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Massachusetts Needs Help Counting Turkey Families 07/13/07
Sportsmen and women, birders, landowners and other wildlife enthusiasts are encouraged to assist MassWildlife by counting turkey families this summer. [Comments?]
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Massachusetts Deer and Moose CWD Free 06/27/07
Based on data gathered during the 2006 deer hunting season, no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in Massachusetts deer or moose. [Comments?]
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Massachusetts Releases 2006 Deer Harvest Numbers 02/23/07
MassWildlife Deer Project Leader Bill Woytek reports a total of 10,479 white-tailed deer taken by licensed hunters during the combined 2006 seasons. [Comments?]
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Massachusetts Reminds Hunters of CWD Rules 10/11/06
Deer hunters who hunt deer in other states are reminded that it is illegal for anyone to import, process or possess whole carcasses or parts of deer or elk (from wild or captive deer herds) into Massachusetts from states and Canadian provinces where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected. [Comments?]
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Massachusetts Antlerless Deer Permits Drawn 08/02/06
The annual
drawing for Antlerless Deer Permits was held July 25, 2006 at the R.C.
Mahar Regional High School in Orange. Selections were made based on last
digit of 2006 hunting or sporting licenses. [Comments?]
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Massachusetts Changing Hunting License Purchase Requirement 07/17/06
On July 6,
Governor Mitt Romney signed legislation that changes hunting license purchase
requirements by requiring all new hunters to successfully pass a basic
hunter education course, a measure that has the strong support of sportsmen
and gun owners. [Comments?]
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2006 Antlerless Deer Permit Allocations 06/30/06
The 2006 Antlerless Deer Permit
allocations by Wildlife Management Zone (WMZ) appear below. "Percent
Change" indicates the difference in the number of available permits
from last year's allocations. [Comments?]
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2005 Nantucket February Deer Season 12/30/04
On December 20, 2004, in response to a request from Nantucket town officials, the Fisheries and Wildlife Board voted to allow a one week deer hunting season on Nantucket in February of 2005. [Comments?]
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Preliminary Archery and Shotgun Deer Season Figures 12/20/04
For the archery deer season, a preliminary total of 2,888 deer were checked in at official check stations according to staff at MassWildlife. The Western District check stations tallied 251 deer while Connecticut Valley District stations reported 352. Central District stations had 711 deer checked, Northeast District 575 and Southeast District checked 999. Last year's final archery total was 3,045. [Comments?]
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Preliminary Shotgun Deer Season Figures 12/26/03
Check stations reported 6,378 deer at official check stations according to preliminary figures compiled by MassWildlife. The shotgun season opened statewide on December 1 through December 6 on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard and through December 13 across the remainder of the state. During the 2002 shotgun season a total of 8,084 deer were checked. The highest shotgun season kill on record was 1995 when 8,131 deer were taken. [1 Comment]
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