Global and International Hunting and Fishing News
Feb. 25 - Mar. 3 - 2008
- Elephant Cull Back on the Menu in South Africa - Animal Rights Protests
- There isn't a single person in the world that wants to see the elephants culled, but there may be little option. The Kruger is a finite size, and there are many people living around it's edges. In an ideal world, elephants would roam free wherever they choose, but that ignores the reality of life, and a burgeoning human population. Some elephants will cross into Mozambique and other wild places, but as the population keeps growing there there is simply just not enough room in South Africa for all the elephants. A thousand years ago elephants roamed freely across the whole continent, and when their population reached high densities, some natural disaster, drought or famine, would occur to peg it back. However when the animals are restricted to a certain area, such as the Kruger, once they have denuded the park they will look outside at the copious farmland and village crops. Unfortunately, as terrible as it may seem, Wildlife Extra believes that there is probably no better way to manage the elephant numbers, though we would be delighted to hear from anyone who has a solution.
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- Bill to ban .50-caliber rifles fails in House - HI
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- New Canada geese hunting season opens tomorrow
- Hunting season opens tomorrow on Canada geese in Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties, among others, to thin the the 200,000-plus population of what can nuisance fowl.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation set a new late-winter hunting season that lasts from March 1-10. There is a five-bird daily limit. The season opens in all or parts of 27 counties.
- Cold Favorable for Spring Gobbler Season - FL
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- When asked about gun control, presidential candidates duck
- Yet the subject of gun control never comes up. If people ask, politicians who have not been outdoors in months start tossing out hunter-talk in a manner that suggests that they're driving around in a pickup with a deer carcass in the back.
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- Book offers ammo solutions
- Many fine old rifles sit almost forgotten, collecting dust in a gun cabinet, or worse yet, in some dark corner of a bedroom closet. The main reason is that the cartridges used in such rifles are no longer manufactured by major ammunition makers and remaining supplies, if any, are virtually impossible to find.
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- Kaziranga’s wild kingdom - India
- Located in Assam, in the northeast corner of India, the 430-acre Kaziranga Park is a rare success story in the annals of animal conservation.
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- F&G nominee questioned before Executive Council- NH
- Facing a changing world and significant financial problems, the next state Fish and Game Department director has to make some major changes in the agency, several people said at a public hearing yesterday.
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- Special Black Bass Anglers Tournament-South Africa- October 22 - November 2, 2008***The price of the trip: *** $3,995.00 ***
- Join our fantastic journey to South Africa and participate in one of the most exciting sports ever. Along with the many tours and wonderful lodging and meals, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. Tournaments will be held during this 12 night program and a chance to enjoy other sporting activity as well. Special rates are being given to those who book early and arrangements will be made for transferring from the airport upon arrival in So Africa. To request the itinerary and rates, please contact: ** Carmen Blake - (714) 849 -0686 - cblake1023@aol.com - Sport Activity Planner
- Hunting and fishing report - Missouri
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- New Boat Registration, Hunting, Fishing License System in Georgia
- The new boat registration system is expected to be available by the end of this summer and the hunting and fishing licensing system is expected to be available this fall. This necessary system change will result in numerous improvements for the end-user. One advantage is that customers will be able to purchase licenses in one of three ways: walk-in sales, Internet sales and telephone sales. There are costs associated with the new system.
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- Antiques mall, resale shop ready to open Saturday in former Eulberg's downtown
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- New Nevada fishing license year is just around the corner
- It begins Saturday, March 1 and it will run through the last day of February, 2009.
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- OSU's fisheries, wildlife department has identity crisis
- There's an old line out of academia that goes something like, "the fight is so bitter because the stakes are so small."
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- Hungry deer not so dear - Maine
- Soileau said the problem has increased every year because locals are feeding the deer, and it spills over into the summer months. The deer, he said, can wipe out a garden overnight. He expressed concern for his father who raised a garden and shared his vegetables with the neighborhood.
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- Temporary hunting rules to become permanent- Minnesota
- One new rule would allow bear hunters to accumulate preference points during years they don't wish to hunt by applying for a "preference only" zone. A copy of the proposed rules will be published in the State Register and is available online athttp://www.comm.media.state.mn.us/bookstore/state_register.asp as well as on the DNR Web site mndnr.gov.
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- Preliminary deer numbers are in- Ohio
- Ohio ranks sixth nationally in annual hunting-related retail sales and fourth in the number of jobs associated with hunting-related industries. Each year, hunting has a $1.5 billion economic impact in Ohio. Deer hunting accounts for 90 percent of all hunting that occurs in the state.Ohio's first modern day deer-gun season opened in 1943 in three counties, where hunters killed 168 deer.In 1956, deer hunting was allowed in all 88 counties and hunters killed 3,911 deer during a one-week season.
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- Shotgun start - California
- Oakdale's Paulette Graham has turned her love for trap shooting into a No. 9 national ranking. She has reached the summit of her passion for trap shooting. At that last Grand National tournament, she also tied for first in two other categories before losing in shootoffs to two of America's top-rated women. The Sparta gathering is billed as the Super Bowl of shooting and usually draws more than 6,000 contestants.
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- Big Game in ND - North Dakota
- One-hundred percent for big horn sheep, ninety-two percent for Moose and sixty percent for elk. Randy Kreil, Chief of Wildlife, says the biggest surprise is the number of elk harvested.
