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Entries for March 2009
Our First Season Together
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By Jeff Story
-- After all my talk about beautiful hunting locations, my new bride, Virginia (Ginni), wanted to try deer hunting. Being in the military (USAF) and stationed in North Dakota, Ginni and I started to prepare for the upcoming seasons. We...
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The Gift
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By John Porter
-- Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
October 1, 2006 — Opening day for bowhunting in Maine dawned warm and sunny — not the best weather to harvest venison or...
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Benefits of Prescribed Burning are many, but challenges abound
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From the SC Department of Natural Resources
-- The use of prescribed fire as a land management tool has deep and ancient roots in South Carolina's heritage, but conducting prescribed burns is becoming increasingly challenging . There are a variety o...
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Prescribed Burns Scheduled on Public Areas across Nebraska
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From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will conduct prescribed burns on wildlife management areas (WMA), state recreation areas (SRA) and state parks (SP) when conditions are favorable through April 3...
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KS Women on Target Shooting Skills Seminar planned May 30
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From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- The fourth Women on Target Shooting Skills Clinic will be held May 30 in Lil’ Toledo Lodge. Limited to 35 women, participants must pre-register as soon as possible.
The event is spons...
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Determination and a Couple of Hours
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By Ron Less Jr.
-- I didn’t start hunting until a couple years after I graduated from college, which is much later than most of my fellow hunting buddies began. My father didn’t hunt, and my mother didn’t like guns or even ...
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A Soldier’s Reward
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By Jed Sherman
-- This hunting story begins in 2004, when I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. You see, I am a Marine. And that is when I started bugging my wife with constant talk about hunting.
Finally, after 3 1/2 years and a tour in Iraq, I got ...
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Benefits for wildlife may emerge from ice-damaged trees
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From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- RUSSELLVILLE – Extensive damage was suffered by forests of north Arkansas in the February ice storm. But that cloud has a potential silver lining.
Workers with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commissi...
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Joshua’s First Rabbit
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By Nick Fowler
-- There comes a time when a father gets a rare opportunity to witness his child take his first step toward becoming an outdoorsman. I was one of those lucky fathers in October 2005.
Dale, a good friend and neighbor, asked me i...
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Ten CWD-positive deer reported by KDWP
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From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks reports a total of 10 chronic wasting disease (CWD) occurrences from among almost 2,700 deer tissue samples collected and submitted for lab analysis by K...
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Tennessee Elk Hunt Applications Available Beginning April 1
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From Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
-- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will accept applications from April 1 through May 31 for participation in Tennessee’s first ever managed elk hunt.
The elk hunt will be held October 19-23 at...
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A Story by Itself Cannot Stand
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By Mike Handley
-- An outfitter friend e-mailed a well written story last month about a client’s hunt for a world-class black bear. Along with it, he attached several gorgeous images of the man and his trophy.
Six e-mails, a visit to a phot...
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Bad Weather, Good Hunting
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By Wayne Vidler
-- Dec. 29, 2006, was a cold morning in Coleman County, Texas, and I was on the downside of the rut. I was hunting all day off a heavily used trail, which led to a winter oat field I had planted the previous September.
I had placed ...
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There’s Always Room for Luck
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By Travis Zufelt
-- Long before the general archery season began for our beautiful state of Utah, I had done my homework and put in many hours scouting, somehow making enough time to maintain my regular duties of husband and father of five. I was wo...
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Sparing Jakes Could Improve Turkey Hunting Now and Later
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From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- JEFFERSON CITY–Turkey hunters in many parts of Missouri don’t need an expert to tell them the state’s turkey population is down. However, they might be interested in suggestions that ...
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Bighorn Sheep Survey Shows Healthy Population
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From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- Based on observations during the annual bighorn sheep survey, biologists believe North Dakota’s tough winter didn’t significantly harm the state’s bighorn sheep population. In fact,...
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Apply Now for Nevada’s Big Game Tags
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From the Nevada Department of Wildlife
-- The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is now accepting big game tag applications for the 2009 -2010 hunting season. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5 p.m. on Monday, April 20. Big game applica...
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