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Entries for May 2009
A Day to Remember | By Leo Rossetti
-- My daughter, Natalie, has been tagging along on my bowhunts for the past three years. I usually take her on election day (the first week of November) because she's off from school and the rut is underway.
The first year ...
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Nebraska Bowhunter Education class scheduled in June | From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Early summer is not too soon to begin thinking about fall hunting. Any Nebraska hunter may take a hunter education course, but it is recommended that hunters who need to fulfill the requirement take ...
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Pennsylvania Hunter Education Courses set to begin | From the Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- With sales of the 2009-10 license set to begin in mid-June, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe reminds all first-time license buyers to make plans to attend a Hunter-Trapper E...
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From Outcast to Mentor | By Roger Hinkle
-- I have been hunting since I was 11 years old. I have found nothing I enjoy more than sitting in the woods and watching nature at work. When I graduated high school, I joined the Navy. The worst thing about being in the service was...
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Kansas reports decrease in hunting accidents in 2008 | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- There were 16 hunting accidents in 2008, with three fatalities, two of which were not actually legal hunting incidents, according to Kansas DWP records. This is a decrease of three ac...
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USDA extends Kansas CRP contracts for wildlife benefits | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Some landowners whose Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts expire in September can now extend their contracts, keeping the land in cover beneficial to wildlife, according to the U.S. Depa...
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Kansas nonresident white-tail applications due June 1 | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Nonresident hunters seeking Kansas white-tailed deer permits must submit an application on or before midnight, June 1. Only online applications will be considered, and must be made through ...
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Vermont moose hunting application deadline June 2 | From the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
-- The deadline to apply for a Vermont moose hunting permit is Tuesday, June 2.
The application must be postmarked no later than June 2, or delivered by 4:30 p.m. on that day to the V...
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Some Seasons Are Too Short | By Barry Williams
-- Every year, I make it a point to hunt with close friend Sid Sizemore, a landowner from Abilene, Kan. Sid called on Thanksgiving Day and told me he had seen several big bucks and that I needed to get out there to tag one of them....
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Some Missouri waters swimming with cash rewards | From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Fishing is not something most people do for money. But anglers do love to tell others about their catches, and the Missouri Department of Conservation is willing to pay if you catch one of a few very...
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Returning the Favor | By Brent Fox
-- My dad took me on my first deer hunt when I was 4 years old. I was all set up with my little bow and arrows with suction cup tips. I was ready to take the big one!
As we were leaving that evening, my dad spotted a doe bedded dow...
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Nebraska Deer test negative for tuberculosis | From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- The 42 wild white-tailed deer sampled near a Knox County facility where bovine tuberculosis was detected were free of the disease, recent test results showed.
Biologists with the Nebraska Game and...
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How to deter bears from taking up residence at campsites | From the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
-- Whether a summer camping trip or a stay at a cozy cabin in the woods, there’s always a possibility for a black bear sighting or encounter in North Georgia. With more than 75 established cam...
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Apply for 2009-10 Georgia Quota Hunts beginning June 1 | From the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
-- The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) reminds hunters that June 1 is opening day of the 2009-2010 quota hunt application period. Successful quota hunt app...
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European rudd found in Ohio waters of Lake Erie | From the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-- The first record of European rudd in Ohio waters was caught by licensed Ohio commercial fisherman Jim Swartz, who netted the fish near the Lakeside Pier in Marblehead and brought it to state fisheri...
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Nevada approves slight increase in Big Game Tags | From the Nevada Wildlife Commission
-- The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners approved the allocation of 22,500 big game tags at its May meeting in Reno, a one percent increase over 2008 tag allocations.
Within that allocation the commissi...
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Enrollment deadline for NE Access Programs is June 11 | From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Landowners willing to allow hunting access have a June 11 deadline to enroll in either the Open Fields and Waters Program or the Conservation Reserve Program-Management Access Program (CRP-MAP).
I...
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Don’t Take a Bow to a Gun Fight | By Kelby Ronald Weisser
-- On a Friday afternoon the weekend before rifle season, I left for my hunting area right after school. I had seen a big mule deer out chasing a few does a week before and noticed it was a nice buck that I had gotten picture...
