Furbearer Conservation

June 8, 2019

Hunting, Legislation, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping, New England

Hunting critics petition NH Fish and Game with new Coyote regulations

Furbearer Conservation

June 8, 2019

Hunting, Legislation, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping, New England

An animal rights group in New Hampshire has petitioned the state’s Fish and Game Department over regulations for the hunting of coyotes in the state. The petition comes just a month and a half after the state’s legislators rejected a House Bill seeking to restrict coyote hunting in the state.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 20, 2019

Discussion, General Trapping, National, New England, New Hampshire, North America, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

Beaver breeding season is no spring picnic!

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 20, 2019

Discussion, General Trapping, National, New England, New Hampshire, North America, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

As Spring brings “new beginnings” for the beavers, it also inevitably brings new beginnings for mankind - in the form of heightened complaint calls for roaming beavers who’ve now inconveniently “set up shop” in the wrong parts of civilization.

Furbearer Conservation

May 7, 2019

Conservation, Cultural Heritage, Hunting, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping, New England, Hunting Culture

Governor’s turkey hunt highlights New Hampshire’s rural culture

Furbearer Conservation

May 7, 2019

Conservation, Cultural Heritage, Hunting, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping, New England, Hunting Culture

Word on the street says that hunting is on a national downward trend. That “word” clearly hasn’t reached the hillside haunts of New Hampshire, as thousands of Granite State hunters and trappers still take to the woods each spring and fall to take part in the outdoor pastimes that have been integral to rural New England life.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 6, 2019

Predator Management, New England, Science & Biology, Public Relations, Reference Article, NH Distemper Study, Conservation, Wildlife Management, Featured Article, New Hampshire, Headlines

New strain of canine distemper confirmed in NH, VT

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 6, 2019

Predator Management, New England, Science & Biology, Public Relations, Reference Article, NH Distemper Study, Conservation, Wildlife Management, Featured Article, New Hampshire, Headlines

Pathologists with the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at the University of New Hampshire have been working on study of CDV in multiple wildlife species for a few years. The disease may already be having an impact on populations of wild mesocarnivores in New Hampshire and New England, including fox and fisher.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 1, 2019

New England, Predator Management, Wildlife Management, Discussion, Conservation, Wildlife Control, Public Relations, New Hampshire, Featured Article, Headlines, Nature's Ways

Last year’s rodent “bumper crop” means predator boom this spring

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 1, 2019

New England, Predator Management, Wildlife Management, Discussion, Conservation, Wildlife Control, Public Relations, New Hampshire, Featured Article, Headlines, Nature's Ways

Just as the acorn mast abundance of two years ago drove a rodent explosion last year, I’m confident the expansion in rodent presence will drive a “cyclical boom” in New England’s predatory species this year.