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Hunters can begin registering for put-and-take hunting for ring-necked pheasants at DNR fish & wildlife areas this fall.
Registration runs through Nov. 30 at IndianaOutdoor.IN.gov .
Put-and-take hunting for ring-necked pheasants will be offered Nov. 23 through Dec. 1 at Atterbury, Glendale, J. E. Roush Lake, Pigeon River (west of State Road 3), Tri-County, Willow Slough and Winamac fish & wildlife areas.
The hunts are $25 per person. The bag limit is two birds of either sex.
Hunters can select the date, property and location within the property for their hunt.
Standard pheasant hunting will be extended at Atterbury and Glendale fish & wildlife areas until Jan. 15, offering hunters additional time to hunt birds that were not harvested during the put-and-take hunts. The bag limit is also two birds of either sex.
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An upcoming survey will ask dove hunters in Indiana and across the U.S. to share their experiences and opinions about dove hunting.
Topics in the National Dove Hunter Survey will include time spent hunting, demographics, constraints to hunting, and thoughts about potential effects of lead from spent ammunition on mourning doves and other wildlife. The study is a cooperative effort by state fish and wildlife agencies, including the Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife, the National Flyway Council, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Mailing to a random sample of dove hunters will begin June 20. The survey will be completed by the end of 2013 and a final report will be delivered to involved agencies in March 2014.
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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has mailed a survey to 15,540 Indiana hunters to help improve the management of Indianas small game and furbearer species.
By completing this 20-question survey, hunters can give opinions on their hunting experiences of quail, grouse, pheasant, squirrel, rabbit, woodcock and crow.
DNR research biologists will gather the information and summarize it to help with management practices for these species.
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A new Quail Forever chapter has been added in northern Indiana.
The Pulaski County-based North Central Indiana Quail Forever is expected to be an active force in reestablishing quail habitat in the region.
The chapter is led by chapter president, upland hunter and Indiana native Kent Wamsley. A longtime supporter of Pheasants Forevers habitat mission, Wamsley served as the Twin Lakes Pheasants Forever chapter's (White County, Ind.) habitat specialist and most recent vice-president. Having recently moved to Pulaski County, Wamsley and others saw an opportunity to continue the organizations habitat mission by starting the North Central Indiana Quail Forever chapter.
When we found out there wasnt a chapter in the area, it seemed like the logical idea to start a chapter, he said. Pulaski County has a number of areas, on both public and private ground that would be perfect for habitat restoration through Quail Forever chapter work.