Wildlife agencies have created these fisheries to bring fishing opportunity to city dwellers who might not be able to get to a lake or river outside of town.
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Freelance writer Doug Nielsen is a conservation educator for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. His “In the Outdoors” column, published Thursday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NDOW. Any opinions he states in his column are his own.
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Americans have turned to campgrounds, hiking trails and fishable waters in numbers so large that parks have taken steps to limit the number of campers.
The bighorn ram had been dead long enough that the horn sheaths had been separated from the skull by critters scavenging for a meal. We had happened upon a treasure.
“This will be a great season compared to what we have experienced in the last 15 or more years,” said a small game biologist for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
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On October 30, the National Shooting Sports Foundation announced its decision to cancel the 2021 edition of the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show.
Not deep snow that piles in drifts against the tent wall, but just enough to create a light background that makes a mule deer stand out.
With the help of a rather plump bass and a pair of double-digit five-fish bags, Boulder City’s Tim Klinger prevailed in the 2020 WON BASS U.S. Open bass tournament.
Carter Doren, a junior at Green Valley High School, became a national champion Oct. 3 by winning the Big Bass Zone Junior Championship at Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho.
When it comes to upland game birds, the chukar partridge has long been the bird of choice for Nevada’s wing shooters, but Gambel’s quail are not far behind.
About six months after being postponed, the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional bass tournament is underway at Lake Mead.
As good as it is now, digital mapping may get even better, especially for outdoor enthusiasts looking to access public lands, if a pair of bills get the nod from Congress.
If bird numbers follow a pattern similar to the past two years, hunters should expect to have plenty of targets.
If you would like to take advantage of Arizona’s spring hunting seasons, the time is now to shift your focus,