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Entries for February 2008
Alabama's First Archery Park Open | From Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
-- Alabama's first community archery park officially opened yesterday in Athens, Ala., with a ceremonial "first shot" by Athens Mayor Dan Williams.
The Alabama Department of C...
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New SHOT Show Products for Buckmasters Everywhere | By Randy D. Smith
-- The Las Vegas action was hot, fast, and furious over the 2008 Super Bowl weekend, and it had nothing to do with gambling or the football game. Feb. 2-5, 2008, was also the event where hundreds of new products were presented at t...
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Two Weapons, Two Birds and Two Cups of Coffee | By Mark Overmyer
-- My friend, Roger, has been trying to get me to join the annual spring turkey hunt ever since he got me hooked on deer hunting five years ago. He said, "Hunting turkeys is way harder than hunting deer and way more exciting.&q...
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All I Want for Christmas | By Randy Sharp
-- My oldest daughter, Lyndsay, and I were watching television late one night in 1999. An outdoor show was on featuring a whitetail hunt in Canada. "I'd love to do that someday," I told her.
"Just do it, Dad," wa...
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New York Deer Hunters Harvest More Than 200,000 Deer | From New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
-- Hunters harvested approximately 220,000 deer in the 2007 season, a 16 percent increase over the previous season, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commission...
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Maryland's "Minimum Age Hunting License Bill" is Withdrawn | From National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses
-- House Bill 655, commonly known as the Minimum Age Hunting License bill was withdrawn today through the efforts of the leadership of the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus and the Marylan...
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Kansas: Decatur County CWD Sampling Results Negative | From Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
-- Tissue samples from deer collected earlier this month in Decatur County all have tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), reports the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
After three ...
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Alabama Sets Dates for Youth Turkey Hunting | From Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
-- The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFF) has designated March 8-9 (for portions of the state where turkey ...
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First Muzzleloader Hunt | By Fred G. Hedrick Jr.
-- It was a cool Delaware morning; the opening day of muzzleloader season in October 2005. I started deer hunting late in life. At the age of 50, I was greatly anticipating another chance to get into the woods to experience w...
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West Virginia State Youth Archery Tournament to be Held March 1 | From West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section will host its third annual West Virginia Archery in the Schools Program State Tournament at Summersville National Guard Ar...
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If That Ain't Love . . .? | By Russell Thornberry
-- When you've been married as long as I have, coming up with something truly original for the "little woman" for Valentine's Day can be challenging, but this year I outdid myself. I offered my wife a javelina and she...
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Clinic to Sharpen Skills of Young, Novice Kansas Turkey Hunters | From Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- The Flint Hills Gobblers Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education Program will conduct their 7th Annual Spring Turkey Hunting Clin...
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Two Bucks and a Prayer | By Mark Ashley
-- It was early September, and I was on the way to my first hunt of 2004. Normally at this time of year, I'm practicing with my bow and waiting for deer season to roll around. In my home state of Alabama, opening day is usually around...
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The Beginnings of a Young Turkey Hunter | By Dale Helgeson
-- This past year, I was happy to receive a fall turkey tag and had the privilege of taking a future hunter into the woods. My new stepson, Cody, and I went out to set up our turkey blind the night before on the field edge where the...
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Realtree to Sponsor National Hunting and Fishing Day | From Wonders of Wildlife
-- Wonders of Wildlife recently announced the addition of Realtree as an official sponsor of National Hunting and Fish Day.
This year's celebration is set for Sept. 27.
Congress established the annual commemoration in 1971...
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U.S. Army Sharpshooter Wins Big at SHOT Show | From Repel Insect Repellent
-- For Sgt. 1st Class Joetta Dement, a trip to the 2008 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoors Trade (SHOT) Show was an opportunity to see the new products and represent the U.S. Army Shooting Team at the National Shootin...
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Persistence Pays Off | By Mike Sievwright
-- Wisconsin's 2004 gun deer season is one I will soon not forget. Each year, hunting season generally means my oldest son and I spend time in a rustic cabin located in the northern Wisconsin woods. By rustic, I mean no running wa...
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Choosing Proper Arrow Length | By Josh Sanden, Easton Archery
-- Like many things, including archery and bowhunting, personal preference plays a roll in determining proper arrow length. In my job I have the opportunity to speak with a lot of professional shooters, hunters, and pr...
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Nebraska Governor Signs Apprentice Hunter Education Bill | From Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Gov. Dave Heineman recently signed into law LB 690, which created the Hunter Apprentice Exemption Certificate. A signing ceremony was held in the governor's office at the state capitol, with Dr. Mark Pinker...
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Crab Claw Returns | By Pete Cavallaro
-- I started bowhunting three years ago on some property I lease in Summit County, Ohio. I tried to hunt a majority of the property until I found an ideal location situated next to a small orchard. This particular day had been a mi...
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The One That was Meant to Be | By Nelson Smither III
-- A few years ago, my wife gave me a snuggly pair of slippers for Christmas. The slippers are of the low-end K-mart variety. You know the type, blue corduroy outers with white imitation terry cloth insoles. The kind that aren'...
