunters now can mark their stands and blinds with their DNR- issued customer identification number or their name and address.
Read MoreSYRACUSE – Of all the great nonprofit organizations that Kosciusko County is so lucky to have, one has flown under the radar in recent years despite doing plenty of great work and that organization is Wawasee Ducks Unlimited. Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – The Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, or “Duck Stamp,” will increase in price for the first time in 24 years. The cost will go from $15 to $25. The increase adjusts for inflation over the last 24 years. Several conservation organizations, including Ducks Unlimited … Read More
By MIKE MYCROFT Chief of Natural Resources, DNR Division of State Parks Volunteer hunters took 1,004 deer during controlled hunts at 18 state parks and one state natural area in November and December of 2014, according to Mike Mycroft, chief of natural resources for the DNR Division of … Read More
By JERRY HOERDT Indiana Conservation Officer Rochester Indiana Conservation Officers will be instructing a hunter education course at the Rochester firehouse from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 and from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Attendance is required for the entire course to … Read More
By PHIL BLOOM Communications, Indiana Department of Natural Resources The Indiana Natural Resources Commission on Tuesday approved rules that include a limited river otter trapping season beginning this fall. River otters, a native Indiana species, are one of several successful management projects of the DNR Division of Fish … Read More
Indiana Conservation Officer Jon Cook was patrolling rural Fulton County on the morning of Nov. 28 when he came across four generations of the Garl family celebrating their youngest member’s first buck deer harvest of his young life. Colin Garl, 10, had just harvested a nice buck deer … Read More
By CHAD STEWART DNR Deer Management Biologist Indiana deer hunters should expect another productive season in 2014, although they may see fewer deer than in previous years when the firearms season begins Nov. 15. “There are several factors contributing to reduced deer numbers in certain areas of the … Read More
SYRACUSE – Steve Roth made an impact. The longtime property manager of Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area finally called it a career last week after 36 years of being a public servant for the state of Indiana and its wildlife enthusiasts. Roth, a native of Edwardsburg, Michigan and … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana DNR has formally announced its hunting and trapping dates for the 2014-15 season. A complete list of the official dates can be found at http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-hunting_trapping_seasons.pdf Of note for the different categories are furbearer hunting and trapping hours are hunting/running at noon of first day … Read More