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Entries for December 2008
Louisiana Youngster's Special Harvest | From Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
-- For any 14-year-old boy, taking down an 8-point, 240-pound buck is a dream come true. However, for Krotz Springs, La., native Brandon Soileau, a trophy buck is just the icing on the cake of the ...
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Georgia to Hold First Annual Hunter Education Skills Challenge | From Georgia Department of Natural Resources
-- Youth interested in the outdoors can test their knowledge, demonstrate their skills and register to win a muzzleloader at the state's first annual Hunter Education Skills Challenge event Jan. 17 in Wal...
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New York Junior Hunters Total More Than 15,000 in First Season | From New York Department of Environmental Conservation
-- The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently released preliminary results that show more than 15,000 junior hunters took advantage of a new law signed by New York Gov....
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All in the Family | By Daniel Audy
-- The 2007 hunting season was something that I will hold in my heart forever. I used to hunt in Vermont with my brother, John, and his wife's family, with whom I am very close. I started hunting when I was 18 years old. While I nev...
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Two Deer for Two Brothers | By Levi and Hunter Schmidt
-- Allow us to introduce ourselves: We are Levi and Hunter, the Schmidt brothers. We are ages 10 and 9 respectively. We are two brothers who each took bucks of a lifetime during the November firearms season in Missouri. We...
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New York Begins Final Season of Wild Turkey Study | From New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
-- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today that DEC is preparing for the final field season of a large-scale wild turkey ...
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Five West Virginia Deer Test Positive for CWD | From West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- Preliminary test results indicate the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) agent was present in five hunter-harvested deer collected in Hampshire County during the 2008 deer firearms hunting season. &n...
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Beyond the Harvest | By Wayne DeLuca
-- It was Nov. 17, 2007, the last weekend of the Kentucky rifle season, and I had just come back from a hunting trip in Vermont. I had missed a shot at a small 3-pointer. My wife and I had just purchased 35 acres in Kentucky, and I d...
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Ohio Gun Hunters Harvest 16,382 Deer Dec. 20-21 | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Hunters harvested 16,382 deer Dec. 20-21, during the weekend of gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
The extra weekend of gun hu...
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Missouri Hunters Harvest 15,036 Deer During Antlerless Season | From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Hunters checked 15,036 deer during the Antlerless Portion of Firearms Deer Season Dec. 13 through 21. That is down by almost 23 percent from last year (19,472).
High winds, cold weather conditions and co...
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Nebraska Schedules Three Beyond BOW Mentored Deer Hunts | From Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Nebraska's Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission have scheduled three Beyond BOW mentored deer hunts that will take place during the January Anterless Deer seas...
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Hunting in the Neighborhood | By Michael Vanderstine
-- My buddies and I are what you would call urban hunters (city folk if you will). We are blue-collar guys who cannot afford to go to dream places like Montana or Kansas. Instead we hunt 5-to 10-acre areas that are 20 to 30 mi...
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Bad Weather Bucks | By Randy D. Smith
-- I simply do not have the luxury of hunting on days when the weather is perfect. I'm certain most deer hunters are in the same boat. My home state of Kansas offers a total of 25 days for hunters to harvest a buck with a firearm. ...
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West Virginia's Fall Turkey Harvest Down | From West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- Preliminary figures for the 2008 fall turkey hunting season indicate that 1,128 birds were harvested this fall. This represents a 25 percent decline from last year's fall harvest of 1,511.
The la...
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Wyoming: CWD Detected in New Elk Hunt Area | From Wyoming Game and Fish Department
-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department Laboratory analyzed a sample from a targeted cow elk from hunt area 117 and the sample tested positive for CWD. The elk was found at Solider Creek, just east of Highway 85...
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Ohio Deer Hunters Prepare for Dec. 27-30 Muzzleloader Season | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Ohio's popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide Dec. 27-30, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 21,473 white-ta...
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An Old Friend | By John C. Phillips Jr.
-- I have put in many hard hours to grow and maintain the proper food sources that attract and grow quality white-tailed deer. For the past seven to eight years, I have planted many food plots as well as a variety of trees.
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Muzzy to Present 2008 Tall Man Award | From Muzzy Products Corp.
-- Each year, Muzzy Products Corporation bestows its prestigious Tall Man Award to someone who stands tall among his or her peers by contributing to the community and going above and beyond to promote and protect the future...
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All in the Family | By Daniel Audy
-- The 2007 hunting season was something that I will hold in my heart forever. I used to hunt in Vermont with my brother, John, and his wife's family, with whom I am very close. I started hunting when I was 18 years old. While I never...
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10 Christmas Gifts Under $100 | By Tracy Breen
-- Times are getting tough in this great land of ours. Spare cash is getting harder to find than ever before. However, just because you don't have a lot of money doesn't mean you cannot purchase a bowhunting item or two for your frien...
