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Entries for April 2010
Want a World Record? Hunt with a World Record-holder!
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Perhaps it's a good thing that Ed Huff's second arrow was never found. Somehow damaged, it might've been the reason the 55-year-old contractor from Lake Wales, Fla., didn't hit the 4-inch bull's-eye.
Or it might've been the pressure of shooting in f...
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The Straight Truth About Carbon Arrows
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Carbon arrows began to appear just after I had finally settled on an aluminum shaft from which I believed I’d never sway.
Ah, but had I duped myself?
I’d heard some interesting things about carbon arrows: (a) They are perfectly straight; (b) There ...
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Texas hunter education instructors needed
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From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- A free Hunter Education New Instructor Training Workshop will be held May 15 in Whitney. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will conduct the workshop from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. at the US Army Co...
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New Mexico meetings address big game hunting rule changes
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From the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
-- The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is conducting public meetings and requesting comments on several proposed changes to the state’s big-game hunting rules that will be presented to the State...
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Ten commandments for camping in bear country
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From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Bear country. What mental image does that phrase conjure up? A fern-choked valley in the Appalachian Mountains? A high meadow in the Rockies?
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Missouri’s opening day turkey harvest up from 2009
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From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Flawless weather helped hunters harvest 6,759 turkeys on the first day of Missouri’s spring turkey season. Top turkey-harvest counties on opening day were Franklin with 164 turkeys checked, Ste. Genevi...
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Arkansas holds Junior Olympic trap shooting championships
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From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Over 180 youth trap shooters competed April 17-18 in the annual Arkansas Junior Olympic qualifier tournament held at the Remington Gun Club in Lonoke. The top male and female shooters in the competition ...
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Arkansas family survives bitter experience with gar eggs
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From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Not all fish eggs create caviar; some can be downright dangerous. A Cleburne County family discovered this after becoming violently ill upon eating the eggs of a long-nosed gar on April 5.
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Pennsylvania board adopts 2010-11 season rules
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From the Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners gave final approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2010-11, including broad changes to deer, bear, turkey and small game seasons.
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Colorado launches Elk Hunting University
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From the Colorado Division of Wildlife
-- Colorado elk hunters looking to expand their wapiti wisdom can participate in Elk Hunting University, a new online Hunter Outreach Program.
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Pesky Opossums
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It’s the middle of the night and everyone is asleep. Suddenly, you hear a loud crashing sound outside the house.
Your first thought is that dogs are in the trash can. Or, perhaps you awaken to the sounds of scratching, hissing or an unpleasant odo...
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Two Special Trees
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Do you have a special tree?
It could be your special tree because you like to climb it, or because it provides shade for a picnic spot or because it has brightly colored fall leaves or fragrant flowers in the spring.
Does your special tree stand ...
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Ohio's Ashtabula County leads turkey harvest on opening day
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From the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Ohio hunters harvested a preliminary total of 2,874 bearded wild turkeys on the first day of the spring turkey hunting season, which is open statewide through May 16. Last year's opening day harvest n...
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No CWD detected in Arizona deer and elk testing
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From the Arizona Game and Fish Department
-- Of the 1,624 testable samples from hunter-harvested or road-killed deer and elk during Arizona’s 2009-2010 hunting season, the Game and Fish Department reports no detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD...
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ND hunting guide and outfitter test May 8
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From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- Individuals interested in taking the guide and outfitter written exam are reminded to preregister by calling the North Dakota Game and Fish Department at (701)328-6604.
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Cornhusker Trapshoot set for April 29-May 1
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From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- The 41st annual Cornhusker Trapshoot, the largest trapshoot event of its kind in the world, is scheduled for April 29 to May 1 in Doniphan, Neb.
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