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How a 7-Hour Fishing Season in Resulted in the Seizure of 2,500 Pounds of Illegally Caught Fish 🐟
+ Arkansas' new turkey tags, Missouri wardens awarded, Vermont's plea for longer hunting seasons and inviting a bear to lunch
Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the newsletter. If you’re still with us, that means you’ve made it to the middle of yet another week.
With that said, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey and get this mid-week dispatch out the door.
Here's what's worth reading about this morning:
Heck of a haul - 2,500 lbs of smelt caught illegally in Oregon 🐟
New turkey tags - Arkansas rolling out new tags for gobblers 🦃
Missouri wardens awarded - NDA names them Agency of the Year 🏅
Longer seasons, pls - Vermont officials are making a plea 🦌
Pull up a chair - Watch this young bear pull up a seat at a local restaurant 🍽️
QUICK AND DIRTY
HOW A UNIQUE 7-HOUR FISHING SEASON IN OREGON RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF 2,500 POUNDS OF ILLEGALLY CAUGHT FISH
It was last Thursday when the state of Oregon kicked off a wild 7-hour fishing frenzy on the Sandy River. What was supposed to be a unique and special occurrence turned out to be quite a mess involving a bit of chaos and a whole lot of law-breaking. With massive waves of tiny smelt swimming upstream, anglers armed with dip nets patiently awaited their arrival.
But they weren’t the only ones sitting in wait. Tucked along the shorelines were droves of wildlife officials and police doing their best to keep an eye on the action and ensure that all of the anglers were playing by the rules. Despite their best efforts, by the time the7-hour window ran out, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police had nabbed about 2,500 pounds of illegally-caught smelt, according to the MCSO…
QUICK HITS // FROM AROUND THE WEB
Utah DWR releases recommendations for 2025 big game hunting permits: The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is releasing its proposed big game hunting permit numbers for 2025 and is also proposing some changes to big game hunting rules in Utah. Read the full story.
Arkansas introduces new Turkey Hunting Tags for upcoming turkey hunting season: For any Arkansans that are looking to hunt turkeys this year, they will now need an Arkansas Turkey Hunting Tag. Read the full story.
Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses may change soon in Kansas: Lawmakers approved legislation late last month that would make changes to lifetime hunting and fishing license options and waterfowl hunting for out of state hunters in Kansas. Read the full story.
Missouri Department of Conservation named Agency of the Year by National Deer Association: MDC received the award Friday, March 28, at its headquarters in Jefferson City. The NDA award was established "over 20 years ago" and this recognition makes MDC the third organization to receive the award twice, according to the NDA. Read the full story.
Vermont wildlife officials push for expanded deer hunting seasons: Vermont Fish and Wildlife officials say hunters are not killing enough deer, so they propose extending the season and expanding regulations to prevent conflicts and keep state forests healthy. Read the full story.
North Dakota Game and Fish releases deer numbers for 2024 season: Over 50,000 deer gun licenses were available and gun hunters had a success rate of 55%. Of the 27,000 bow hunters, 22,000 harvested deer last season, leading to a 26% success rate. Out of the less than 1,000 muzzleloader licenses available, 790 muzzle-load hunters had success equating to a 29% success rate. Read the full story.
VIDEO // SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN
🍲 Although he said the service sucked, he sure did like the food. Watch as this black bear saddles up and finishes some unsuspecting diner’s meals.
Hopefully he doesn’t dine and dash…
HUMPDAY MEME // HEARD IT HERE FIRST
WANDERINGS // A SFW GLIMPSE OF OUR BROWSER HISTORY
I’ve never had a Harvey Wallbanger, but have most definitely heard of the cocktail. But who exactly was Mr. Wallbanger? Another question I think most of us have asked ourselves is: what would happen if we fired a gun in space? MG’s going parachuting, jumping semi-trucks over F1 cars and a few of the other legendary stunts car manufacturers used to pull before they lost their balls. I heard about this guy by the name of Forrest Fenn. He was kind of like a pirate that had buried treasure out on the open sea. The only difference between him and like, you know, real pirates is that he left clues to help others to find it.
EYE CANDY // PICTURES > WORDS
Kept this one frozen…
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