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NCTA
2010 |
Commission Reminding Hunters Some Rules
Delayed RALEIGH, N.C. (August 11, 2009) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding hunters that a number of rules adopted at its March Commission meeting will not be in effect when hunting seasons open this fall. The North Carolina Rules Review Commission referred a number of the proposed rules changes to the General Assembly as a consequence of written opposition, an action required under state law. As a result, these rules changes cannot take effect until reviewed by the Legislature next year. Legislators have 30 days from the start of the next session to propose a bill disapproving any of these rules. If no bill is proposed, the rules automatically go into effect for the 2010-11 season. Rules NOT in effect for the 2009-2010 season are: H1) Require persons harvesting deer through the Deer Management Assistance Program to use tags provided by the Commission and report their harvests, whether those deer are antlerless or antlered. Allow harvest of deer on DMAP areas under the big game harvest report card and the bonus antlerless deer harvest report card, where applicable. H2) Change the description of where bonus antlerless deer harvest report cards may be used from “private lands” to “lands other than those enrolled in the Commission’s Game Land Program” in order to permit the use of these cards on military installations, national wildlife refuges, and other public lands that are NOT game lands. H3) Remove the daily bag limit for deer. H4) Allow hunters to use archery equipment to harvest deer during the muzzleloading firearms season on game lands. H5) Shorten the bow season by one week and open the muzzleloader season one week earlier to create a two week muzzleloader season. H6) Deer seasons in the Northwestern deer season will be changed so that the regular gun season is extended through January 1. Deer seasons in the Eastern, Central, and Western deer season structures will remain unchanged. H7) Deer seasons on game lands in the Northwestern deer season will be changed so that the regular gun season is extended through January 1. Deer seasons on game lands in the Eastern, Central, and Western deer season structures will remain unchanged. H8) Open all private lands in the Eastern, Central, and Northwestern deer seasons to the maximum either-sex deer season. H9) Assign all of Moore County to the Eastern deer season. H25) Allow falconry on Sundays, except for migratory game birds. H26) Allow bow hunting on Sundays on private lands only, except for migratory game birds. H28) Allow the use of crossbows, without permit, anytime bow and arrows are legal weapons. H48) Disallow the selling of live foxes and coyotes taken under a depredation permit to controlled hunting preserves. H50) Allow a landowner with a valid depredation permit to give away the edible portions of deer to anyone. Require the recipient to retain a copy of the depredation permit. H51) Eliminate the requirement that a landholder must get a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit for the taking of migratory birds before getting a Commission permit to do so. For a complete list, visit the North Carolina’s 2009-2010 Inland Fishing, Hunting and Trapping regulations. For more information about this year’s delayed rules, see our previous news release and N.C. Wildlife Update. Get N.C. Wildlife Update – news including season dates, bag limits, legislative updates and more – delivered to your Inbox from the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission**********************************************************************
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25-pound Longnose Gar Snags New State Record
RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 3, 2009) – A 16-foot Shakespeare Wonderpole, a tube jig and an I-phone helped Kelly Williams land the latest North Carolina Freshwater Fishing State Record. The Virginia Beach angler reeled in a 25-pound longnose gar, measuring 53 ½ inches in length and 18 ½ inches in girth, from the Intracoastal Waterway near Coinjock on Jan. 30 while fishing with his neighbor Glenn Cooper. Williams and Cooper were fishing for striped bass in about 6 feet of water when Williams hooked the monster gar. After a brief fight in which Williams was sure the fish was going to break his rod, he finally got it in the boat and saw that it was huge. Despite the size of the fish, Williams said he was planning to release it when Cooper pulled out his I-phone and downloaded the freshwater fish state record information from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Web site. “Glenn got on his phone and pulled up a picture on the Web site of the other state record and it looked kind of skinny by comparison,” Williams said. “So it was a good thing he was with me. Otherwise, I’d have let it go if I was fishing by myself.” The two men weren’t familiar with the area so they got back on the I-phone to locate a store with certified scales. They had the fish weighed on certified scales at TW’s Bait and Tackle in Kitty Hawk. Kevin Dockendorf, a fisheries biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, verified the catch. In North Carolina, longnose gar are found statewide, but are most abundant in coastal rivers and streams. They are the only species of gar found in the state. Williams’ catch surpasses the previous record-holder, held by Sebastian Lankiewicz of Jacksonville since June 2006, by nearly 6 pounds and 4 inches. To qualify for a state record, anglers must have caught the fish on a rod and reel, must have the fish weighed on a certified scale witnessed by one observer, have the fish positively identified by a qualified expert from the Commission and submit an application with a full, side-view photo of the fish.
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