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Entries for October 2011
Warm weather keeps MO urban deer harvest similar to 2010
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From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Missouri hunters checked 570 deer during the urban portion of firearms deer season Oct. 7 through 10, virtually identical to last year's figure and approximately half the long-term average.
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PA schedules additional mandatory HTE classes
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From Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- With small game seasons underway and big game seasons around the corner, more basic Hunter-Trapper Education (HTE) courses are scheduled for October and November so all new hunters can complete this mandatory ...
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Take Out the Shells, the Party's Over...Or is it?
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Six bucks, all scoring between 130 and 160, had been taken on the Illinois farm in recent seasons, and Travis Venhaus' archery season 10-pointer was leading the family's 2007 Monster Buck of the Year contest. Travis and his brother, Adam, loaded i...
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Washington deer hunters can also take cougars
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From Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
-- When Washington's most popular deer hunting season opens Oct. 15, hunters are being reminded that cougars are also fair game anywhere in the state.
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Mock Scrapes Under the Microscope
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Exactly what, if anything, do biologists know about using different types of scents in mock scrapes? Are mock scrapes worth the time and trouble in setting them up? Better yet, does human urine attract or scare deer? What is the best scent to use ...
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NH turkey shotgun season Oct. 10-14
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From New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- New Hampshire's five day fall shotgun turkey hunting season takes place Monday in all but six of the state's Wildlife Management Units Oct. 10 to 14.
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Record number of unclaimed WMA hunt permits on sale Oct. 11
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From Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Hunters who didn't draw a deer permit for an Arkansas wildlife management area hunt this year still have a good chance to get one. More than 6,000 unclaimed permits will be available beginning 8 a.m., Oct...
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Like Father, Like Son
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-- Back in 1994, my dad drew a controlled hunt tag for a bull elk hunt in an area he grew up hunting. However, this was not an average controlled hunt tag. It was a new hunt the Idaho fish and Game had just offered, a rifle hunt for an antlered el...
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OH deer, turkey hunters must check game on day of harvest
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From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- While Ohio's successful deer and turkey hunters must still report their harvests, they are no longer required to take their game to a check station for physical inspection and tagging.
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Antlerless applications for 2 Nebraska state parks
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From Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Special antlerless deer hunting applications for the Eugene T. Mahoney and Platte River state parks and the Schramm Park state recreation area are being accepted until 5 p.m. Oct. 31.
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Shock and Awe
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I am sending you some sabots and bullets,” said the person on the other end of the phone. “They’re the latest and greatest - flat-shooting, wind-resistant and extremely accurate. You’ll be amazed!”
“How do they perform on game?” was my only questi...
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Zoning In
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Most of you probably practice using a square, compressed-foam target. They're great. They last a long time, and arrows pull free easily. But shooting at square or bag targets feels different from shooting at a deer shape.
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Four-Hundred-Yard-Dash
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Working second and third shifts as an aircraft mechanic, Kenny Pickard has plenty of time to indulge his passion for deer hunting. And the man from Wilmington, Ohio, did a lot of it in 2006, all because of some photographs he collected from a trai...
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