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Hunt safe this Christmas Hunters and anglers should wear blaze orange when heading out to the woods. Missy McGaw/NCWRC photo
Inland fishing and hunting license sales have skyrocketed in 2020, with a 23 percent increase in licenses sold since stay-at-home orders were lifted in May.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day have traditionally been some of the year’s highest-traffic hunting days, so with more people likely to be in the woods this year, law enforcement officers at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are urging caution.
“There is a tendency to become complacent about safety when hunting and fishing with friends and family,” said Capt. Branden Jones of the agency’s Law Enforcement Division. “As you spend time bonding over these activities, don’t forget to keep safety as your number one priority. We want you to continue to make memories and enjoy the outdoors for years to come.”
Wildlife Commission Seeking Mudpuppy Sightings RALEIGH, N.C. – Biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are asking the public, particularly anglers, to submit any sightings of mudpuppies to the agency. The mudpuppy is a relatively rare salamander that shares a similar appearance and habitat to its larger cousin, the eastern hellbender. Like the hellbender, the mudpuppy is an entirely aquatic salamander found in western North Carolina. While it lives in many of the same waters as hellbenders fast moving, clean mountain streams the mudpuppy also lives in deep river reaches, lakes, large ponds, and reservoirs.
As with the hellbender, biologists want to learn more about the mudpuppy’s distribution in North Carolina. Reported sightings are critical to biologists who know relatively little about this state-listed amphibian.
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