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West Virginia Deer Hunters Harvest 66,851 Bucks in 2008 | From West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- Preliminary data collected from game checking stations across the state indicate deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 66,851 bucks during the two-week buck season, which ran from November 24 thr...
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Indiana Offers Free Online Safety Course for ORV Riders | From Indiana Department of Natural Resources
-- Indiana Conservation Officers encourage the safe and responsible use of Off Road Vehicles (ORVs) through a free online safety course.
The course, called "Today's ORV Rider," is design...
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Deer Friends | By Beth Lauren
-- It was -8 degrees on the opening day of Wisconsin's 2008 rifle season, when I awoke to the whispered sounds and occasional giggles of two very excited hunters, my daughter, Sheena, and her dear friend, Jade.
My husband and son we...
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Kansas Maintains CWD Vigil | From Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Deer hunters or anyone with questions about chronic wasting disease (CWD) can find the information they need on the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks website. The website shows locations of posit...
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Pennsylvania Adds Coyotes to Mentored Youth Hunting Program | From Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that coyotes will become legal game under the Mentored Youth Hunting Program (MYHP) effective Saturday, Dec. 20.
The addition, which wa...
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Pennsylvania 10-Point | By Ed Waite
-- I had been in the woods since 6:15 a.m., and it was cold and windy. Ten hours had passed, and I had 50 minutes of legal shooting light left. By that point, I had decided that enough was enough. Another storm front was coming in, the w...
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Indiana Hunters State Park Deer Harvest Up 13 Percent | From Indiana Department of Natural Resources
-- Volunteer hunters took 13 percent more deer this year than they did in 2007 during two two-day reduction hunts at 17 state parks.
A total of 1,468 deer were taken from the state parks during the s...
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Second Time's A Charm | By Bill Costin
-- Oct. 4, 2007, signaled the start of my first archery season in Oklahoma. The south wind had been blowing hard all day and the temperature was well in the 80s - certainly not ideal for deer movement. The time was closing in on 4 p....
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Illinois Firearms Hunters Harvest 105,595 Deer | From Illinois Department of Natural Resources
-- Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 105,595 deer during the seven-day firearm deer hunting season Nov. 21-23 and Dec. 4-7.
The preliminary second-season (Dec. 4-7) harvest total was...
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Kimber's New Model 8400 Sonora | By Steve LaMascus
-- Kimber is best known for its lightweight, highly accurate rifles, and its Model 1911 pistols. However, it does make other guns. The newest, as this is written, is the Model 8400 Sonora.
The Sonora is a long-action rifle, curre...
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Ohio 2008 Deer-gun Harvest Report | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Ohio hunters took 116,798 white-tailed deer during the state's popular, weeklong deer-gun season, which ran December 1 through 7, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Divis...
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Back to Indiana | By Rick Garrett
-- Most years, my deer season starts when the Kentucky bow season opens in September. Some of those years I have hunted hard from September through the end of January in search of one buck. But one year, my season ended in October, w...
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Grandpa's First Deer | By Darrell Maidlow
-- This story began a long time ago. My grandpa, Leo, and father, Ron, hunted out of necessity due to the fact that it was the Great Depression and they ate meat from the animals they harvested. My grandpa even loaded his own shel...
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It's Time for the Golden Moose Awards | From Buckmasters Online
-- If you like the shows, let Outdoor Channel know it.
Hunting seasons are in full swing, and the Buckmasters television crew is busy preparing a new season of shows for 2009. Meanwhile, this year's shows are still airing ...
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A Second Chance | By Brian R. Kightlinger
-- My 2008 Ohio Buck Story actually started during the 2007 Ohio gun season. It was the first day of the season, and I was carrying a Thompson/Center Prohunter muzzleloader during a hunt with Bill Pyles of Ohio Bow Outfitters...
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Choosing a Whitetail Bow | If you're like me, you are very attached to your hunting bow. Whether it's a new model less than a year old or an old warrior carrying the scars of countless deer seasons, bows become an integral part of our hunting persona. A quick glance at the dec...
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Smitten with Missouri | By Jason Daugherty
-- I started hunting white-tailed deer when I moved to Missouri four years ago, and I have been "ate up" with it ever since. During the last two years, my dad, Darrell, and I have hunted together. It seems like he outdoe...
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Illinois Announces CWD Deer Season | From Illinois Department of Natural Resources
-- Hunters in Boone, DeKalb, McHenry and Winnebago counties and the portion of Kane County west of Ill. Rt. 47 can participate in the special Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Deer Season Jan. 16-18, 2009, t...
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NSSF Issues Bullet Serialization Update | From National Shooting Sports Foundation
-- During the past week the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) - the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry - has received inquires concerning state legislation that would require ...
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The Velvet Buck | By Jeff Trisler
-- Velvet! That was all that kept running through my mind once I wrapped my hands around this buck's antlers. It all happened so fast that I had never noticed the buck's "summer skin" still on its antlers. Once I released t...
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