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July 26, 2011

Fowl Weather

How do you know you’re experiencing an especially severe thunderstorm? When waterfowl by the dozens begin falling to the ground – dead! It’s Raining–Duck! Some furious thunderstorms that rattled through mid-Texas resulted in heavy downpours, some severe lightning, power failures–and more than two dozen dead ducks raining down on Martha Hughes’ roof and surrounding property. […]

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NSSF Awards $435,000 in Grants to Shooting Ranges

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has awarded $435,000 in grants to 22 ranges to develop programs that put more people on the firing line. The NSSF Range Grant Program assists qualifying shooting ranges in their efforts to introduce newcomers, re-activate lapsed shooters, encourage

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LaVergne, Tennessee Resident is Successful Bidder for Final Permit in 2011 Elk Hunt

LaVergne, Tennessee resident Arthur Moreland is the successful high bidder for the final permit to participate in the 2011 Tennessee Elk Hunt to be held Oct. 17-21 at the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area in East Tennessee. The 72-year old retired grocery store owner had a bid of $9,200 to secure the final special take

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Oregon: no more fishing beyond 20 fathom line

Oregon fishery managers announced two changes to the ocean groundfish sport fishery effective Thursday, July 21. The fishery beyond the 20 fathom line (as defined in regulation) will be closed in order to reduce catch-and-release mortality of yelloweye rockfish. Anglers may occasionally catch, but cannot keep, yelloweye rockfish while fishing for other species. Yelloweye rockfish,

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Oregon: Chinook season on Imnaha to close after July 23, Wallowa to remain open

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife today announced an emergency closure of the spring chinook fishery on the Imnaha River effective at sundown on Saturday, July 23. The Wallowa River will continue to be open until further notice. The closure comes because the chinook quota is close to being met after high harvest rates

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Washington State’s fifth wolf pack confirmed in Stevens County

Washington’s fifth gray wolf pack has been confirmed in northeast Stevens County. Earlier this month, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) biologists caught, marked with an ear tag and released a 2-month-old wolf pup from the pack. Biologists have since been trying to capture one of the pack’s breeding adult wolves to radio-collar it

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Resident Iowa deer licenses go on sale August 15

Resident Iowa deer hunters may begin purchasing licenses for the upcoming season on August 15. Season dates and license quotas were approved at the July meeting of the Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.  Licenses are sold at nearly 900 locations across the state and online at www.iowadnr.gov and click on

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