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Entries for February 2010
The Fall of Big Boy
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By Brian Hill
-- It was my second year of hunting with a new club, and all the members and I were after a buck they had named Big Boy. Some of the guys told me they had been hunting him three years before I joined, so it was a smart, old buck. He te...
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Idaho mentored youth deer hunt a success
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From the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
-- Last fall the Idaho Department of Fish and Game joined forces with local Salmon Region landowners to host the second annual mentored youth deer hunt.
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The Memorial Buck
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By Michael Ruffing
-- It was the 2006 deer season in Pennsylvania. I was hunting with my dad, who’d I’d convinced to use a crossbow for the first time. I was carrying a muzzleloader, a flintlock.
When I met up with my father on the first evening of...
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So That’s Buck Fever?
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By Thomas Carson
-- This isn’t your average hunting story of how I bagged a 13-point buck. To me, it is unbelievably funny. The average hunter might have a hard time believing the story, but I assure you that every word is true. While you read, keep...
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First of its kind Iowa jackrabbit study is big, hare-y deal
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From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
-- A cooperative joint venture between Iowa DNR and Iowa State University hopes to capture and install radio transmitters on white-tailed jackrabbits living at ISU’s Agricultural Research Farm.
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Arizona elk and pronghorn application deadline Feb.9
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From the Arizona Game and Fish Department
-- The Feb. 9 application deadline to submit elk and pronghorn hunt applications is rapidly approaching – so don’t procrastinate, the Arizona Game and Fish Department advises.
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Nebraska plans reloading workshop Feb. 20
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From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- An ammunition reloading workshop will be held Feb. 20 at the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium from 10 a.m. to noon, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
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Dirty Harry, Meet Really Filthy Harry
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The first sign of their presence is several sets of ears moving through the tall understory of the piney north Florida woodlot. The white-tailed does are casually browsing their way past me through the loblolly and longleaf pine stand, back toward th...
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Two Shooters, One Buck of a Lifetime
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By Randall Lamb
-- It was a cold, dry morning in 1986. Leaves crunched under my boots as I walked through the dark woods, bow on my shoulder.
I was 24 years old, and it was just my second year of deer hunting.
In the distance a screech owl announc...
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Texas seeks public comment on hunting/fishing changes
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From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- Expansion of mule deer hunting opportunities tops a short list of proposed changes to the state’s hunting and fishing regulations the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering for 2010-2011.
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Hunting license sales up 3.5 percent in NSSF index of states
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From the National Shooting Sports Foundation
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In a year when one word, "fewer," described life in America˜fewer jobs, fewer home sales, fewer purchases˜hunters were responsible for generating a welcome "more" category, as hunting license sales r...
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Website benefits ND hunter education students and graduates
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From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
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A website designed to promote the importance of hunter education and gun safety benefits both potential students and graduates, according to Jon Hanson, hunter education coordinator for the North D...
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2010 New Hampshire moose lottery now open
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From the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- Lottery applications are now available for hunting moose in New Hampshire. The nonrefundable application fee is $15 for New Hampshire residents and $25 for nonresidents.
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Delaware seeks feedback on new deer management plan
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From the Delaware DNR and Environmental Control
-- A draft version of Delaware’s Deer Management Plan is the first plan ever produced for formally addressing the future of a deer herd that has grown into a state success story of wildlife restoration...
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Florida’s unique NW deer season continues Feb. 18-28
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From the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
-- If you live in the central or southern part of Florida and don’t mind hunting with a primitive weapon, then check out the Northwest Hunting Zone’s deer season. It's still going strong on ...
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The Bad News Buck
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For my dad, getting up early on a cold morning, layering himself in camouflage and then sitting in a deer stand or duck blind rates right up there with breathing. He lives for (and because of) it!
Half his wardrobe is camo, and I guarantee that he g...
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Proper Shot Placement
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By Bob Humphrey
-- The goal for every deer hunter is a quick, clean harvest. Ethically, it demonstrates respect for the game we pursue. Logically, it reduces the time and effort required to recover the animal, not to mention eliminating the wastef...
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