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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (CBSMiami) – A giant python that was found and killed Tuesday may be the largest python ever caught in the state of Florida. The man who killed the python, Bobby Hill, was on a levee 5 miles north of Tamiami Trail just west of Krome Avenue when he came across the 18-foot, 2-inch […]

For Heinz Naef, the verification of his record Alaska-Yukon moose by a Boone and Crockett Club (B&C) panel was the proverbial icing on the cake. Naef’s record was all but official when the rack was scored by B&C measurer Clint Walker last month at 263-1/8. However, Naef needed to bring his moose to Reno, Nevada for […]

DATE:   February 3, 2014 TO:        USF & NRA Member and Friends FROM:  Marion P. Hammer             USF Executive Director             NRA Past President House Bill 255 by Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Shalimar) is scheduled for a hearing in the House Insurance and Banking Committee TOMORROW on Tuesday, February 4, at 4:00 pm. HB-255 is a bill […]

Nuisance alligator trappers sought in Osceola County Interested in catching nuisance gators? Live in Osceola County? The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program is accepting applications for contracted nuisance alligator trappers in Osceola County. Applicants must have a clean criminal history, no fish or wildlife law violations and a valid, working […]

February hunter safety classes for Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Lafayette and Nassau counties Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission sent this bulletin at 01/31/2014 04:34 PM EST HUNTER SAFETY CLASS (TRADITIONAL) LAFAYETTE COUNTY FEB 2014.doc HUNTER SAFETY CLASSES COLUMBIA COUNTY FEB 2014.doc HUNTER SAFETY CLASSES DUVAL COUNTY FEB 2014.doc HUNTER SAFETY CLASSES HAMILTON COUNTY FEB 2014.doc […]