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2012 Arizona Pronghorn & Elk Hunt Draw Booklet Is Online

Arizona Game and Fish Department

PHOENIX, AZ – -(Ammoland.com)- The 2012 Pronghorn Antelope and Elk Hunt Draw Information regulations booklet has been posted online at www.azgfd.gov/draw.

Hunters can now start applying for a hunt permit-tag issued through the drawing process.

Paper applications can be submitted either by U.S. mail to Arizona Game and Fish Department, P.O. Box 74020, Phoenix, AZ 85087-1052, or hand-delivered to any Game and Fish office.

The online application service for this draw is expected to be available by early to mid January 2012.

The deadline to apply is Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 by 7 p.m. (MST). For those mailing their application, remember, postmarks do not count.

A 2012 hunting license is required to apply in the draw, and hunters are reminded that licenses purchased through the draw will not be mailed out until after the drawing process is completed.

2012 Arizona Pronghorn & Elk Hunt Draw Booklet Is Online

Licenses can also be purchased online at the Game and Fish website, and also at Game and Fish offices and more than 300 license dealers statewide.

Please keep in mind that you must have a working printer handy if you purchase your license online. The online system is self-fulfilling and you must print your license at time of purchase.

Apply early to take advantage of the “correction period.” If your application has an error and is received before 5 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2012, you will receive up to three phone calls from Game and Fish in a 24-hour period to help get the application corrected.

After that date, mistakes can cause your application to be rejected.

The printed elk and antelope draw information/regulations booklets are anticipated to be available at department offices and at license dealers statewide around mid January 2012.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department does not receive any of the state’s general funds (tax revenues) to operate.

Wildlife conservation and management of the state’s game animals, which also benefits many nongame species, is made possible through the direct sale of hunting and fishing licenses, big game tags, and matching funds from the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program, a federal excise tax on certain hunting and fishing equipment.

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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

GLASGOW, Mont. --(Ammoland.com)- Winter can be tough on big game – especially deer and pronghorn antelope – and one way to make it easier for them is for private landowners and public land users to leave gates open so the animals aren’t blocked by fences.

“We’re asking farmers and ranchers to leave gates open wherever possible once their livestock and harvesting equipment has been moved out for the season,” said Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Wildlife Biologist Kelvin Johnson.

“This is especially helpful for antelope, because in many areas they will soon be trying to migrate. And as we saw last winter in particular, fences, closed gates and other obstructions can keep antelope from successfully reaching their traditional wintering grounds.”

Most antelope try to avoid jumping fences. Where possible, they prefer to slide under the bottom wire of a fence to get to the other side. But when snow is deep and drifted, sliding under can become difficult and the animals can easily get trapped.

“It may seem like a small thing, but leaving gates open can make life a lot easier for animals that are trying to find areas with less snow, better cover and more reliable food sources,” Johnson said, adding that FWP is working in conjunction with the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to get the word out to permittees, partners and landowners.

“Keeping gates open on public lands in the winter clearly helps wildlife,” said Phoebe J. Patterson, the BLM’s new Glasgow field manager. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the two agencies to work together with our permittees, hunters and other recreationists to help make winters easier for these animals wherever we can.”

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