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Sierra Club: We Support Hunting But…

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In recent years The Sierra Club, the nation’s largest environmental membership organization, has gone to great lengths to appear supportive of hunting, fishing and scientific…

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A Monster Close-Out

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By the time January rolls around, it’s really easy for hunters to hang up their bows and call it quits. Cold winter weather coupled with late-season burnout can be all it takes…

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Mink Attack

 

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Thousands of minks are marauding through the Brandenburg countryside, killing chickens and woodland creatures after suspected animal activists released thousands from a fur…

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New Michigan Record Buck?

This buck was reportedly found dead by a lady while walking her dog in southern MI, near Clinton in the area of M-52. She apparently called a friend to come and get it out of there before it would start stinking—she did not even notice whether it was a buck or doe. Just wanted it away from her yard.

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These Girls Can Shoot

 

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Put down your men’s basketball brackets for just a minute and read about a team that made NCAA history this past weekend in another college sport—competitive…

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Better Shed Than Dead

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The snow is melting in the North Country and except for the elk; most of the mature deer have dropped their antlers at my latitude. I’ve been scouring some of the land near my house…

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World’s Coolest Buck Mount?

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Are you like me? I’m always on the lookout for something a bit different in the taxidermy arena. I’m actually pretty conservative in the number of mounts in my home, but…

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The Cowboy Code

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On Wednesday, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal signed legislation adopting an official Wyoming state code based on the tenets known in the West as “Cowboy…

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The Buck That Came Back To Life

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Did you ever have that feeling that it just wasn’t meant to be? Chris Zwart from south-central South Dakota had that feeling during the 2009 deer season. His story from this fall…

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Animals To Get Lawyers

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Picture this: You’ve caught and landed your first Northern pike exceeding the magic 40-inch mark. It wasn’t easy, though, as the behemoth put up a respectable battle, and…

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Cock Fighting

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For years, the Sioux Falls, SD professional baseball team and member of the American Association independent baseball league was known as the Canaries.

Uh, the what?

What’s worse,…

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Scout Next Year’s Buck NOW!

 

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Most of us are beginning to wonder if this relentless winter is ever going to come to an end. Many parts of the country have been routinely blanketed with deep snows and icy…

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Bone Collecting Legalized

 

 
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For years, sportsmen in Virginia who regularly head to the woods in the late winter and early each spring to collect shed deer antlers were violating a state…

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Pennsy Quail Season: Closed

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Like many other states currently dealing with sharp declines in historic bobwhite quail populations, Pennsylvania is looking at ways to help the species rebound to its former levels….

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Coyote Contest Time

 

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President’s Weekend is fast approaching and with it, two of the biggest coyote-hunting contests in the Northeast.

The 2010 Mosquito Creek Sportsmen’s Association Coyote…

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Free Condoms

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Sometimes here at the Outdoor Life Newshound, the blog just writes itself. And this week we have received an especially wonderful gift from a highly unlikely source—one of the…

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Skull Mounts And Virginia Law

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Here at the Newshound, we’re continually supportive of the tireless efforts put forth by those men and women who enforce state and federal game and fish regulations. And, for the…

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Soldiers Year-Long Hunt

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As young Wisconsin sportsmen and women ponder a career path that could potentially lead them to the military, I wonder if recruiters will be able to use the new special gun deer hunt…

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Biggest Buck Ever?

 

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I apologize in advance if this photo has already made the rounds, but can you blame me? Look at this pig of a deer! Someone call Jenny Craig and see if this brute fell off…

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Public-Land Trophy

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We’ve all seen pictures and even video clips of thick-boned titans trotting around with racks that would probably make Daniel Boone and Davey Crockett go into cardiac arrest. In…

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Food Fight

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Although the battle in this photo likely took place under a feeder in Texas, not a college cafeteria, there is a real battle brewing in the Midwest right now and it is for food….

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Expelled After Hunting

 

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WILLOWS, CA – A 17-year-old Willows student will have the National Rifle Association behind him when he appeals his expulsion from school for having a…

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On Safari With Gayne

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The next big hunting extravaganza of the year – at least on my calendar – is the Houston Safari Club’s 2010 Worldwide…

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Bonehead

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It was mid-December and Ohio native Chris Slusher was feeling the strain of a long deer season. Slusher had been hunting extremely hard and logging a lot of hours in the stand, but no…

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My New Year’s Resolution—Kill Coyotes

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Several bloggers on Outdoorlife.com have weighed in over the past week or so with their New Year’s resolutions. And what noble declarations they have been.

Dear friend and OL…

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Girls Just Wanna Have Guns

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Having a difficult time deciding what to get those special women in your life for Christmas? 

Well, those who track Americans’ purchasing and lifestyle trends say all the…

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Black Hills Are Back!

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As a native of South Dakota I’m always interested in stories about my home state and this photo piqued my interest. This heavy duty, replacement bumper-style buck was shot in the…

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Show Me A Trophy Buck

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There’s no doubt that you can find big bucks in New England, particularly in the far northern state of Maine, but New England native Jeff Lewis still likes to leave the northland…

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The Poacher Wore Jammies

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It’s the busiest time of year for those men and women who are charged with protecting our natural resources and enforcing state game and hunting regulations.

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HELP Us Find This Rack

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Outdoor Life Senior Editor John Taranto snapped this photo of a flier taped to the window of a Grants, New Mexico, restaurant. It speaks for itself. You can help make an American…

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