http://www.azgfd.net/hunting The Official Blog of the Arizona Game and Fish Department Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:14:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PHOENIX – You still have a chance to win one of the nation’s most prestigious hunts -- the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle deadline for 2009 has been extended to July 12. Here’s your chance to win one of Arizona’s 10 top hunts, while also contributing to wildlife ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting/arizona-big-game-super-raffle-deadline-extended-to-july-12/2009/06/29/ Improve your chances for a Coues whitetail deer tag The Arizona Deer Association is sponsoring the Great American Deer Raffle to benefit Arizona's mule deer and Coues deer herds. The raffle features six unique items, five of them hunts, including one for an Arizona Commissioner’s Coues deer tag. This ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting/last-day-of-the-great-american-deer-raffle-is-today-june-22/2009/06/22/ PHOENIX — If the recent NRA convention in Phoenix got your American spirits pumping, or you just recently bought a new firearm to replace that old hand-me-down, then now is the time to join one of the summer recreational shooting leagues at the renowned Ben Avery Shooting ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/shooting-sports/improve-your-marksmanship-summer-evening-shooting-leagues-offered-at-ben-avery-shooting-facility/2009/06/01/ Lend a hand, wildlife projects need your help Compiled by Doug Burt, public information officer, AGFD If you are looking for a way to give back to wildlife or just to help out some organizations doing good work for Arizona, here's a project that can use your help. June 13-14: Elk habitat improvement ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/volunteer-opportunities/lend-a-hand-wildlife-projects-need-your-help/2009/05/28/ Outdoor learning flourishes during youth turkey camps in the mountains By Rory Aikens, public information officer, AGFD Courtesy photo: Successful junior spring turkey hunters COLCORD RIDGE, Mogollon Rim – The mountains, mentors, wildlife officers, volunteer instructors, gobblers, guides and even the wind had a lot to teach 180 or so camo-clad youngsters during the ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/junior-hunters/outdoor-learning-flourishes-during-youth-turkey-camps-in-the-mountains-2/2009/05/28/ New this year: Pheasant applications now due the same day as fall deadline   May 15, 2009 PHOENIX — It may be 100 degrees outside, but fall is right around the corner – the fall hunting application deadline, that is. Sportsmen, women and children looking forward to hunting in Arizona ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting/arizona%e2%80%99s-fall-hunt-application-deadline-is-june-9/2009/05/18/ The first public use Cowboy Mounted Action Shooting Action arena (also refured to as action shooting or mounted shooting) has opened at the Arizona Game and Fish Ben Avery Shooting Facility. The Arizona Game and Fish Ben Avery Shooting Facility is located at Carefree Highway and Interstate 17 just north of ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/shooting-sports/first-cowboy-mounted-shooting-action-arena-in-the-world-available-for-public-use/2009/05/18/ Hunters can start applying for fall hunts now; draw deadline is June 9 April 30, 2009 PHOENIX —The 2009-10 Arizona Hunting and Trapping Regulations are available now at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw. Applications are now being accepted for hunting permits ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting-news/2009-10-arizona-hunting-and-trapping-regulations-available-online/2009/04/30/ Your input will help shape and preserve Arizona’s hunting heritage April 29, 2009 PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is accepting public input for revising the state’s hunt guidelines now through the end of May. Comments may be submitted either electronically via email or mail ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting-news/public-input-requested-for-revising-hunt-guidelines/2009/04/29/ April 27, 2009 A 3-D archery fun shoot will be held at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility’s archery range Saturday, May 9, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. This fun shoot is a 20-target course designed to be fun, exciting and challenging. All ages and skill levels are welcome. ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/shooting-sports/archery-3-d-fun-shoot-and-archery-in-the-schools-3-d-regional-shoot-to-be-held-may-9/2009/04/27/ COLCORD RIDGE, Mogollon Rim – The mountains, mentors, wildlife officers, volunteer instructors, gobblers, guides and even the wind had a lot to teach 180 or so camo-clad youngsters during the opening weekend of the spring turkey season. With a lot of able assistance from sportsmen's organizations, the ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunter-education/outdoor-learning-flourishes-during-youth-turkey-camps-in-the-mountains/2009/04/23/ Enhances first-come, first-serve system for leftover permit-tags The Arizona Game and Fish Commission approved the remaining big game fall hunting seasons for deer, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, buffalo, bear and mountain lion at its April 18 meeting in Phoenix. The application deadline to apply for a hunt permit-tag ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting-news/arizona-game-and-fish-commission-sets-2009-fall-hunts/2009/04/23/ Got a Hunting Tip? Send it to us Arizona Wildlife Views magazine invites you to share your best hunting tip with our readers. Last minute submissions are being accepted through Sunday, April 19, and you can still win a free copy of “Hunt Arizona 2009.” The ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting/deadline-to-submit-your-%e2%80%9chunting-tip%e2%80%9d-extended-to-sunday-april-19/2009/04/15/ PHOENIX - The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports lab tests found no detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in any of the 2,343 testable samples from hunter-harvested or road-killed deer and elk during Arizona’s 2008-09 hunting season. The department has tested approximately 12,500 deer and elk samples since beginning its ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting-news/no-cwd-found-in-arizona-deer-and-elk-testing-2/2009/04/13/ Juniors-only spring turkey tags now offered over-the-counter PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is now offering juniors-only spring turkey hunting tags over-the-counter for the 2009 season. The change to the tag allocation method is in an effort to introduce youngsters to the American ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/junior-hunters/kids-get-opportunity-to-gobble-up-the-passion-for-hunting-wild-turkey/2009/04/08/ PHOENIX – The 2009 drawing for Arizona elk and antelope hunt permit-tags has been completed, and the 117,873 applicants can now visit the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw or call (602) 942-3000 and follow the prompts to see if they have been drawn. Be ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting/elk-and-antelope-draw-is-complete-results-are-available-online/2009/03/30/ Volunteer opportunities for hunters By Les Bell, volunteer coordinator, Arizona Game and Fish Department The Arizona ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/volunteer-opportunities/volunteer-opportunities-for-hunters-20/2009/03/18/ Wildlife research may change deer management on the Kaibab By AGFD research and ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/conservation/wildlife-research-may-change-deer-management-on-the-kaibab/2009/03/18/ Attention varmint and small game hunters: New non-lead ammunition available this year By Shelly Shepherd, information/education program ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/small-game-hunting/attention-varmint-and-small-game-hunters-new-non-lead-ammunition-available-this-year/2009/03/18/ Rabbits ... http://www.azgfd.net/hunting/hunting/hop-over-to-rabbit-hunting/2009/03/18/