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Kansas 2009 Pronghorn permits online only; June 12 deadline | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- There will be no paper application or mail in forms for the 2009 antelope permits, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. All applications must be submitted online; the deadli...
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Planting for wildlife? Take a look at the edges | From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- A common first thought when considering habitat for wildlife are food plots. Clear a patch of ground, disc it and plant things that deer, turkey and other game and non-game animals eat.
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The Dempsey Buck | By Seth Sheldon
-- On opening day of the 2008 deer season, Jim Dempsey, a good friend of my grandparents, passed away. He had been battling cancer for more than three years. Jim and my papa were good friends and even better hunting buddies.
Jim ...
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Game Commission advises motorists to watch for deer | From the Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- Pennsylvania motorists are advised to stay alert and slow down when driving after dusk and before dawn to reduce their risk of colliding with a white-tailed deer.
“Each spring, deer congregate on the...
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First Tennessee Outdoors Youth summit July 19-24 | From the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
-- The first annual Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS) will be held July 19-24, for students in high schools from across Tennessee. Students will be introduced to many outdoor activities at the even...
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Door May Be Shut on Open Fields | From the Wildlife Management Institute
-- Funding for the Open Fields program authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill is proposed to be terminated in the administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget, according to the Wildlife Management Institute.
Lan...
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Deer Telemetry study completed | From the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
-- The two-year deer telemetry study spearheaded by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Louisiana State University's (LSU) School of Natural Resources was complete...
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The Hillbilly Ninja Sneak | By Ryan Boley
-- It was the third day of the Ohio gun season, and after hunting all morning and missing an opportunity at a decent buck, I decided to get a bite to eat before heading out to the brush again at about 2:00. I went back out and found ...
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The Hunt Less Planned | By Brittany Chastain
-- I started hunting at age 15. My dad would ask me the night before if I would like to get up and go deer hunting with him. Being a Daddy's girl, I took any opportunity to have his full attention.
I always carried my little ...
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Alabama Community Archery Program Doubles In Size | From the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
-- The Community Archery Program doubled in size recently with the opening of the Cullman Community Archery Park, and the program is just in its infancy. Through an unprecedented al...
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A Buck Named Big Boy | By Christopher Fortney
-- I was beginning to think it could never happen to me. I heard stories and saw the pictures that went with them, and I couldn’t help feeling jealous of all my friends who had taken big bucks.
I purchased a Stealth Cam...
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The Ridge-Runner Buck | By Dennis Craig
-- It was about 3:45 p.m. on Nov. 14, 2008, when I broke over the top of the alfalfa field to head into the woods. After a few minutes of quiet walking, I stood at my treestand debating if that would be the spot to hunt. I had recen...
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A Page from the Elk Journal | By Jared Martin
-- September 10, 2008 — I just had the greatest hunting day of my life. For three weeks, I hunted most of Utah’s eneral archery elk season. My regular hunting spot was occupied by a bear sow with a cub, so I spent the las...
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Kansas offers landowners contracts for Walk-in Hunting Access | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Signup deadline is July 13 for landowners interested in the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ (KDWP) Walk-In Hunting Access Program (WIHA). The program pays landowners to allow public ...
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Firearms Sales Figures rise for April | From the National Shooting Sports Foundation
-- The upward trend in firearms sales continued in April, marking the sixth consecutive month of significant increases.
Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System ...
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Reminder—Leave young deer undisturbed | From the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
-- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is reminding people to please leave what may appear to be abandoned young deer alone in the outdoors.
Every year the depar...
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Missouri hunters check 41,830 turkeys | From the Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Hunters checked 8,738 turkeys May 4 through 10, bringing the total harvest for Missouri’s 1-day regular spring turkey season to 41,830, or 3.7 percent fewer than in 2008.
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NC Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament draws 3,000 | From the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
-- West Montgomery High School, a sophomore effort in youth hunter education skills competition, recently won the senior division at the North Carolina championships. The Park Ridge Christian Sch...
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You Could Attend the Buckmasters Classic | By David Sullivan
-- Buckmasters American Deer Foundation is accepting bids (eBay auction number 180355583699) for a very special hunt that will place you in the thick of the action on a TV hunt with Jackie Bushman! As high bidder, you and one frien...
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