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NORTHEAST
NEWS BRIEFS
by Russ "Jaeger" Kassner
January
2010
EDITION
As
of this writing, most deer
seasons have concluded in the
Northeast or are winding down.
Small game seasons are ongoing
and spring Turkey and Trout
seasons are just a hopeful
wish. Look for a more detailed
report of the past hunting
season next month in Part II of
the Northeast News Briefs.
NEW
YORK
Long
Island Turkey Season
Long
Island's first ever wild turkey
regulated hunting season
concluded on Nov. 25, with a
harvest of approximately 100
birds, just in time for
Thanksgiving. The season, held
from Nov. 21-25, 2009, was made
possible because of DEC's
successful wild turkey
restoration efforts made in the
early 1990s.
The reported birds were taken in
various locations throughout the
towns of Brookhaven,
Southampton, Riverhead and East
Hampton. The first bird taken
off of state land and examined
at DEC's hunter check station at
Ridge was a 14-pound male, and
had a beard measuring 8.5
inches. The longest beard
harvested and checked at the
station was 11 inches. The
largest bird recorded at the
station was a 19-pound adult
male.
No hunting safety incidents were
reported throughout the duration
of the season. More than 650
people came through the check
station during the five-day
season to hunt on the
state-owned Rocky Point and Otis
Pike properties. Many others
likely hunted on private lands
throughout Suffolk County.
Deer Jacking
According to a DEC press
release, a major initiative to
crack down on illegal deer
hunting from the Hudson Valley
to the Canadian border has led
to charges against 107
individuals for more than 250
offenses. The investigation,
dubbed "Operation Jackhammer,"
focused on the illegal taking of
deer by use of artificial light
- a practice commonly known as
"deer jacking."
This
fall, DEC undertook the largest
coordinated anti-deer jacking
initiative in the state's
history. Operation Jackhammer
utilized more than 100
Environmental Conservation
Officers (ECOs) from the Hudson
Valley, Capitol Region, the
Catskills and the Adirondacks.
During a six-week period, ECOs
were assigned to saturation
patrols in targeted rural
locations, with stakeouts taking
place at all hours of the night.
The investigations largely
covered the weeks before the
start of deer season, when,
historically, DEC fields
numerous complaints about deer
jacking.
During
the six-week operation, DEC
officers charged 107 individuals
with 187 misdemeanors and 87
violations. This included 27
instances of hunters killing
deer at night while using a
spotlight or other artificial
light and 48 instances where a
hunter was caught using a light
but had yet to kill a deer.
Typically, other related charges
were filed in these instances,
such as carrying a loaded gun in
a vehicle, hunting after hours
and firing a gun within 500 feet
of a house.
By
region, 102 misdemeanors and 37
violations were filed in the
Adirondack Park and surrounding
North Country. In the Capital
Region and northern Catskills,
there were 71 misdemeanors and
46 violations. In the southern
Catksills and Lower and
Mid-Hudson Valley, there were 14
misdemeanors and four
violations.
Approximately 40 guns were
confiscated and 42
illegally-taken deer recovered.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY EDITION PART II
Look
for a more complete report of
the results of the Northeast
Deer seasons in next months
edition of the Northeast News
Briefs.
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PACIFIC
NORTHWEST NEWS BRIEFS
by
Jeff "ke7cjw" Love
January
2010
EDITION
Idaho
F&G Plans Public
Meetings On Big Game Seasons
Every year the Idaho Fish and
Game department works with
hunters to consider changes to
the regulations for the upcoming
season. This year the first
round of public meetings will be
held in Mackay, Idaho Falls, and
Rexburg. All meetings start at
7:00 pm
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Tuesday February 2, 2010. Mackay
High School Auditorium.
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Wednesday February 3, 2010. Fish
and Game Regional Office, Idaho
Falls.
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Thursday February 4, 2010
Madison Middle School Media
Center, Rexburg.
For
more information go to the
IDFG web site.
Officers Find
More Wildlife Violations In
Bingham County
IDFG
is seeking information about the
killing of a Mule Deer buck in
Game management unit 63 sometime
between January 10, and 17. The
carcass was discovered west of
Blackfoot, Idaho near Highway
26. For more information go to
the
IDFG web site.
Lake Pond Oreille
Kokanee Recovery Shows Positive
Signs
Biologists and anglers working
to recover the kokanee
population in Lake Pend Oreille
have reason to be encouraged by
the progress in 2009. After more
than a decade of lake level
management to benefit shoreline
spawning kokanee and four years
of aggressive predator reduction
the kokanee are showing signs of
recovery. For more information
on this recovery effort go to
the
IDFG web site.
Remember to either mail in your
harvest reports or go to the
IDFG web site and fill them
out online.
Oregon
Report fall big
game, or turkey harvest results
by January 31, 2010 for a chance
to win a special deer, elk, or
pronghorn tag. For more
information go to the
ODFW
web site.
ODFW will release
1.2 million trout in NW region
CLACKAMAS – The
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife will release more than
1.2 million rainbow trout at 96
sites around the agency’s
Northwest Region in 2010. For
more information on the release
schedule go to the
ODFW
web site.
Marine bag limit
remains seven fish
NEWPORT, Ore. –
The Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife wants to remind
anglers that the marine fish
daily bag limit remains seven
fish in 2010. The reminder is
prompted by an error in the 2010
Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations
that says the limit is six. For
more information go to the
ODFW
web site.
Washington
Fish and wildlife
officers trap, euthanize
Magnolia coyote
State fish and
wildlife officers and a federal
wildlife-control agent today
trapped and euthanized a coyote
they believe to be the animal
that has been threatening people
in Seattle’s Discovery Park and
nearby Magnolia neighborhood.
For more information go to the
WDFW web site.
Marine toxin
clouds razor clam dig, prevents
opening at Long Beach
Rising marine
toxin levels have prompted the
Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife (WDFW) to cancel a
razor clam dig scheduled at Long
Beach and delay final decisions
about digs at Twin Harbors,
Copalis and Mocrocks beaches
until next week. For more
information go to the
WDFW web site.
Hunter reports
due Jan. 31
The
Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding
hunters that reports on their
hunting activities are due by
Jan. 31 for each 2009 black
bear, deer, elk, or turkey tag
purchased.
All hunters,
whether successful or not, are
required to submit activity
reports. Failure to meet the
deadline can result in a fine.
For more information on filing
your report go to the
WDFW web site.
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