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Entries for October 2009
Dinging and Coughing Fool 20-pointer
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By Josh Spencer
-- On Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, I woke up at 5 a.m. and went outside to see what the weather was like in Mt. Sterling, Ky. It was cold, there was only a slight breeze, and it was pitch black. Conditions couldn’t have been more p...
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Arkansas hunter news round up
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From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Bowhunters must wear orange during gun seasons.
Sure, hunters can hunt deer with archery equipment, including crossbows, or black powder weapons during the modern gun season, but they must follow hunt...
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Redemption Wore Eight Points
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By Bill LeConey
-- Hunting state woods in southern New Jersey isn’t the “ideal” hunting conditions. The whitetails receive a lot of pressure. There aren’t vast corn and soybean fields for them to eat. And without antler restrictions, many young de...
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Bemidji State Game Refuge closed to 2009 firearms deer season
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From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- Deer hunting in the Bemidji State Game Refuge, a 74-square-mile refuge that surrounds the city of Bemidji, will be closed to the 2009 regular firearms deer season. The refuge is open only to arc...
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Driving in the Thick Stuff
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By Caleb Lyon
-- During the late muzzleloader season in central Iowa, Pete Lyon took this 141 5/8-inch 11-point buck on a deer drive. We were pushing a small section of timber towards Rob, a stander, when I jumped the buck and a couple of does. The ...
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474 deer taken in early Ohio muzzleloader season
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From the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Muzzleloader hunters took 474 deer during last week’s early muzzleloader deer hunt according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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Hunters previously denied may receive Deer Management Permits
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From the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
-- Approximately 21,000 Deer Management Permits (DMPs) will be issued to hunters who were previously denied permits earlier this year during the initial DMP application period that en...
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Deer hunting workshop in Lincoln on Nov. 10
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From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- A free deer hunting workshop is scheduled for Nov. 10 in Lincoln, and the event is for hunters of all ages and experience levels.
Deer Hunting 201 – a Deer Hunting Primer, will include discussion on de...
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A Trophy Forgotten
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By Robert Gratson
-- We’ve all heard tales of a hunter shooting a deer and then someone taking it from them. This is one of those stories. It happened to me in Fayette County back in the 1992 archery season.
I was hunting with a very close friend ...
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Funnels, Tunnels, Turnpikes & Other Prime Sign
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The single best clue to unraveling the secrets for tagging trophy bucks is to nail down their travel routes. One of the enduring questions about understanding buck behavior is whether or not their travel patterns are set in concrete. Let's face it: I...
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I Wish He Had a Doe With Him
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By John Fritz
-- We have a relatively short firearms season here in Indiana (it's 15 days beginning Nov. 15) so the anticipation really starts to build around the first of November. My home and property are adjacent to a heavily wooded coal mine re...
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And What a Crown It Was!
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Two years ago, my good friend and bowhunting partner, Dusty Boyko, was showing me trail camera photographs of some nice bucks he’d caught on film. After one look at them, I was sold. I needed a trail camera, but there was one problem: They cost money...
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Delaware Sportsmen Against Hunger Program expanded
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From the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
-- State officials have joined representatives from local charities to highlight the Delaware Sportsmen Against Hunger program and to thank the Quality Deer Management Assoc...
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Texas plans youth only hunts for turkey, whitetails
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From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- Passing on the hunting heritage to the next generation of hunters is what the special youth-only seasons are all about, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. It has set aside Oct...
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My Buck of a Lifetime
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By Paul Daman
-- It was a cold, crisp November morning in Aberdeen, Ohio, the peak of the rut during the archery season. I had been on the stand for what seemed like all day, but it was only 10:30a.m. A cold front had moved out heavy rain the night ...
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Nebraska hunting news round up
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From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Apprentice volunteer hunter education instructors will be trained in upcoming sessions in North Platte and Grand Island.
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