AUGUSTA – It’s time to enter the 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery! Applications for this year’s lottery now are available online through the department’s website, www.mefishwildlife.com. Completing the application online is a convenience that thousands of hunters are using because the form’s easy to fill out and they receive instant confirmation that they’ve been entered [...]
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January 26th, 2011
Do You Live in fear of a CWD Zone?
I do. Because today the Minnesota DNR announced that lab tests confirmed that a doe killed by a bowhunter last fall has tested positive for the disease. Here’s the story, released this morning by the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The CWD-positive deer was shot near the town of Pine Island, about 50 miles from my home. Interestingly, there was a large captive elk herd in the same area that had to be destroyed a couple a couple of years ago, after (you guessed it) CWD was discovered during random testing.
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January 13 P.M. Deer Hunt
Tried the food plot again where I “invented” the Bionic Buck on the evening of January 13th. It is down below a ridge where a little draw with great bedding cover spills out into a large chunk of open stand pines. With the ridge protecting the food plot from the afternoon sun, the deer often [...]
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Cape May to Host Summit on Delaware Estuary
Urban runoff, wind power, and the value of clean waterways are just a few of the topics attendees will discuss during the Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit on January 30 to February 2 in Cape May, New Jersey. A nonprofit environmental organization called the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary estimates at least 250 people [...]
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More HSUS Lies To Pad Coffers
*Update*Jan. 26, 6:50 pm – A reader has pointed out to me that in South Dakota, the USDA has admitted to poisoning birds there as part of an ongoing program to control problem birds. Reuters has more. Seriously, these people should be locked up in jail for their fraud. The Humane Society of the United [...]
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National Park Service Considering New Bolting Policy for Climbers
A new policy would require climbers to get written permission to place new fixed anchors or replace broken ones. The details of this new policy are TBD, meaning that the NPS decided to rush this one out and see what people think before they bother actually figuring anything out. On one hand it’s good to [...]
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National Park Service Considering New Bolting Policy for Climbers
A new policy would require climbers to get written permission to place new fixed anchors or replace broken ones. The details of this new policy are TBD, meaning that the NPS decided to rush this one out and see what people think before they bother actually figuring anything out. On one hand it’s good to [...]
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Custom Target Points
With indoor archery leagues starting up, are you looking for a set of custom target points that will improve your score immediately? If so check out Killer Beez custom points! These points are designed for 20 yard and 18 meter target shooting and come in three different weights per shaft size. With tight tolerances [...]
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Jumping Over the Car That Towed You Into a Jump
Julien Regnier participates in what appears to be a car or tire commercial that would appeal only to a handful of skiers. How do you even put a ski rack on a convertible?
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U.S. Olympic Freeskiing Team Secures Clothing Sponsor…Before Sport is Officially Added to Olympics
The North Face is reportedly shelling out $8 million to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to be the official clothing sponsor of the new U.S. Freeskiing Program over the next 8 years, which includes the 2014 games in Russia. What does this get The North Face? Besides this blog post, they’ll get to outfit [...]
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Survival/Survival Skills: How To Cut Up A Chicken
Hat Tip to reader “TLM” This link will take you to a website with step by step instructions, complete with photographs, on how to cut up a chicken. Very helpful. However, the instructions are for a store bought chicken, which is still very useful information. So, my challenge is for someone to provide us with [...]
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400 Siberian Wolves Form “Superpack”
I never would have thought it possible! 400 hungry wolves banding together in order to form what can only be described as a superpack? Is it time to set the criteria for when a pack of wolves becomes a superpack? According to a report, these 400 wolves have formed an alliance of sorts and are [...]
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Provo Bros. Snow Surfing Project
Ian and Neal Provo embarked their latest adventure: reviving the early days of snowboarding with ‘snow surfing.’ It’s hard not to have fun in that much powder.
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January 26th, 2011
ESA Listing Of Foreign Species And The ESA Cash Cow
Who doesn’t want to save species of plants and animals? But are we doing that? And should the American taxpayer be required to contribute to saving those species, not native to America and located in foreign countries? Let’s first address the species in foreign countries issue. According to a letter sent out by Karen Budd-Falen, [...]
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Bloomberg on the State of the Union
Letter here. I suspect the other side is experiencing what we have experienced under past Administrations — forgotten, because “what are you going to do, vote for the other side the next time around?” You’ll get a small favor now…
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Idaho Sportsmen Want Commissioner Budge Ousted
Many Idaho sportsmen are banding together in hopes of getting Idaho Fish and Game commissioner Randy Budge off the board. What follows is letter being circulated statewide giving the reasons why sportsmen want Budge removed and what they can do to assist in that effort. Dear Fellow Idaho Sportsmen[sic] and Sportswomen, Last July at the [...]
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Wild Hogs Make #8 On The Outdoor Life Hit List
Outdoor Life Online recently ran a photo series called “Kill These Critters“. In the piece, they discuss the role of hunters in controlling the populations of 15 different animals. These include the coyote, at #1 all the way to the sandhill crane at #15. Here at the Hog Blog, I was surprised to see our [...]
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2011 SHOT Show Media Day Highlights!
The 2011 SHOT Show kicked off for me on Monday, January 17 on a very warm sunny day. Media Day at the Range is the event where writers, television producers, and so forth go to learn about all of the new guns being launched for the year. I have been to SHOT Show several times [...]
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