MEEKER I As part of an ongoing mule deer study in the Piceance Basin, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be conducting helicopter capture and collaring operations in Game Management Unit 22, beginning in early December.
World War II veteran has luck of the draw
December 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
MEEKER I World War II veteran Dale States, 89, has been hunting all his life but this was the first time he drew tags for antelope, deer and elk all in the same year. States had already filled his antelope and deer tags but needed a place to hunt to try and fill the private […]
America’s largest game bird
November 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RBC I There are a lot of people talking turkey this time of year. Roasted or deep-fried? White meat or dark? Do you want stuffing with that?
Middle Elk fire area closed for safety reasons
October 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
MEEKER I The Middle Elk Fire on the Blanco Ranger District is located some 30 miles north of New Castle, Colo., to the west of the Buford New Castle Road at Hiner Springs.
Hunting season here …
October 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Jason Steiner, owner of Stage Stop Meat Market and Deli on the corner of Market and School streets, said hunting season business has been good so far this year.
Record breaker …
October 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Rangely local Tom Walz recently learned that he made the Boone & Crockett records book with the mountain lion he harvested last Christmas Eve with Wayne Pennell of Cathedral Creek Outfitters.
Outfitter convicted of 6 felonies
October 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
MEEKER I Big game hunting outfitter Dennis Eugene Rodebaugh, 72, of Meeker, Colo., was convicted by a federal jury in Denver of six charges of violating the Lacey Act, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Elk Crossing…
August 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A small herd of elk recently crossed the White River between Meeker and Rangely. The Herald Times is accepting photos for the photo galleries of the 2012 fall edition of the Northwest Colorado Hunting Guide, please send them to tonya@theheraldtimes.com with a caption for consideration.
Hunting numbers set
May 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RBC I The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approved big game hunting license numbers for the upcoming fall hunting seasons. Agency staff utilized herd population estimates to recommend reductions in license numbers for mule deer, elk and pronghorn while recommending increases in licenses to manage growing populations of moose and black bears.
Outreach program helps young hunters bag first birds
May 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RBC I Three lucky young hunters from northwest Colorado bagged their first turkeys after being selected to participate in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s 2012 Hunter Outreach Program’s Youth Turkey Hunt.
Colorado still a big game hunter’s paradise
March 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s recently released 2011 big game harvest statistics show that the Centennial State continues to offer some of the best and most diverse big game hunting in the country.
Here kitty, kitty …
March 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Meeker resident Scott Isenhour, general manager of Meeker’s REDI Services, went lion hunting with friends on Piceance Creek recently and harvested this mountain lion.