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Nebraska to Hold Mountain Hunting Class for Adults | From Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled a hunter education class in Lincoln, Neb., on March 8 and 9 for adults who will be going out of state this fall to hunt in the mountains.
The c...
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It's Not Over til It's Over | By George Mathis
-- My son killed this deer in December 2006, but it seems like yesterday. We were invited to a farm down in Georgia by a good friend of mine who has been trying to get me there for quite some time. When we arrived and Mr. Willis too...
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Chronic Wasting Disease not Detected in Ohio Deer | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- For the sixth straight year, testing of Ohio's deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a degenerative brain disease that affects elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer.
A...
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Ohio Releases 2007-08 Preliminary Deer Season Totals | From Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- A preliminary total of 230,400 deer were brought to Ohio's deer check stations during the 2007-08 hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. In a mo...
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Minnesota's 2007 Deer Harvest Ranks as Fourth Highest | From Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- Minnesota hunters harvested slightly more than 260,000 deer during 2007, the fourth-highest deer harvest ever recorded, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Before 2003,...
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Big Money Thumbed Down for Idaho Bighorn Sheep Tag | From Idaho Fish and Game
-- The winning bid in an annual auction for an Idaho Special Bighorn Sheep permit set a record this year.
Frank Miles of Cecil Lake, British Columbia, bid $65,000 for the tag in the auction Friday, Feb. 8, at the annual con...
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Top 10 new Archery Products That are Less Than $100 | By Tracy Breen
-- Every year as I head to the Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show to look over what is new, I am amazed at how many bow companies continue to push the engineering envelope. Just when I think a bow can't get faster, it does. Just whe...
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TWRA Accepting Applications For 2008-2009 Student Internships | From Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
-- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will offer several internships to students enrolled in wildlife or related programs at universities in Tennessee. These internships will be located at various TWRA r...
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The Shot of my Life | By Gregg Fuller
-- My hands were trembling as I slipped the safety back on my Remington rifle. I was breathing hard and wondering how I had made the best two shots of my life. The evening was just getting to be big buck time. My watch told me that t...
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Hornady Wins 2008 Cabela Lifetime Business Achievement Award | From U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance
-- Steve Hornady and the Hornady Manufacturing Company have been chosen as the recipient of the 2008 Cabela Lifetime Business Achievement Award. The presentation was during a Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (S...
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2008-09 Ohio Deer Hunting Regulations Proposed | By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- Ohio archery and Zone C (listed below) deer-gun hunters may again have the opportunity to take additional doe deer this fall if a proposed regulation is accepted by the Ohio Wildlife Council in April, accor...
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It's not Over Yet! | By Michael S. Clark
-- Just when everyone is putting away their rifles and shotguns with anticipation of a great fishing season this spring, some of us would rather hold off just a bit longer on those fried fillets. Why wait on such a delicacy you a...
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And the Golden Moose Goes To... | By Daniel Dye
-- MONTGOMERY, Ala. - "The Jackie Bushman Show" recently received an Outdoor Channel Golden Moose Award for Fan Favorite Variety Series at a ceremony held during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vega...
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Youth Hunting Bill Moving in Four States | From U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance
-- The Nebraska Senate passed Legislative Bill 690 on February first by a vote of 46-1 for the third and final time. LB 690 creates an apprentice hunter education exemption certificate, which allows an experienced hun...
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Georgian DNR, Nature Conservancy Team Up for Prescribed Fire | From Georgia Department of Natural Resources
-- A new joint effort by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division and The Nature Conservancy will help prevent wildfire damage in Georgia and promote healthy forests.
For...
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Luck of the Draw | By Carl B. Morganstern
-- Last year my brother, Rick, step dad, Robbie, and I were drawn in the New Mexico lottery to hunt elk. Rob wasn't able to hunt because he was involved in a serious accident. He survived a 60-foot fall that required a stay in...
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Browse Exclosures are Necessary for Your Food Plots | By Kent Kammermeyer
Certified Wildlife Biologist/Consultant
-- What do you mean, you can't tell what time it is without a clock? How much rain did you get last month? Don't have a rain gauge? How long could you go without a gas gauge in your vehicl...
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Minnesota DNR Calls on USDA Sharpshooters | From Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- Sharpshooters for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will assist the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) later this month in agency efforts to reduce the deer population in the des...
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Bragging and Beet Juice | By Craig Porzondek
-- I was reared on hunting. The woods are all I knew from the age of 5 to forever. My first buck was taken with a bow and my second buck went down with a single-shot 12-gauge slug. Our family lived for hunting, and it seemed hunti...
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Georgia's New Online Reports Highlight Law Enforcement Activity | From Georgia Department of Natural Resources
-- The Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) is making it easy for residents to keep up with what's going on in and around their county with a new online weekly law enforcemen...
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2008 Kansas Spring Turkey Permits Available Online | From Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- The 2008 Kansas spring turkey season runs April 9-May 31, and hunters across the state are already making preparations. Turkey permits allow hunters to use either a shotgun or a bow, and this year, the...
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