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Entries for October 2010
Buffalo with a Conglomeration
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When it was bright enough to see without a flashlight, Andy Hall eased through the brush and timber to his treestand. The Ontario County property he shares with family and friends is dissected by a rural highway - 70 acres of thicket on one side, ...
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Delaware volunteers collect acorns to restore habitat
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From Delaware Dept of Natural Resources & Environmental Control
-- At Delaware's recent Annual Acorn Collection Day, 157 volunteers joined agency biologists to collect nearly 660 pounds of acorns that will be scattered in reforestation area...
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5,000 DMPs available to NY hunters beginning Nov. 1
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From the New York Department of Environmental Conservation
-- Approximately 5,000 Deer Management Permits (DMPs) will be issued to New York hunters previously denied permits during the initial application period this fall.
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Record Number of Whooping Cranes
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From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- Things are looking up for the endangered whooping crane.
The bird made news two years ago when a record number of crane deaths were reported during drought conditions on the Texas coast. Now, accord...
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Whitetails Find Food and Shelter in the Pines
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For many years, members of our deer camp would depart for their stands in the predawn darkness with this promise: “See you in the pines at noon.”
There, a spring bubbled from mossy rocks, forming a clear, shallow pool, which provided water for te...
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Expect roadblocks in NM during hunting seasons
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From the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
-- Hunters and other outdoor travelers may encounter delays this fall as the Department of Game and Fish conducts roadblocks throughout the state to collect harvest data and apprehend fish and wildlife...
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North Dakota to issue doe licenses through season
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From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- With no limit to the number of deer licenses a hunter can receive, North Dakota Game and Fish will issue remaining doe licenses through the end of the archery season.
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ND needs hunter-harvested deer samples
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From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- North Dakota's Game and Fish Department is continuing its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2010 hunting season by sampling deer for chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis fro...
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EHD outbreak in New Jersey's Salem County DMZ 63
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From the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
-- Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) has been confirmed in Deer Management Zone 63 in New Jersey's Salem County, according to a report by the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Office of Fish and Wildlif...
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Kansas youth Westar hunt application deadline Nov. 2
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From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- On Dec. 1 to 12 and Jan. 1 to 9, Westar Energy's Green Team is offering guided deer hunts at Jeffrey Energy Center near St. Marys for youth 12 years and older who have not harvested a deer.
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Prayers Do Come True
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-- Bucks had been all around me, and I had no clue they were there.
Then I began scouting early one season, putting out a trail camera in midsummer. I began to get doe and fawn pictures right away. Several days later, the bucks started showing up...
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One rifle, three generations, three first deer
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This year's youth hunt was a great outdoors experience for two young ladies-my daughter and niece-who are now very hooked on deer hunting.
The day started at 4:30 a.m., when we went north to the 10-acre parcel to hunt. Both girls were ready ...
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NM offers late season elk licenses online Nov. 3
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From the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
-- More than 500 late-season elk hunting licenses will be available Nov. 3 in a first-come, first-served sale on New Mexico's Game and Fish website.
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