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Entries for April 2009
Big Sister Makes Do with the Smokepole
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By Steven Dove
-- My 12-year-old son and I were looking forward to the 2008 youth hunt. After four years of harvesting does, he was eager to get a crack at a buck. That became my priority.
We put out trail cameras during the summer. Each time we to...
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Kentucky Elk Hunt Drawing Extended Through May 3
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From the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
-- Hunters now have three extra days to apply for the 2009 Kentucky elk hunt. Citing technical problems over the past few days with state government’s online payment application, Kentucky Dep...
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Feeding ‘Gators Illegal, Dangerous
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From the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
-- The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding residents and visitors that feeding alligators is not only dangerous, but also illegal.
As the weather warms, Wildlife officials receive more repor...
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Better Luck Next Year!
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By Timothy Nickless
-- This is not the typical hunting magazine story. But I'll bet it happens a lot more often than anyone would care to admit.
Because I was going to school at the University of Missouri-Columbia last year, I wasn't able to hunt m...
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19 Ohio teams in National Archery in Schools tournament
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From the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Four hundred and thirty-eight Ohio elementary, middle, and high school students, encompassing 19 teams, will participate in the May 8 and 9 National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Champ...
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Beginner’s Blessing
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By Forrest Hurst
-- I had been an avid waterfowler and upland game hunter for years, but I didn’t have any experience hunting big game. At the urging of a friend, I decided to give deer hunting a try and bought my first compound bow in 2003. I...
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A Lowdown Trick for Shut-Mouthed Toms
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By Shelly Brothers
-- I prefer bowhunting for deer, but love turkey hunting with a shotgun. Back in the Missouri’s 2006 spring turkey season, my husband and I slept in on the second Saturday morning due to a nasty, windy and w...
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Tennessee proposes changing 2009-10 whitetail season dates
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From the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission
-- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is proposing a substantial change to proposed whitetail deer season dates by unifying two muzzleloader segments and creating 14-day muzzleloader season that...
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Southeast Quail Study Group honors wildlife biologist
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From the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
-- As far as tasks at hand, Stan Stewart has a steep hill to climb. The wildlife biologist with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Wildlife and Freshw...
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Missouri’s antlerless and muzzleloader seasons reversed
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From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Most of the 2009-2010 deer and turkey hunting seasons and regulations will look familiar to experienced hunters, but this year’s rules also contain a number of significant changes.
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Invasive Northern Snakehead caught by NC angler in Lake Wylie
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From the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
-- An angler fishing the Paw Creek arm of Lake Wylie in Mecklenburg County, N.C., caught a 31-inch northern snakehead on April 19. Lake Wylie is located on the border of North and South Carol...
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A Battle to Remember
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By Jeff Miller
-- It was the last weekend of the rifle deer season in North Dakota. My son and I were at my mother’s home for Thanksgiving. We decided to go deer hunting the following morning (Nov. 23), since I still had a doe tag to fill.
W...
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Bear Sightings Not Uncommon This Time Of Year
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From the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
-- This time of year, young male black bears are roaming and often stumbling into what is considered non-traditional bear range, including urbanized areas and suburbs.
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Alabama’s Coastal Impact Assistance Program Approved
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From Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
-- Approval for Alabama’s Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan was announced April 23 at 5 Rivers – Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort. This opens the way for the state...
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When a Plan Comes Together
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By Jake Landon
-- November 22, 2008, started off better than the day before.
I had missed several big bucks throughout that earlier day, so when I got up on the morning of the 22nd, I decided it was time to shoot some paper. I was using a new shotg...
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Wingshooting the Focus of 8-Week Kansas Hunter Ed Course
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From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Kansas volunteer hunter education instructors will conduct an eight-week advanced course in wingshooting beginning Thursday, June 18, through August 6. The course will run from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. ...
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