Global and International Hunting and Fishing News
Mar.24 - Mar.30 2008
- Antler hunting facing regulations
- Hunting the antlers is unregulated in Wyoming, but the activity has become so popular -- and lucrative -- that the state is considering regulation.For days before the opening of closed elk range outside of Jackson, people line cars up, waiting for May 1. That’s when it is legal to enter and pick up antlers.
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- Statewide Kansas Chronic Wasting Disease Sampling Completed
- Although testing was performed on samples from all areas of Kansas, this year's sampling effort concentrated on the western half of the state and in areas that have been tested less intensively over the past few years. All sick deer reported were tested and will continue to be tested, regardless of their location.As a result, 41 more deer from this area were sampled. All these tests were negative. In addition, KDWP, has completed testing of samples collected from deer and elk harvested in other parts of the state during the 2007-08 hunting season. With the exception of the Decatur County positives, final laboratory results on 2,246 diagnostic specimens submitted for screening were all negative.
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- DNR may extend bear hunt in region - Michigan
- The state Department of Natural Resources wants to extend the bear hunting season in Benzie, Leelanau and parts of Grand Traverse and Kalkaska counties to contend with a rising number of nuisance bear complaints.Hunters with permits for the Baldwin bear management unit could start a week early this year in those four counties, if the state's Natural Resources Commission approves proposed new rules next month in Lansing.
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- Montana willing to share wolves with other states
- The head of Montana's wolf program said earlier this week that the state would be willing to trap and transplant wolves to other states if requested."We're open to it," said Caroline Sime of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, in response to criticism from some environmental groups that believe the wolf population in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho is not large enough to sustain itself.
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- Spring bass bonanza - Texas
- March marks the arrival of spring in Texas, and that means big bass are beckoned to the shallows to spawn. More big bass are caught during the month of March on Texas bass lakes than any other month. April is a good month, too. Ripe as conditions are for catching a big bass in Texas, it is not a slam dunk. For every springtime lunker that is caught, several others are probably lost because something doesn’t go just right out there on the water.
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- Super Retriever Series
- 80 retrievers are in Louisburg this weekend to prove they have what it takes in a series of hunting competitions called the Super Retriever Series.
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- Owning a gun is a precious, fundamental right
- "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." If you study the history of the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, there were many reasons our forefathers wanted the people to have firearms. Some called it the keystone amendment, the one that protected all the other freedoms. First, if all the people have firearms common to the time, they can repel any aggressor. With our military stretched thin, and the border and terrorist problems, do you want to take a chance?
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- Wolves Are Back. Humans Are Howling
- Today if there's one thing wolves aren't, it's carefree. Across Alaska and the far West to the upper Midwest, a new war on Canis lupus, the North American gray wolf, or timber wolf, is underway.
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- Lead-laden venison in North Dakota, Iowa raises some concerns
- Health officials said tests on at least five samples of venison destined for food pantries had high levels of lead, said Sandi Washek, the Health Department's lead coordinator. A doctor who conducted his own tests found lead in 60 of 100 samples.
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- Warm weather cools hunting action - Pennsylvania
- The Pennsylvania Game Commission has just reported that the buck kill was really down. The best weather for deer hunting is snappy cold with a good covering of snow. The cold keeps hunters moving, and visibility is high with snow.
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- Canada Newfoundland Strawberry Hill - FOR SALE
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- Kenya: KWS to Open New Tourism Circuits in Tsavo
- The Kenya Wildlife Service is planning to open new tourism circuits within the Tsavo National Park to generate income.
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- A grand passage of geese
- For weeks, birders have reported seeing enormous flights of Branta canadensis — or Canada geese — all across the western part of the state.Populations of snow geese, too, are “growing exponentially in most parts of their ranges,” according to Cornell University’s All About Birds Web site.
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- Tween season
- I call the period we're in now the " 'Tween Season" because it is a time between the end of hunting season and the beginning of another. And we have to go all the way to April, which is at least a thousand years, before another hunting season. This time it's wild turkeys. I am not an avid turkey hunter and have tried it only twice in my life, but I may try it again this year, if it will appease the emptiness of leaving another quail season, such as it is nowadays, behind.
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- Opening day of spring turkey season is rapidly approaching - Wyoming
- Tom turkeys will respond with a loud gobble to a crow call or an owl hoot. Vogel makes those calls at sunset, listening for a response from a turkey who's perched on a distant roost.
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- Archaeologists uncover four Iron Age skeletons on site of the London 2012 Olympic Park
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- Trout season opens on Saturday, April 5 - North Carolina
- Much like the opening day of other sports, such as deer hunting, turkey hunting, or even spring baseball, almost everyone interested in trout fishing takes part in the event. Many people schedule a cook-out or camping trip every year for opening day and make it a weekend or vacation celebration. The season ends Feb. 28, 2009.
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- Board OKs deal to buy 959 acres - Ohio
- The Howard Farms property on State Rt. 2, west of Metzger Marsh in Jerusalem Township, comprises six parcels totaling 959 acres that will cost the metroparks $6 million.
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- South Africa: Game for anything
- At one point the female joined in the roaring, then rose and strolled provocatively to a nearby bush which she marked with her urine. "She's a cheeky young thing," said Graham. "She's trying to claim this as her territory and it's right at the heart of the senior lioness's range. If it comes to a clash my money's on the old girl."
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- Luxury in the African bush
- “In many cases, guests can choose to wheel their bed out onto a platform to sleep under the stars, or wake early to watch wildlife at a waterhole without needing to move from their beds! Some even have suites with private verandas which contain outdoor showers overlooking the desert or escarpment”.
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- Russia to Allow Hunting of Bear Cubs
- Russian authorities plan to change bear-hunting regulations to allow the killing of cubs in lairs during hibernation season, animal rights groups said Wednesday.
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- GF&P defends cougar hunting - South Dakota
- South Dakota wildlife officials say mountain lion hunting has helped rid the state of "problem lions" despite a Washington researcher's claims that hunting aggravates issues between lions and people.
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- Pheasant season is long enough - South Dakota
- The 2007 South Dakota pheasant-hunting season lasted 79 days, or slightly longer than 11 weeks. That’s two weeks longer than the season was in 1999, and a full month longer than it was in 1990.A proposal before the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission could extend the season another three weeks, stretching it from the third Sunday in October through the end of January. