Results Down for 2003 Deer Hunting Season 05/21/04
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that hunters harvested almost 13,000 deer during Connecticut’s 2003 regulated deer hunting seasons. The 2003 harvest increased by six percent over 2002’s harvest of almost 12,000 deer. [Comments?]
Bear Research Continued Through Summer 10/15/02
Wildlife Division biologists have been trapping, marking and releasing black bears over the summer, primarily in northwest Connecticut, with financial assistance from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program (WCRP). Since June 2002, a total of 19 black bears (12 males, 7 females) have been marked with colored ear tags and released. Six of the females and one male have radio collars attached around their necks so that information about home range and habitat can be collected.
Moose Are Here to Stay 08/13/02
There’s no question about it. Moose are now living in Connecticut and are here to stay. However, it is not clear whether moose were ever native to the state. If moose did exist here during early colonial times, they occurred in small numbers and at the southerly fringe of their range. In 1935, George Gilbert Goodwin wrote in The Mammals of Connecticut: “The moose, if ever a native to Connecticut, has long since disappeared from within the limits of this state.”
Georgia Hog Hunt Success My first hog hunt was truly a day I will never forget. It was Saturday January 17, 2009 and, according to The Weather Channel, the coldest it's been in our area in three years. We were camping on the Altamaha River with a group of friends. I was wearing several layers of clothing, but it was still very cold. My husband and I walked for a couple of hours in the morning and only saw one raccoon although we saw lots of sign that hogs were in the area.
