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June 30, 2023

Washington’s Beau Brooks defends his pro title at RMEF’s World Elk Calling Championships

Beau Brooks of La Center, Wash., fought off a stacked field that included six other past world champions to defend his title and win the professional division of the 2023 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s World Elk Calling Championships, presented by Sportsman’s Warehouse, in Big Sky, Montana. In doing so, he pocketed a first-place check for $5,000.

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Pennsylvania’s new online doe tag sales system bombs on launch day

The rollout of Pennsylvania’s online antlerless deer permit sales got off to a chaotic start June 26, with hunters waiting hours to make their purchases either virtually or at issuing agents across the state.
It was the first time the Pennsylvania Game Commission made doe tags available with general licenses – a change that was intended to streamline the process but which backfired as huge numbers of hunters tried to access the system at the same time early Monday morning.

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Can rubber boots really trick a deer’s nose? Tests with police dogs help answer that question

Rubber boots have long been part of a bowhunter’s “uniform.”
While farmers and others have been using vulcanized foot coverings to do chores for decades, those knee-high green boots really didn’t hit the hunting scene hard until the 1990s.
Of course one of the fundamental selling points of wearing rubber on your feet was that it allowed a waterproof, scent-free trek to and from your stand or blind. But do rubber boots actually live up to those claims?

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Stakeholders react to New York DEC’s shark fishing regulation proposals

On June 1, the State Department of Environmental Conservation released proposed regulations that would provide greater protection to coastal sharks. The regulations focus on anglers who frequently catch “prohibited species” of sharks from shore.
While there was little objection to many of the proposals, restrictions on hook size and leader length proved controversial.

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