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- Public Comment Invited on Wildlife Issues - OHIO
- “Anyone interested in providing input and participating in Ohio’s professional wildlife management process is welcome,” said David M. Graham, chief of the Division of Wildlife. Graham said fish and wildlife biologists along with law enforcement officers will be on hand to answer questions. For more information or directions to the open house, please call 1-800-WILDLIFE (945-3543). Proposals and directions can also be accessed via the Internet at www.wildohio.com.
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- Call of the wild (turkey) - LA
- For all hunters, the Louisiana daily bag limit is one gobbler, and the season limit is two gobblers.
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- Mississippi House passes corn bill
- There are many local hunters who have deer and turkey hunting leases in Mississippi, so please read the following.
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- Baiting Anglers
- Residents appear to be buying the bait for their lizards, geckos and turtles.
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- Czech president vetoes animal protection law amendment
- Prague- Czech President Vaclav Klaus today vetoed an amendment to the animal protection law that allows hounds getting into direct contact with the hunted animals during training.
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- Hunting/fishing report- California
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- Flesh-eating disease hits noted writer and hunter - New Zealand
- FISHING expert, author and conservationist Ross Millichamp is seriously ill in hospital after contracting a flesh-eating disease while hunting on Stewart Island.Mr Millichamp contracted the rare bacterial infection necrotising fasciitis while on a hunting and fishing trip with friends on Stewart Island last week.
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- Black-legged adult tick infection at 60 percent
- This does not necessarily foretell an increase in human cases in the region. People can see and remove adult ticks more readily than tiny nymphal ticks "" which are most responsible for the spread of Lyme disease to humans.
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- IWLA Says Climate Change Hurts State's Fish, Wildlife, Forests - Minnesota
- Minnesota populations of moose, walleye and trout are threatened, and forest habitat has been altered due to higher lake and stream temperatures and longer warm weather seasons, according to a new report issued by the Izaak Walton League of America. The report, called "A Whole New Game: The effects of climate change on hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation in Minnesota," calls for actions to reduce global warming pollution in order to slow and, if possible, reverse the changes in Minnesota's wildlife and habitat. Specific findings in the report include: Minnesota's largest, most productive moose herd - once numbering 4,000 in northwestern Minnesota - fell within 20 years to just 250. The northeastern Minnesota herd suffered a 25 percent loss in 2007. Scientists believe that hotter temperatures have stressed the moose, making them more susceptible to disease and parasites. Opossums, showshoe hares, and cottontail rabbits are all moving further north. Cottontails are now being found along the Canadian border. Ruffed grouse are drumming about 10 days earlier in spring. The state's population of ciscoes - a coldwater fish that is a vital food supply for walleye, northern pike, and lake trout - has been declining for the past two decades due to warmer lakes. Don Pereira, fisheries research and policy manager at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, reports that the number of Minnesota lakes able to support a cisco population will likely decline by 85-95 percent due to accelerated die-offs in warmer lakes caused by global warming. Increased drought, milder winters, hotter summers, and longer growing seasons are estimated to harm wetland habitat and reduce breeding ducks by as much as 69 percent. Northern tree species such as jack pine, red pine, balsam fir, and spruce may be pushed north out of Minnesota, replaced by hardwood trees like red maple and oak. Without adequate rainfall, the IWLA reports that forests may be replaced by grasslands, which will likely expand further nor th. For more iformation, go online to www.iwla.org.
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- Elephant hunt stirs big debate - South Africa
- South Africa will lift a 13-year-old ban on using professional hunters to reduce burgeoning elephant populations, officials announced Monday, despite opposition from animal rights activists who call such killings barbaric and unnecessary. Big game hunting had severely depleted southern Africa’s elephant population by the early 1900s. But in the past century, their numbers have recovered as safaris have grown more popular and game reserves have been created. Across the region there are an estimated 270,000 elephants, more than 120,000 of them in neighboring Botswana.
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- Hunting, fishing licenses now available for ‘08-09 - TN
- The 2008-09 Tennessee hunting and fishing licenses went on sale this week and are available at any Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency regional office, licensing agent and on the Web sites state.tn.us/twra and wildlifelicense.com/tn. Current licenses expire on Feb. 29. New licenses are valid through February 2009.
- Three hunters aim to attract archery enthusiasts - WA
- In addition to selling bows, arrows and hunting gear, Three Rivers has an indoor shooting range and video target practice.
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- Apprentice Hunter Authorization Opens Doors - MO
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- Rifle hobbyists urge arming young shooters with rules - California
- Gun safety at home, especially for parents with young children, is often stressed in this part of the country where outdoor sports and world-class hunting is, in some cases, just out the back door. For that reason, Jones said north state residents on the whole are fairly safety conscious when it comes to firearms.
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- Simons' Walls Can't Hold His Big Birthday Bear
- "I've been a schoolteacher all my life, not exactly rolling in dough," said Simons, who retired in 2000. "I promised myself that for my 70th birthday, I would either get a Corvette or go on a brown bear hunt in Alaska."
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- Shooting moose leads to fine - Canada
- Shooting a cow moose and leaving it to spoil will cost two Espanola-area hunters $2,500, the Ministry of Natural resources said Friday.
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