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Entries for January 2011
Ask The Biologist: Triplet Fawns
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I live in northeast Texas and this year saw triplet fawns for the first time. How often does this occur? The doe that had them is a 4 years old and has had twins the past two years. This is in the wild — no high fence, just a lot of year-round tr...
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The Great Escape
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Driving 1,200 miles through five states isn’t so bad when the destination is a long-anticipated hunt during the peak of the rut. The return trip, however, can be grueling.
You can’t click the muddy heels of your camo boots together and wake up bac...
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Apply early for New Hampshire moose hunt lottery
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From the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- Lottery applications are now available for New Hampshire's popular moose hunt lottery Oct. 15 to 23.
Overall odds of being selected in last year's lottery were 1 in 27 for New Hampshire residents a...
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Arizona elk, antelope application deadline Feb. 8
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From the Arizona Game and Fish Department
-- Applications from hunters seeking to hunt Arizona's coveted elk or pronghorn antelope must be mailed or hand-delivered by Feb. 8 to have a chance at the limited permits drawing.
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The Fall of Crooked Foot
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-- During the 2009 hunting season on my family farm in Tennessee, I shot an 11-point whitetail that grossed 149 4/8.
The 2009 hunting season was the fourth year I had pursued this deer. I saw him while scouting one day, and it almost gave me a hea...
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Kansas Unit 4 turkey applications due
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From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- While Kansas spring turkey permits are available to all hunters in most of the state, only 500 permits-for residents only-will be issued for Unit 4, a western portion of the state bordered by highw...
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Maine moose permit lottery applications available
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From the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
-- Applications for Maine's 2011 moose permit lottery now are available online at www.mefishwildlife.com.
The deadline for online applications is 11:59 p.m. May 13.
This year, 3,205 permit...
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46 elk captured
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From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Forty-six animals that will form the nucleus of Missouri's restored elk herd are in a holding pen in Bell County, Kentucky undergoing veterinary testing and treatment.
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Legend of the Fall
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-- I am 51 years old at this writing and have been hunting white-tailed deer for 39 years. I am fortunate to live in an area of Wisconsin where bucks have the genetics to become trophies.
I have had many learning experiences while trying to harve...
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Power Stock Carving
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Craftsmen who are masters of their profession tend to be secretive about the tricks of their trade, methods that help them work faster or produce a better result.
Pennsylvania stock carver Robbie Anderson is different. He shares his stock-carving...
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The Role of Rubs
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No one is sure of the exact purpose of buck rubs. Yes, bucks will rub trees to remove their velvet, but with velvet-drop being a fairly quick process (24 hours or less in most cases), and since most rubs are made long after the bucks have lost the...
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Record-setting SHOT Show was 3rd largest
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From the National Shooting Sports Foundation
-- The National Shooting Sports Foundation's 2011 SHOT Show soared above expectations by setting records for buyer attendance at 31,769, and media attendance at 2,074.
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Lemons to Lemonade
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My trip to Illinois last year got off to a rough start.
A couple of weeks before my brother, Derek, and I left, I studied topo maps to get a feel for the property we'd be hunting - land that our outfitter had leased.
When we arrived, our host too...
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WV hunters harvest record 2,392 black bears in 2010
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From the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- West Virginia hunters harvested a record 2,392 black bears during the combined 2010 archery and firearms seasons The preliminary harvest data for the combined seasons in 2010 was 14 percent hig...
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ND increases number of spring turkey season licenses
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From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- North Dakota is offering 6,720 wild turkey licenses for the spring hunting season, an increase of 80 over last year. The increase is a result of better turkey production in spring 2010, mostly in the...
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Ask The Biologist: What Kind of Rub is This?
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I am currently hunting a farm and had just found a series of rubs on about five trees. A couple of the trees are about 4 to 5 inches thick. The buck is definitely a monster. While rubbing the one tree, the antlers hit the back part of the tree. T...
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Tinkle Up a Trophy
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During several years of hunting in West Virginia, I had the great pleasure of getting to know an elderly mountain man who has harvested more than his share of trophy bucks.
I arrived for one of my visits to his secluded farm while he was working ...
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MN mentored youth turkey applications due Feb. 14
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From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- First-time youth turkey hunters ages 12 to 17 can go afield this spring and learn from an experienced National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) volunteer.
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Minnesota deer harvest climbs 8 percent in 2010
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From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- Ideal hunting weather during the opening weekend of Minnesota's firearms deer season helped hunters harvest 207,000 deer during the 2010 season. This is an 8 percent increase over the 2009 ...
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