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Entries for July 2011
Paint Your Riflestock
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Many hunters take great pride in how their rifle performs and looks. I can live with an ugly rifle as long as it shoots well. Many riflestocks, after several years of use, start to look like they were scavenged from a battlefield or used as a club...
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My Buck of a Lifetime
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-- It has been a lifelong dream of mine to harvest a giant whitetail. And on a cold December morning, my dream was about to come true.It all started when I was 9. My dad always loved to deer hunt and I remember him going on deer hunts in Michigan ...
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Coues deer, other tags remain in Arizona fall hunt draw
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From the Arizona Game and Fish Department
-- Drawing results for Arizonas 2011 fall big game hunting permits-tags are now available online at www.azgfd.gov/draw. More than 107,000 hunters applied, an increase of 3 percent from last year.
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Aug. 1 deadline for fall turkey season applications
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From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
-- Applications are due Aug. 1 for Wisconsins fall wild turkey permits. Permits remaining after the initial drawing go on sale Aug. 27, and will be sold by zone until sold out or the season en...
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Idaho early elk seasons open next month
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From Idaho Fish and Game
-- Some of Idahos early elk hunts open August 1; most are antlerless greenfield hunts in seven elk management zones Palouse, Weiser, Lemhi, Beaverhead, Pioneer, Snake River and Owyhee-South Hills zones.
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Go Orange and Get Dialed In!
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One thing to consider when target practicing with you're bow. Most all targets have either deer vitals or larger circles to aim at.
No matter if your target is a bag or a block style target one thing you can do is place a orange sticker or target ...
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Picking a Pretty Place
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The first three years my buddies, Mike Pesava and Craig Wilcox, and I hunted western Illinois, the trigger most likely to be touched by my finger was on top of a camera. I heard far more shutters click than bowstrings hum.
Mike and Craig, however...
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In an Instant
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Whoa! Where’d he come from?” I didn’t remember looking away, but I must have because a very large buck now stood where seconds earlier the space was empty.
“Shooter.” The word popped into my head. I knew it. I might have even said it aloud, for t...
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Special Missouri River Bottom deer hunt on hold
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From the North Dakota Department of Game and Fish
-- Flooding along the Missouri River north and west of Bismarck has prompted the Game and Fish Department to put an experimental deer herd reduction hunt on hold.
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Arizona reduces fall turkey permits in Units 1, 27
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From the Arizona Game and Fish Commission
-- Unique conditions resulting from the Wallow Fire has prompted the Game and Fish Commission to reduce the number of permits issued through the draw for the fall turkey season in Game Management Units 1 and...
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How do different deer species react to hunters?
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Could you tell me the reason why if you jump a whitetail, it runs and doesn’t stop. But, if you jump a mule deer, it will run a short distance, stop and look back. My question is what will a blacktail do? - Keith S.
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Kansas offers internet-assisted hunter ed course
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From the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
-- For several years, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Hunter Education Program has offered a two-part alternative to the all-classroom hunter education course, an interne...
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Peason Ridge WMA fall turkey hunt lottery applications open
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From the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
-- Applications for fall turkey hunt lottery spots on the Peason Ridge WMA in Vernon Parish are open. The available dates include a three-day and a four-day hunting period Sept. 29, 30 and Oct....
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Elk hunting permits on sale July 27
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From the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
-- More than 3,200 rifle and muzzleloader permits for the Northern Region were not taken in Utahs 2011 big game draw. The permits go on sale starting at 7 a.m. on July 27.
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Remaining TN elk hunt permit goes to eBay July 14-23
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From the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
-- The final permit for participation in Tennessees third managed elk hunt will go to the successful bidder in an eBay auction from July 14 to 23. Proceeds from the auction benefit the states elk restorat...
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Reduced fees available to nonresident disabled vets
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From the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
-- A new Idaho law that took effect July 1 extends reduced license and tag fees to nonresident disabled American veterans participating in a hunt in association with a qualified organization. Before July 1,...
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