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Entries for November 2008
Missouri's November Deer Harvest Dips Slightly from 2007 | From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Missouri's November firearms deer harvest dipped by 6.4 percent this year, leading the state's top deer expert to believe that antler-point restrictions and an emphasis on shooting antlerless dee...
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Choices for Frigid Conditions, Part Two | By John M. Moschella
-- In my previous article on hunting in frigid conditions, I presented ideas for staying warm in below zero temperatures. As several readers noted, I did not address keeping the head warm . . . an important omission, considering...
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The Little Blue Bow | By Kurt Nielsen
-- My wife, four children, and I live in Nebraska. I grew up as the middle child, with two brothers and two sisters, on a farm located in central Nebraska. Our dad would take us fishing and hunting when we were kids. We were...
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Kansas Ready for Firearm Deer Season | From Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- The 2009 Kansas firearm deer season runs Wednesday, Dec. 3, through Sunday, Dec. 14, and it's time for hunters to sight in rifles and practice their shooting skills. While many hunters see this as an o...
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Ohio's Young Hunters Enjoy Special Two-Day Deer Hunt | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Young hunters across Ohio again enjoyed success during the sixth annual Youth Deer-Gun Season, held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23. Hunters age 17 and under harvested 9,852 deer during the specia...
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Sometimes It's Your Day | By Bob Johnson
-- On Monday, Nov. 10, I left work at lunch to go out and hunt that afternoon in search of a big buck that I knew was out there. I had spotted this deer crossing the road and in the neighboring fields for the last few weeks but never ...
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How Many Acres and Where to Plant for Deer and Turkeys | By Kent Kammermeyer
Certified Wildlife Biologist/Consultant
-- Both deer and wild turkeys will definitely benefit from high quality agronomic food plots on a minimum of 5 to 10 percent of your property in a heavily forested area wherever this is fe...
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Cougar Killed in Troup County, Ga. | From Georgia Department of Natural Resources
-- Hunters around West Point Lake might be led to believe that Georgia has a new predator roaming the woods - the cougar. A recent kill of a male cougar on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land at West Point L...
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Feds Release National Wildlife Refuge Guide | From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
-- More than 300 hunting programs exist on national wildlife refuges, and many refuges offer hunts and blinds specifically designed for people with disabilities, as well as hunts organized to introduce youngsters ...
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"Second Amendment" Sales Tax Holiday is Nov. 28-29 | From South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
-- South Carolina will waive the state's sales and use tax on purchases of handguns, rifles and shotguns during the first annual Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday Nov. 28-29.
The 48-hour...
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Kansas Offers National Guard, Disabled Veterans Free Licenses | From Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- A program created by the Kansas State Legislature and administered by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) offers active members of the Kansas Army and Air National Guard who are Kansas r...
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Deer Hunting at Indiana Facility Limited to Mornings | From Indiana Department of Natural Resources
-- Deer hunting at Interlake, a multi-use property in southwest Indiana, will be allowed only during morning hours of the deer firearms season.
The DNR Division of Outdoor Recreation plans to give hunte...
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Rough Country Whitetails | By Randy D. Smith
-- It was early December and a chilling breeze wafted through the leafless trees lacing the lower shelves of steep canyon walls southwest of Clark County State Lake in Kansas. The shadowed faces of two narrow canyons were coa...
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Bucks for Two | By Holly Sidebottom
-- My husband Josh and I married Oct. 18, 2008. As outdoor enthusiasts and bowhunting fanatics, we planned the honeymoon of our dreams to Brown County, Ill. We prepared vigorously for our trip, often putting wedding plans on the ...
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Missouri's Opening-Weekend Deer Harvest Dips Slightly | From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Cold, blustery weather may have cut into the opening-weekend harvest of Missouri's main firearms deer season, but hunters still posted a two-day total of nearly 100,000.
Hunters checked 98,386 dee...
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One Fine Buck | By Rick Creech
-- I have been a deer hunter for many years and have found that bowhunting is much more enjoyable than carrying a rifle to the woods. To prove my point, I now have a phenomenal buck, which I took with a bow this season.
My wife and ...
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Whitetail Vocalizations | Text & Photos by Tommy Kirkland
-- The silence is broken. There along the edge of the forest are faint echoes of a few soft grunts. Setting your sights in that direction, you search the landscape. With the anticipation of a rutting buck, you are...
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Texas to Consider Sweeping Deer Hunting Regulation Changes | From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has transitioned away from political boundaries for the purpose of monitoring white-tailed deer populations and toward biologically-based communities or Resource Man...
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Pennsylvania Expands Deer Management Web Pages | From Pennsylvana Game Commission
-- Continuing its ongoing outreach and educational efforts to heighten the understanding of deer management and whitetails, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe recently announced the agency ha...
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Licking County Archers Lead Ohio's Deer Harvest | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Ohio bow hunters harvested 51,620 deer during the first six weeks of the state's archery season. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, this year's earl...
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New York Junior Hunters Headed Afield This Season | From New York Department of Environmental Conservation
-- A major change to expand big-game hunting to 14- and 15-year-olds highlights the upcoming opening of the 2008 Southern Zone regular deer and the Catskill and Allegany bear seasons, New York S...
