Monthly Archives: February 2017

Fish and Wildlife Department may get authority over turkey bag limits and seasons

Turkey bag limits and seasons are set in law, but that may change. My turkey bill, LD 98, was amended by the legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife yesterday to give the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife full authority to set bag limits and seasons, including the opportunity to schedule special hunts where turkeys are […]

At the legislature, landowners urge us to kill more turkeys

My turkey bill got plenty of support at yesterday’s public hearing before the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee. And the committee will quickly get to work on the bill on Thursday. The bill would eliminate the permit requirement and fee, allow on-line and phone tagging, and expand the bag limits to three toms in the […]