Hunting Articles

ODFW: Report hunt results by Jan. 31 – Avoid the $25 penalty
by ODFW, JANUARY 13, 2018

Every hunter who purchased 2017 big game or turkey tags needs to report their hunt results by the deadline, which is Jan. 31, 2018 for most tags. Hunters are required to report on each deer, elk, cougar, bear, pronghorn and turkey tag purchased—even if they were not successful or did not hunt. Sports Pac license holders need to report on each big game...
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Massive Poached Sacramento County Deer Leads to Trophy Penalty Enhancement
by CDFW, DECEMBER 26, 2017

A Sacramento County man entered a no contest plea Tuesday to charges of poaching a huge blacktail deer in Sacramento County. John Frederick Kautz, 51, of Lodi, was charged with possession of an illegally poached deer and falsification of deer tag reporting information, both misdemeanors, following a three-month investigation. Kautz illegally killed the trophy-sized buck on private property in Wilton in December 2016,...
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Quackheads Go Crackers
The Outdoor Edge
by Don Webster, DECEMBER 20, 2017

We’d just arrived at Lower Klamath and Tulelake. It was a waterfowler’s paradise. There were thousands of ducks and geese. It was cold, the skies were cloudy, and the wind was steadily increasing. The stage was set for a great hunt. Roger and I were giddy with excitement. Our first draw at the Tulelake check station was a space blind --...
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CDFW Offering Holiday Apprentice Youth Waterfowl Hunt at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in Solano County
by CDFW, DECEMBER 15, 2017

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering a special apprentice youth waterfowl hunt at the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in Solano County on Wednesday, Dec. 27 – a rare, midweek hunt for young hunters during their holiday break from school. The 12 blinds in the Crescent Unit of the wildlife area will be closed and available only to junior hunting...
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Dec. 12 meeting to discuss new Coos Mtn TMA
by ODFW, DECEMBER 11, 2017

The Southwest Region Council of the Access and Habitat program will host a second public meeting Dec. 12 at noon to discuss a possible new Travel Management Area to be known as the Coos Mountain TMA within the Tioga Wildlife Management unit. The meeting will be held at ODFW’s Central Point office, 1495 East Gregory Road. Attend in person or call 1-877-336-1831 and enter participant code...
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Be Prepared and Survive the Elements
by Frank Biggs, DECEMBER 6, 2017

Recently, there was an article published in Field & Stream (October 2017) about a father and son hunting and getting lost in the rugged Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon. One never made it back… the other, his son, forgot his GPS and phone when heading back out to find his dad, he was lost for a number of days… searchers finally located him! “From 1997-2016,...
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