This gentleman, assisted by Nine Mile Guest Ranch/RTS Hunting’s Travis Flaharty (right) bagged a very nice buck last month. The photo was posted to the company’s Facebook page with a caption that read, “Art, an inspiration to all of us!! 95 years young and still knocking them down with one[Read More…]
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Mandatory CWD testing on deer this year
RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) will be conducting mandatory chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing during the 2019 hunting season in specific Game Management Units (GMU) as part of efforts to control the spread of CWD with its Colorado Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan. Beginning in late September, CPW[Read More…]
Classifieds: October 10, 2019
**ANNOUNCEMENTS** The 2019 Annual Craft & Gift Show will be Friday, Nov. 1st from 4:00 to 8:00 PM and Saturday, Nov. 2nd from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the RBC Fairgrounds. Please email: [email protected] or call Michelle Weston at 970-878-5563 to request a registration form. Booth space is $40.[Read More…]
Check out CPW hunting opportunities on 21 properties, reservations begin Aug. 18
RBC | Beginning today, hunters can head over to Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) Hunting Reservation Page (https://cpw.state.co.us/HuntingReservations) to learn more about the hunting opportunities on 21 properties (primarily offering small game and waterfowl), and log on to their account in CPW’s new Hunting Reservation System. Although reservations will not[Read More…]
CPW meeting in Craig April 30 to address CWD
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s efforts to learn more about chronic wasting disease and how the agency will respond to increased prevalence will be the topic of a public meeting in Craig April 30.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife addressing Chronic Wasting Disease with response plan
RBC | The 2019 Colorado Big Game Brochure is out and there are plenty of regulation changes and new information for hunters to read up on in advance of the big game draw. One of the big challenges CPW wildlife managers are tackling this year is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).[Read More…]
NW Region Sportsmen’s Roundtable invites hunters and anglers to discuss issues at regional caucus Feb. 25
RBC | The Northwest Region Sportsmen’s Roundtable invites hunters and anglers, or anyone who has thoughts about hunting and fishing related issues, to attend the next regional caucus, beginning at 6 p.m., Feb. 25, Mesa County Central Services, 200 South Spruce St. in Grand Junction. In addition to wide-ranging discussions about a[Read More…]
CPW big game meeting Jan. 7
MEEKER | Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s current five-year Big Game Season Structure expires at the end of 2019 and the agency is now gathering input to develop the succeeding five-year plan. Once approved in July 2019, the new season structure will go into effect from 2020 through 2024. In Northwest Colorado,[Read More…]
Ten meaty podcasts for hunters and hunting enthusiasts
RBC | You really can find whatever you want on the internet. The global information age has allowed hunters to learn the latest conditions, animal population numbers and hunting season outlooks just by typing in a few words. In the world of podcasts — digital audio recordings on whatever subject[Read More…]
Hunter sight-in events at Meeker Sportsman’s Club
MEEKER | Attention hunters! Don’t head out on your hunt without sighting in your gun! The Meeker Sportsman’s Club offers sight-in events on Oct. 18-19, Nov. 1-2 and Nov. 13 this year, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for $5 per gun (if you shoot it) and $10 per gun[Read More…]
CPW drafts CWD response plan
RBC | Last month Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) held meetings in Meeker and Craig explaining their increasing concern relative to the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the area mule deer herd. In some upriver Game Management Units, the prevalence rate as shown by tissue sampling via hunter harvest,[Read More…]
CPW seeks ways to control Chronic Wasting Disease
RBC | Maintaining wildlife health is a fundamental component of sound wildlife management and is a high priority in Colorado. That’s the framework of a series of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) public information meetings about chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Meeker and Craig on Jun 26 and July 2. CPW[Read More…]
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