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November 18, 2011

The Perfect Storm – expect to see bear harvest records broken this year

Pennsylvania’s record bear harvest of 4,164 bruins occurred in 2005, while the second and third largest kills happened in 2009 and 2008, respectively. Last year’s harvest of 3,090 bears ranked fifth overall. I don’t think that I’m going too far out on a limb to predict that hunters will set a new state record bear […]

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Bucking Biology

Every deer season it seems we run across a story or two about a hunter who shoots a well-antlered deer, only to discover while field dressing that his his buck is a doe! Mule Deer Surprise Canadian deer hunter Paul Roberts received quite a shock when he prepared to field dress the mule deer buck

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NH: Take out “Beyond Bow” survey, win a prize!

We’re writing today because we want your input as we plan future BEYOND Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshops for New Hampshire. We are inviting you to take this short survey either because you’ve attended a N.H. Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop in the past, or you’ve expressed an interest in doing so. Respondents who complete

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SD: Grants Awarded Through South Dakota Archery Program

PIERRE, S.D. – A dozen lucky South Dakota schools have hit the “bulls-eye” in obtaining grants from funding procured by the state Game, Fish and Parks Department. Grants totaling $12,000 are being shared by 12 schools to purchase of archery equipment for participation in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP). The grants, accompanied

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SD: Motorists Encouraged To Watch For Bighorn Sheep In The Black Hills

RAPID CITY, S.D. – It’s rare to see impressive big-game animals exhibiting annual rights-of-passage and aggressive instincts, but motorists near Cleghorn Springs Fish Hatchery and in the Hill City area are being asked to slow down for sparring bighorn sheep. “Many of our bighorn sheep come down from higher elevations this time of year to

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