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August 30th, 2011

Black Bear Hunters Can Test Identification Skills Online

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Black Bear. Photo: Massicotte

OLYMPIA – Black bear hunters can test their bear species identification skills through a new interactive program on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) website. The program, available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/bear_cougar/bear/index.html, includes information on how to correctly identify black bears and grizzly bears, and gives hunters a chance to test their identification skills. Grizzly [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Desert Rat Talks with Author John Larison

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Awhile back I posted a review of John Larison’s great book Holding Lies. Truly, this was one of the best books I have read in [...]

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August 30th, 2011

In Retreat

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In retreat

I’m overwhelmed right now
and excited too
my parents will be here for a week in just 4 days

Work is busy
Homeschool Preschool is fun and time-consuming (for Mom!)
and the packing, organizing, storing, cleaning-out… never seems to end

I …

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August 30th, 2011

Reactions to the Melson "reassignment"

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House Judiciary Committee: "This move by the Administration indicates that Director Melson may be being used as a scapegoat for a much larger problem within ATF and DOJ. It appears that other senior officials at DOJ may have been involved…

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August 30th, 2011

Lawsuit incoming!

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Let’s see now…. police hear that a lady has firearms, enter her home without a warrant, confiscate 13 guns, find out that she owns them all legally… and refuse to return them unless she gets a court order. So she…

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August 30th, 2011

Nebraska Commissioners Approve Waterfowl Recommendations and Hunting Season Dates

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LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners approved the 2011 waterfowl season recommendations at their meeting Aug. 30 in McCook. Waterfowl hunting seasons begin Sept. 3 with the Low Plains early teal season. High Plains teal season starts Sept. 10, a week later than in 2010. The early nine-day September Canada goose season [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Marsh Island Cooperative Agreement Announced by Maine DIFW

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AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is opening the Marsh Island area in Old Town and Orono to archery hunting for whitetail deer, beginning with the upcoming season, following an approval from the MDIFW Advisory Council. Marsh Island will now be open to deer hunting during any hunting season that [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Acting Director Melson, AZ US Atty removed

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Story here. Melson is made "senior adviser on forensic science" to the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy. Which essentially drafts documents reflecting legal policy, and has no need of forensic experts. It’s obviously the "room with a desk…

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August 30th, 2011

Iowa Rabbit and Squirrel Seasons Open Sept. 3

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Cottontail Rabbit. Photo: Don DeBold

The 2011-12 hunting seasons for cottontail rabbits and squirrels (fox and gray) open Sept. 3. Cottontail Rabbits Based on the DNR’s August roadside survey of upland game, southern Iowa has the highest rabbit numbers heading into fall, but hunters pursuing cottontails will likely find fewer across the state than last year. Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Hunters, Anglers Share Traditions with Youth

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Fernandina Beach, Fla. — In recent surveys conducted on HunterSurvey.com, ShooterSurvey.com and AnglerSurvey.com, responses revealed sportsman overwhelmingly take the time to introduce kids to the joys of hunting and fishing. Asked if in the past 12 months they had taken a child hunting or fishing, just over 45 percent of hunters said they had taken [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Buck Scoring Contest Winner Confirmed!

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by Scott Bestul Well folks, if you’ve been following Dave Hurteau’s latest buck-scoring contest, you’ll know it was hotly contested. That contest tested your scoring ability on bucks shot last fall by Mathew pro-staffers and offered t…

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August 30th, 2011

Officials Track Illegally Harvested Great White Via YouTube Post

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Ograza 13 and his friends aren’t very smart.
Not only did they catch and kill a great white shark off Huntington Beach Pier in Orange County, California last week but they filmed and posted their actions on YouTube. This video, along with …

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August 30th, 2011

The Velvet Gloves Are About to Come Off

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The gloves are coming off, or more precisely the velvet will be stripped from the antlers of whitetails in the next two to three weeks. When it does whitetail bucks will begin setting the pecking order in respective whitetail neighborhoods. It’s a rig…

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August 30th, 2011

The Sun Must Have Controlled the Civil Rights Movement

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In Al Gore’s corrupt world of pea-brained science and his ability to profoundly extrapolate equality of morals between racism and climate change, he must now [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Deer Hunting Tip: How To Speed Scout for Whitetail

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When scouting during the rut speed is an essential element of success. Use your vehicle or an ATV to stay on top of rubs, scrapes, tracks and fresh signs.
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August 30th, 2011

Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program Offers Waterfowl Workshop in Brighton, Michigan Sept. 24

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Ducks swimming. Photo: Martin Cathrae

The Department of Natural Resources is offering a waterfowl workshop specifically designed for women through the department’s Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program (BOW). The workshop will be held Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Island Lake Recreation Area in Brighton. The workshop begins at Kent Lake within Island Lake Recreation Area. Consecutive morning [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Review: The Ontario Blackbird SK-5 Survival Knife

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by David E. Petzal
The world is positively awash in survival knives these days, and some of them, I’m sad to say, appear to have been cooked up by people who never got farther outdoors than the parking lot at industrial arts school. The SK-5 doe…

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August 30th, 2011

Pro-Wolf Community Stoop to Lies & Deception

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When the truth doesn’t support your cause, you resort to lies and deception. Obviously, that is the belief of the pro-wolf community. Unfortunately, the Internet [...]

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August 30th, 2011

Call For Submissions – Reader Stories, Hog Hunting Guide Reviews, Etc.

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Coming up with fresh content, particularly first-person content has been a challenge lately.  I just haven’t been able to get out and hunt (and only [...]

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