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By Caden Meines

Published: Nov. 13, 2024 at 2:29 PM PST|Updated: 21 hours ago

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – With Friday being the opening day of firearm deer season, TV6 is taking a look at how engaging with these traditions can benefit hunters, beyond stocking their freezers.

Negaunee Rod and Gun Club Member and long-time Hunter Terry Huffman says the hunting tradition allows him to connect with his family.

“I just got back from a trip to Kentucky with two brothers and a brother-in-law,” Huffman said. “It’s very important.”

Huffman says he’s been actively hunting since he was 10 years old. Along with being an opportunity to spend time with his family, he says hunting is a good time to unplug, which benefits his overall well-being.

“I always feel better when I get back from a hunt,” Huffman explained. “I recharge my batteries and ready to give it my all again.”

Thrive Mental Health Services Owner and Psychotherapist Tessa Dagenais maintaining traditions like hunting can create stability.

“Just getting away from the demands of reality, the day-to-day pressures and responsibilities and taking a vacation from those things, for however long, is also supportive and a strength,” Dagenais said.

Dagenais says maintaining traditions like hunting can create stability.

“Having that nostalgia, that thing they can expect to do year after year at the same time, and maybe even with the same people, brings a sense of certainty and calm,” Dagenais said.

Huffman says hunting also creates a common activity for people to bond over. He explains community is a key part of being a hunter.

“Birds of a feather, hunters kind of gather. They get to know who the other hunters are in the community and they visit,” Huffman said. “A lot of times at the Rod and Gun club, we don’t just hunt, we do a lot of other recreational activities too.”

• Steve Jurrens
• Nov 13, 2024 Updated 16 hrs ago
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{KXLG – South Dakota} The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks (GFP) has announced the closure of the 2024 river otter trapping season after the harvest limit of 20 otters was reached on November 12 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time. The trapping season, which began at sunrise on November 1, marked the fifth season in the state since its initiation in 2020.

Furbearer license holders now have until November 13 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time (24 hours since the season closed) to report any river otters trapped in existing traps to GFP by calling 605-353-7319. Capturing river otters by hunting is illegal now that the harvest limit has been reached.

If a trapped river otter is alive, the trapper must immediately release it and notify a GFP representative. If the river otter is found dead in a trap, the trapper must leave it undisturbed and contact a GFP representative within 12 hours. All river otter pelts must be tagged through the eyeholes with a CITES tag provided by GFP within five days of harvest, and the carcass must be surrendered to GFP.

Possession, purchase, or sale of raw river otter pelts is only permitted if GFP tags them or, if taken from another jurisdiction, properly tagged with a tag supplied by the issuing governmental entity. If no tag is issued, other proof of lawful take is required.

For more information about the river otter season, please visit the GFP website at gfp.sd.gov/river-otter/.

Montana Public Radio | By Ellis Juhlin

Published November 14, 2024 at 3:17 AM MST

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In Ravalli County, trappers no longer have to set their snares and traps a certain distance away from roads that are closed during the winter — except for four roads identified as major recreation areas, including Skalkaho Pass Road.

Region 2 Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jeff Burrows, proposed the changes. In Tuesday’s commission meeting, he said trappers in the Bitterroot needed more opportunities to set traps to make up for the now shorter season.

The move was supported by outfitting and guiding groups, trappers, and pro-wolf hunting groups. Will Israel with the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association praised Burrows for his collaboration

“Predator management is ecosystem management, and so when it comes to managing the big game species and all the different species that exist within each one of our regions, predator management is key,” Israel said.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks did not request the change.

Anti-trapping groups and wildlife advocacy groups opposed the change, saying it could result in people, dogs and non-targeted wildlife getting hurt. KC York with Trap Free Montana said the proposals favored trappers at a cost to grizzlies, and public safety.

“People that are heavily involved in outdoor recreation in Ravalli County say 16 public trails, 16 roads will be impacted.”

In addition to the Ravalli County-specific changes, the commission passed regulations to shorten the trapping season in a court-approved zone that overlaps with grizzly habitat, and require a new permit for trapping animals within that zone. Additional regulations would take effect ifa grizzly bear were to be found caught in a trap.

Grizzly bears are federally protected under the Endangered Species Act, but that may change as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to decide on delisting two subpopulations of bears early in 2025.

The Commission will reconsider all these regulations next August for the 2025-2026 season.