Here is a quick hunting quiz:  What challenging Nevada game bird can fly up to 60 miles an hour and has eyesight and hearing sharp enough to spot hunters from great distances?  Not sure?  Does the phrase “gobble, gobble” help?

That’s right; one of the toughest game birds in Nevada is actually the wild turkey.  Shawn Espinosa, Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) game biologist, points to several attributes that make the turkey such a formidable target. 

Bats get a bad reputation because they are active at night, they’re hard to see, are often very quiet, and therefore really mysterious. It’s easy to come up with scary thoughts about things that go bump in the dark, and unfortunately, a lot of people think of bats as that bump in the dark.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is seeking the public’s assistance in helping to solve an elk poaching case that occurred earlier this month in Eastern Nevada.

State, federal, and non-profit organizations plan to sign a cooperative Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for proactive sagebrush conservation and restoration across Nevada and the Bi-State area along the California/Nevada border. 

On Oct. 1, 2018, Kenneth Wayne Hines, 57, of Sparks, Nevada was sentenced for possession of an unlawfully harvested big game animal; a gross misdemeanor, in 4th Judicial District Court in Elko, Nevada.   

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is continuing its efforts to monitor cases of Botulism within the Truckee Meadows area, and specifically in the Carson Lake Wetlands.

The state’s Board of Wildlife Commissioners is currently seeking nominations for the 2018 Wayne E. Kirch Nevada Wildlife Conservation Award. 

The Nevada Department of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will host a waterfowl hunting seminar Saturday, Sept. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Clark County Shooting Complex Education Center located at 11357 N. Decatur Blvd. in Las Vegas.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has been actively addressing recent cases of Avian Type C Botulism, an often fatal disease in birds. Type C Botulism has been reported from within the Truckee Meadows area as well as an outbreak near Fallon.

A 43-year-old woman from California was killed last night when her jet ski collided with a boat on the Colorado River near Laughlin.