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Entries for February 2010
Ohio Hunters Set New Harvest Record
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From the Ohio DNR
-- A total of 261,314 deer were killed during Ohio’s 2009-10 hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. This season’s total surpasses the 2008-09 record total of 252,017.
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Oklahoma Youth Create Fish Habitat
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Youth involved in Future Farmers of America (FFA) and agricultural classes at Valiant Schools recently teamed up with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Pushmataha County Sportsmen’s Club to give a southeast Oklahoma fishery a b...
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Texas hunter education instructors needed
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From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- Texas Parks and Wildlife will conduct a free Hunter Education Training Workshop for new instructors March 27 in Tyler, Texas.
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Bear harvest second best on record in Pennsylvania
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From the Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- Pennsylvania hunters took a total of 3,512 bears, including 116 bears during the archery bear season, ranking the past season as second among Pennsylvania’s annual bear harvests.
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Kansas turkey permit/tag combo bargain available
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From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Kansas hunters looking for a bargain can find one in the turkey permit/game tag combination, available through March 30 at a reduced price. By purchasing the combination early, hunters save $7.50 o...
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Shoulder-Friendly Hunting Ammo
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Millions of hunters, particularly women and youngsters who are new to the sport, cannot tolerate the effects of a heavy-recoiling rifle. The rest of us can handle stiff recoil to varying degrees, but nobody likes getting his shoulder bruised or his t...
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Buck Dispersal Strengthens the Genetic Pool
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Hunters have long been under the impression that white-tailed deer are relative homebodies, living their lives in a square mile or so of fields and woodlands on or near their birth places.
Not so, suggests an ongoing study of deer travels being moni...
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A Fling and a Prayer
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-- “You do realize that once you see all those big-bodied bucks running across a cornfield, you’ll never be the same?”
It was more of a warning than a question, posed by my friend Ken Piper. He figured I’d be spoiled for life after my upcoming bowhu...
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Idaho Fish and Game responds to wolf depredation
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From Idaho Fish and Game
-- In January, wolves killed four calves and a cattle dog at a Sweet-Ola area feed lot. Idaho Fish and Game worked with the producer and U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services to stop depredations, but the wolves...
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Younger shooters, smaller schools take top archery honors
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Archers in the elementary and middle school divisions outshot high-school-aged competitors to take top honors in the second Missouri National Archery in the Schools Program (MoNASP) tournament Feb. 13.
MoNASP gives students in participating schools ...
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Minnesota 2010 spring light goose hunt opens March 1
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From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- Minnesota hunters can harvest snow geese this spring, including blue-phased and the smaller Ross’ geese, under the provisions of a federal conservation order.
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West Virginia’s most important bat cave has White Nose Syndrome
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From the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- Biologists from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report that white-nose syndrome (WNS) has been confirmed in a bat in Hellhole, Pendleton C...
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Record Massachusetts bear harvest in 2009
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From the Massachusetts Department of Game and Fish
-- During the September and November 2009 bear seasons, licensed Massachusetts hunters took a record total of 168 black bears, breaking the 2003 record of 153 bears.
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