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Corn, Acorn Crops Could Affect Missouri Deer Harvest | From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Autumn is all about food and love for white-tailed deer. Love is constant, but Missouri deer hunters would do well to think about deer food when planning strategy for the upcoming firearms deer season.
Re...
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One for the Books | By Kyle White
-- I picked up bowhunting about three years ago and really got into it last season. I missed plenty of does and was frustrated at times, but I certainly love the challenge.
This year, my cousin invited me to go to Indiana with...
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Indiana Releases Deer Harvest Outlook | From Indiana Department of Natural Resources
-- Favorable weather and a few other factors could combine to produce a record harvest this deer firearm season, which opens Nov. 15.
"We continue to have a healthy deer herd in Indiana," said...
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California Sets Up CWD Checkpoint | From California Department of Fish and Game
-- The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) inspected 117 vehicles at a checkpoint Oct. 20 and 21 to help prevent transport of chronic wasting disease (CWD). The checkpoint was conducted at the California Dep...
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Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in Michigan | By Gary Engberg
-- Now, Michigan can be added to the list of states that have confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Presence of the disease was officially confirmed Aug. 25, 2008, when the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames,...
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Missouri Youth Deer Harvest Dips 15 Percent | Hunters age 6 through 15 harvested 10,400 deer during Missouri's Youth Portion of Firearms Deer Season Nov. 1 and 2. The youth harvest is 15 percent smaller than last year but 2 percent above the long-term average.
From Missouri De...
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Going in Blind | By Tracy Breen
-- In the past decade, numerous white-tailed deer hunters have traveled to Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wisconsin more than ever before with one goal in mind: to harvest a wallhanger. The above-mentioned states along with others...
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Where There's a Will, There's a Way | By Jon Bryan
-- In a previous story I submitted to Buckmasters.com, I had mentioned seeing a nice buck with tall, uneven antlers and a pronounced limp. I had decided that if given the opportunity, I would harvest it.
My neighbor capt...
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Scout, Scout, Scout | By Steve G. Morgan
-- January in Utah brings cold wind and fall hunting applications. The state is known for big game, but prime hunts are difficult to draw. Thousands of people apply every year and only a lucky few are chosen. I had applied for &qu...
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Help from Dad | By Jim Smith
-- I lost my best hunting partner this October. He was my dad, and he was my hero. We loved to hunt together. My dad, Jim, passed away at home early on a Friday morning while I was out hunting. Since then it has been hard to get out the...
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Ohio's Youth Deer-Gun Hunting Season Set For Nov. 22-23 | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Ohio's youth deer-gun hunting season will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.
Young hunters harves...
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Nebraska Program Targets Expansion of Hunter, Angler Access | From Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- A statewide pilot program to expand hunter and angler access to private land was approved by the Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners.
The two-year program, to begin in the fall of 2009, was cre...
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Missouri Forestkeepers Document Acorn Crop | From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Missouri's acorn-counters have filed their reports, and the news could play a key role in deer and turkey hunters' strategies this fall.
Acorn-counters? That's right. The Missouri Department of Conservati...
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Arkansas Modern Gun Deer Season Forecast Appears Favorable | From Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Arkansas' modern gun season opens this Saturday, Nov. 8 and the outlook for hunter success appears promising.
According to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Deer Program Coordinator Brad Miller, many areas...
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The Shirttail Trophy | By Thomas Jones
-- Dawn came quickly as the sun's rays seemed to creep through the shadows of the pine trees, which softly swayed in the breeze. The owls hooted as the ducks and geese took flight from the ponds and river as we sat waiting for our b...
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A Grandpa's Influence | By Timothy Dunn
-- I was not interested in deer hunting until I turned 24. It was the fall of 1992, when I talked with my grandfather, Roy, about deer hunting, that I became interested. The old timer jumped at the chance to tell me how exciting it i...
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Nebraska Expands 2009 Turkey Seasons | From Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Turkey hunters will have unprecedented opportunities in Nebraska in 2009, thanks to a growing turkey population.
A spring rural mail carriers' survey shows the turkey population has grown 500 percent in N...
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North Dakota Encourages Bowhunters to Donate Deer | From North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- The North Dakota Community Action Partnership's (NDCAP) Sportsmen Against Hunger (SAH) program is encouraging bowhunters to donate bow-harvested deer to the program.
Anyone with an animal to do...
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The Whitetail 500 | By Roger Roan
-- "Go down the fence row about 80 yards, turn right into the woods, then go south 60 paces and look for a big stump. Turn right and put your stand up in the triple-trunk tree. Think you can find it?" whispered Mark.
We ease...
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The Freak | By Justin Malouf
-- It was just a normal day in November when I decided to call a friend of mine and see if he would like to go hunting. He was just getting in from an 8-day bow hunt in Illinois and needed to go shoot his rifle to make sure it was s...
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PaPa's Gift | By Tammy Wilson
-- My father-in-law, Clyde "Pete" Wilson, passed away on Oct. 13, 2003.
Not a day goes by that we don't think of him, but since he was an avid hunter, he is particularly remembered a lot during deer season. My 11-year-old ...
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