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Entries for August 2009
Animal Rights Extremism in the White House? | By John L. Moore
-- Sounding the alarm on the appointment of anti-hunter to federal regulatory czar position.
If you and I think this country is a little left of kilter, we are misinformed. It’s much worse than we think.
As I write this, P...
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Important reminders for Colorado Big Game hunters | From the Colorado Division of Wildlife
-- As hunters prepare during the weeks ahead, the Colorado Division of Wildlife reminds hunters to be aware of the following items before entering the field this season:
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Deer Exchange returns to Nebraska in 2009 | From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Hunters again will be able to provide deer meat this fall to anyone willing to accept it, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
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Eastern Shore's Reputation on Target | By Norman L. Wines
-- It was a crisp and breezy, 45-degree Nov. 26 -- three days into Maryland's 2007 season -- and I had not seen a single deer all day. With dusk fast approaching, however, I saw a brute of a buck moving through the thicket.
I w...
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Impaired and Youth hunter news round up for South Carolina | From the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
-- Mobility impaired hunters will again be treated to a unique opportunity to attend two special deer hunts this year on about 50 well-managed and exclusive, private tracts of land in the Up...
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Grants awarded for three Texas target range projects | From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
-- Professional and recreational sport shooters in the Kerrville, Waco and San Antonio areas will benefit from the $240,000 in matching grants that their local target range facilities will receive to c...
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Kansas Special Hunts first draw complete, second draw Oct. 1 | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Applicants from the first drawing for Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Special Hunts can go online to find out if they were successful. There were 342 hunts awarded from 2,141 application...
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Hunters can help themselves by checking rules changes | From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Arkansas hunters who want to be better prepared for the upcoming hunting seasons can spend a few minutes in a favorite chair with a new book—the 2009-2010 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook of the Arkan...
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First Buck, Biggest Buck | By Carlton Isaacs
-- Although I was 57 years old at the time and had been hunting for quite a few seasons, it looked like I would never get a buck. Then on Nov. 23, 2007 at 10 a.m., it happened, and I was in a state of shock.
It was the day after...
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Sportsmen’s Groups Call On Senate to Block Sunstein | From the USSA
-- Fifteen of the nation’s leading conservation and sportsmen organizations sent a letter Tuesday to all U.S. Senators requesting they oppose the nomination of Cass R. Sunstein to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Aff...
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Remaining ND deer licenses available online, including Gratis | From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- More than 35,000 antlerless deer gun licenses are still available after the North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently completed its lottery drawing. These remaining licenses will be issued on...
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Youths can enter drawing for half-price lifetime permits | From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- Youths again will have a chance to win a half-price lifetime hunting or fishing permit via drawing this fall, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
They will have opportunities to ...
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Of Racks and Men | By Mike Handley
-- Immediately prior to the Aug. 16 archery finals of the Buckmasters Top Bow Indoor World Championship, two bowhunters were presented trophies of a different sort. Bob Decker of Eau Claire, Wis., and Kyle Simmons of Spragueville, ...
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NH hunting and trapping digest now available online | From the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- The 2009-2010 New Hampshire Hunting and Trapping Digest is available online at http://www.HuntNH.com or when you buy your license from Fish and Game license agents across the state.
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Deadlines for IN state park deer reductions near | From the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
-- Applications to participate in Indiana's state park deer reductions must be received by Aug. 28. Reductions are held specifically to reduce the ecological impact of damaging deer herds present in...
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ND deer, pronghorn archery seasons open Sept. 4 | From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- North Dakota’s deer and pronghorn archery seasons open Friday, Sept. 4 at noon, and hunters should refer to the 2009 deer and pronghorn hunting guides for season information and regulations.
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Idaho plans women's hunting clinic Sept. 12 | From the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
-- The 16th annual Panhandle Region women's hunting clinic will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Coeur d'Alene Rifle and Pistol Club, 5105 Atlas Road, in Coeur d'Alene.
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Deadlines for IN state park deer reductions near | From the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
-- Applications to participate in this year's Indiana state park deer reductions must be received by Aug. 28.
These reductions are held specifically to reduce the ecological impact of da...
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2009 Hunting Issue for NJ Fish and Wildlife now online | From the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
-- The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has posted the 2009 Hunting Issue of the Fish and Wildlife DIGEST on its website in PDF format. The digest contains a summary of rules and...
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Who Knew? | By Buckmasters Online
-- World Record measured at Buckmasters Expo.
When the doors of the Montgomery Convention Center opened in August to the throng gathered for the Buckmasters Expo, Verlin Hale and a buddy were among the first in line. The deer ...
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Aug. 27 deadline for Vermont antlerless deer application | From the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
-- With the deadline to apply for a Vermont antlerless deer hunting permit Aug. 27, the Fish and Wildlife Department is asking hunters to help by applying online to keep data entry time and costs...
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Deer hunting seminars Aug. 24-Sept. 8 in Arkansas | From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be presenting several deer hunting seminars across the state in preparation for one of Arkansas’s most popular hunting seasons. The first seminar is &n...
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Bro Gets the Big One | By Nathan Vlcek
-- On Oct. 6, 2007, I spotted a monstrous buck out in a neighbor’s bean field. It was walking from the river to their wooded hill at about 9:00 in the morning. To my dismay, I also saw the landowner hunting those woods.
Later ...
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“You’d Better Sit in the Ladder Tonight” | By Shannon M. Peters
-- I am a science teacher. And while I come to know many students who adore hunting as much as I do, I am reluctant to invite them to hunt with me on my father-in-law’s farm.
In the late 1990s, I was a coach who loved the...
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Delaware announces Sportsmen Against Hunger donation sites | From the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
-- The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife again will participate in the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program during the 2009-2010 Delaware deer hunting season.
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Louisiana plans 25th National Hunting and Fishing day Sept. 26 | From the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
-- Sept. 26 marks the 25th annual Louisiana National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD) with events in Baton Rouge, Minden, Monroe and Woodworth hosted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife an...
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Old Friend Is New Champ | By Ken Piper
-- The 2009 Buckmasters Expo wrapped up Sunday night shortly after a brand new champion hoisted The Rack trophy high over his head as the new Buckmasters Top Bow Indoor World Champion.
While Randy Hendrix might be a new Buckmasters cha...
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Learn to shoot, hunt and fish Aug. 22-23 at NM Outdoor Expo | From the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
-- For those who have had a hankering to shoot a muzzleloader, try archery or learn a thing or two about hunting and fishing, the eighth annual New Mexico Outdoor Expo is an ideal, free and family ev...
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NC big game harvest report card has new harvest ID number | From the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
-- The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding hunters to enter their Harvest ID number on this year’s big game harvest report card.
The Harvest ID number is loca...
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New Mexico hunters need customer identification number | From the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
-- The Department of Game and Fish reminds hunters who obtain their licenses through private-land authorizations that they must have a Customer Identification Number—which is new this y...
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Texas new season hunting, fishing licenses now on sale | From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- Sportsmen are reminded all current Texas annual hunting and fishing licenses—except for the year-to-date fishing license—expire Aug. 31. Texas hunting and fishing licenses f...
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In Plain Sight | By Steven Miller
-- Well it was Oct. 30, and it had been a very warm Michigan bow season. I hadn’t had much luck. In fact, I’d missed the only buck I’d seen all year.
It was about 1 p.m. I was sitting at home, watching ...
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August a good month to take a Nebraska hunter ed course | From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- August is the perfect month to take a hunter education course and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has plenty of them available.
There are firearm hunter education classes scheduled in 21 d...
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