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Entries for April 2012
Where Muleys Walk on Water
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Having already seen six mule deer wade into or cross the shallow river separating the sage flat from the brush-choked bottomland where he was crouched, Ryan Lowe had a pretty good feeling about how deep the water was.
When the afternoon's seventh...
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Early turkey season tips
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-- During my long outdoor writing career, I’ve been blessed to be able to venture into the spring woods with some of the best turkey hunters in the nation. Two of those elite...
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How to Attack New Hunting Property - Part 2
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In part 1 of this article, I wrote about the initial stages of setting up to hunt a farm for Schuyler County, Illinois’ Sugar Creek Outfitters. You read about the sanctuaries, four water sources, alfalfa, corn, beans and clover. With the food, water ...
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$1.4 million in grants used to study, manage WNS
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From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
-- Seven grant awards totaling approximately $1.4 million have been made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate White-nose syndrome in bats, and identify ways to manage it.
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Common Ground
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-- From a very early age, my brother and I learned respect for guns — and Dad. I’ll never forget the time I pointed a dart gun at my father and chanted, “I’m gonna shoot you, bang bang bang.” Snatching it from my hand, he roared at me never to poi...
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Do you have advice for hunting the hills?
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I'm hunting 1,100 acres in Alabama. There's a nice ridge on the property shaped like the number "7." It has a saddle at the top left of the "7." One side faces north and has a ravine cut into it. The other side faces south, which forms a huge bowl...
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Will This Tree Survive?
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Forest fires, like the Las Conchas fire that raged through New Mexico in 2011, leave some trees charred and clearly dead. Other trees seem totally untouched and perfectly fine. But fires also leave many trees partially burned. What are the chan...
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Rescuing an abandoned young animal
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Twenty years ago, the term Bambi Syndrome was used frequently, and while you don't see the term much these days, the problem still persists: well-meaning people see deer fawns or other wildlife by themselves and assume that they have been abandone...
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Wisconsin spring turkey season opens April 11
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From Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
-- State wildlife officials are encouraging experienced hunters to consider taking a youth out for the April 7 and 8 statewide spring turkey youth hunt that precedes the April 11 opening of the sprin...
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Texas opens deer season in metro Dallas, OKs suppressors
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From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- The Parks and Wildlife Commission approved opening a hunting season for deer in Dallas, Collin, Rockwall and Galveston counties as part of changes to the 2012-13 Statewide Hunting Proclamation.
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Venison Burrito Supreme
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This recipe is not only one of the tastiest burrito recipes I've ever eaten, it's incredibly healthy as well. My family practically devours Venison Burrito Supremes before I can roll up the tortillas! They are easy to make, and if you're having a ...
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Beer-Braised Venison with Turnips, Onions and Carrots
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During hunting season, we always plant turnips in our greenfields for the deer. The great thing about this is we enjoy cooking them with the game we harvest! Not only are there many gastronomic benefits of turnips, the health benefits ...
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Jack's First Buck
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-- It was Nov. 17, two days before Tennessee’s 2011 firearms deer season. Around 8:45 p.m., after all the kids were in bed, my 10-year-old son, Jack, came into my room. “Are you going hunting tomorrow, Daddy?”
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Psycho in Alaska
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Cold Bay, Alaska, turned out to be aptly named. On day two of his archery brown bear hunt - just as it had on the first - the wind bit so strong, it drove the icy October rain in a sideways wall at New Yorker Gary Joseph and guide Greg King of Fro...
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