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Entries for August 2010
More than 3,400 subscribe to Wisconsin wolf area alert service
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From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
-- More than 3,400 dog trainers, pet owners and others interested in keeping track of recent wolf activity have signed up for an e-mail or wireless service that sends out an alert when wolves attack...
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Ask The Biologist: Using Poast Plus herbicide on food plots
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I have a food plot with clover, chickory, some triticale, birdsfoot trefoil, oats, and nutigrain peas. Can I use Poast Plus on this plot?
— Tom
Yes. Poast Plus (active ingredient: sethoxydim) is a selective, broad-spectrum herbicide specifically...
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PA Commission posts bear age data for hunters on website
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From the Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- Pennsylvania hunters interested in learning the age of the bear they harvested during the 2009 seasons can log onto the Game Commission's website to find the age of the bear. The Commission no longer ma...
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North Carolina's Best. PERIOD.
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Ever notice how certain trees seem nearly able to communicate with us?
"Here," they might whisper to a hunter. "This is the place for your treestand."
But since they are just trees, they are sometimes wrong.
Conover, N.C., hunter Don Rockett met o...
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The Waiting Game
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When hunters go to Alberta to chase whitetails, they expect to be in for a good hunt. Tom Nitterour was no exception. Though he’d hunted with a rifle for 16 years, this was only his second year of bowhunting. Having yet to unleash an arrow at a de...
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NH 2010 moose hunt permit auction proceeds increase
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From the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire announces a very successful auction this year, with 24 bids coming from eleven states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey,...
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NM leftover youth-elk, deer, javelina licenses now available
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From the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
-- More than 1,000 youth-only elk licenses for the 2010 season are still available on the New Mexico Game and Fish website, with online sales beginning Aug. 11 for the more than 2,700 deer licens...
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Shotguns Under Glass
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Binoculars confirm that the wide-racked 8-pointer is big enough to meet White Oak Plantation’s trophy criteria. And the buck, standing broadside but half-hidden by honeysuckle, is 155 yards away.
The slug is zeroed at 100 yards, so hold the crossh...
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Texas restricts cave access to protect bats
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From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- Access to Gorman Cave at Colorado Bend State Park has been closed to the public and additional precautions are being taken at other Texas Parks and Wildlife Department caves to protect bats from the...
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NY Deer Management Permit process opens Aug. 16
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From the New York Department of Environmental Conservation
-- Applying for New York's 2010 Deer Management Permit begins Aug. 16 and ends Oct. 1.
There is no advantage to applying early, as the odds for obtaining a permit rem...
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Missouri plans meetings on potential elk restoration
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From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- As part of its efforts to obtain public input regarding potential elk restoration in a limited area of Carter, Reynolds and Shannon counties, the Missouri Department of Conservation will hol...
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Game wardens inform, educate public while enforcing game laws
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From the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
-- "You'll be surprised the number of questions a game warden will answer in a day," said Jimmie Henthorn, District 4 law enforcement chief for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation...
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From Dang to Bang
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Mark Purcell of Border, Texas, knows all the nooks and crannies of his hunting lease, and he waited until around rut time in 2004 to hunt a particular area he considers perfect for rattling. The weather conditions that day made the spot even more ...
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