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Entries for February 2012
Too many or too few pronghorns in SE Colorado?
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From Colorado Department of Natural Resources
-- Are there too many or too few pronghorn in southeast Colorado? Parks and Wildlife biologists want to know, and have planned public meetings about pronghorn population management in Limon, Wal...
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No. 1 With a Bullet
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Last year, I called ATK’s Jason Nash to discuss ammunition for an article I was writing. ATK is the parent company of Federal Cartridge Co. I mentioned to him in passing that I was scheduled to go on a cull hunt in South Africa in a couple of mont...
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Two Deer for Two Brothers
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-- Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are Levi and Hunter, the Schmidt brothers. At age 10 and 9, we took two bucks, both deer of a lifetime, during the 2007 firearms season in Missouri.
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End of the Season Teardown
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Save your tree stands and the tree in which it lives. Safety in the woods using lock-on stands is paramount. At the end of the season if you are leaving your lock-on platform attached in the tree along with your climbing sticks, make sure and loos...
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Vintage Year
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After nearly five decades, Oregon has a new king of the hill.
The previous state-record, non-typical mule deer (in velvet) was arrowed back in 1960, the year Charlton Heston collected an Oscar for his performance in "Ben-Hur." That buck tallied 2...
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White-nosed syndrome spreads in Kentucky
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From Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
-- Kentucky Fish and Wildlife biologists have detected white-nose syndrome in bats at three Breckinridge County caves.
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Application deadline for AZ elk, pronghorn hunts Feb. 14
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From Arizona Game and Fish Department
-- The deadline for the draw for Arizona’s 2012 elk and pronghorn antelope hunts is Feb. 14, and the online application service is now available at www.azgfd.gov/draw . Click on the online application service...
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Swamp Pink Surprise
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Swamp pink had a red-letter day last October.
That’s when scientists and students working at a Chattahoochee National Forest mountain bog uncovered the first known instance in Georgia of a swamp pink that had been planted to help restore this imp...
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One In A Million...Times Three!
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Just about every hunting season, I get a call from a hunter who has harvested an all-white (albino) or partially white (piebald) deer. And every year I hear many of the same questions: “What causes this condition?” “Are such deer legal to harvest?...
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Final numbers in for Ohio 2011-12 white-tailed deer season
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From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Ohio hunters took 219,698 deer during the state’s 2011-12 hunting season, compared to 239,379 in the 2010-11 season. The top three counties with the highest number of deer taken this season were, with ...
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What is the shelf life of deer urine?
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After last deer season I had half a container of buck urine lure left, so I froze it. When thawed out this season will it still be good to use? I never have tried this, what do you think?
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Arkansas exploring antler restriction changes
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From Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- The Wildlife Management Division is exploring antler restriction changes for several wildlife management areas and three deer zones. These antler restriction proposals are directly tied to habitat quality...
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PA hunter exposed to rabies by field-dressing deer
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From Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- A Lancaster County hunter has undergone post-exposure rabies shots after harvesting and field dressing a deer on Jan. 20 in Valley Township, Chester County that ultimately tested positive for rabies.
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