Newfoundland Labrador Big Game Draw Completed 06/06/07
Over 49,000 applications involving almost 60,000
hunters were submitted for the big game draw this year, and another
21,721 hunters asked to advance their priority status for next year. [Comments?]
Newfoundland Labrador Big Game Apps Mailed 04/02/07
Over 80,000 applications for the 2007-08 moose and caribou draw and black bear licences have been mailed to all qualified resident big game hunters in the province. Enclosed with each application is a copy of the 2007-08 Newfoundland and Labrador Hunting and Trapping Guide. [Comments?]
Newfoundland Caribou Hunters Can Win Prize 11/17/06
The Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Environment and Conservation, today provided an update on the caribou health monitoring program and encouraged future successful caribou hunters to participate in the program. [1 Comment]
Newfoundland Firearm Safety Hunter Education Course Required 10/20/06
New hunters wishing to enter the 2007 big game licence
draw must complete a Firearm Safety Hunter Education course before
November 30, 2006. The Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Environment
and Conservation, reminds new hunters that the course is available at
College of the North Atlantic (CNA) campuses throughout the province. [4 Comments]
2006-07 Big Game Licence Draw Completed 05/30/06
Clyde Jackman, Minister of Environment and Conservation, today announced that the 2006 big game draw for moose and caribou licences has been completed. In total 26,340 moose licences and 4,085 caribou licences are available. Caribou quotas, when compared to the 2006-07 Hunting and Trapping Guide, were decreased by 550 additional licences. [Comments?]
Department Seeking Information about Moose Snaring Incidents 05/15/06
Officials with the
Department of Natural Resources are asking for the public’s assistance
in apprehending the person or persons responsible for setting snares
that have killed several moose in the Trout River area. [2 Comments]
Insular Newfoundland Caribou Initiative 04/13/06
Minster of Environment and Conservation Clyde Jackman announced today that a two-year, $3 million strategy to examine 10 of the major caribou populations in the province will commence this fiscal year. [Comments?]
2006-07 Hunting and Trapping Guide and Big Game Licence Applications in the Mail 04/03/06
Clyde Jackman, Minister of Environment
and Conservation, announced today that applications for the 2006-07
moose and caribou draw and black bear licences have been mailed to all
qualified big game hunters in the province. Enclosed with the
applications is the 2006-2007 Newfoundland and Labrador Hunting and
Trapping Guide. [Comments?]
Major Poaching Ring Busted Along the Southwest Coast 05/06/05
Conservation officers from the Department of Natural Resources, under the direction of the Special Investigations Unit and along with the Canadian Wildlife Service, busted on Wednesday, April 27, a major organized migratory bird poaching ring that was operating in the towns of Port aux Basques and Rose Blanche. [1 Comment]
Hunters Charged Under Endangered Species Act 12/16/04
In provincial court in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Thursday, November 18, 2004, three hunters from Quebec were convicted of killing Red Wine Woodland Caribou - a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The charges result from the incident of April 10, 2003, at which time conservation officers with the Department of Natural Resources seized 14 animals. [Comments?]
Jessica's Colorado Cow Elk Hunt We went hunting this fall for elk and although we had a great time, we came home without fulfilled tags. I had one tag that was good until December 31 so two days after Christmas, Dad took me past Craig, past Maybell, and even past Sunbeam to 6 miles from the Utah border where the Lord saw fit to fulfill a dream. We saw a herd of about 200 and I had never ever seen so many elk!
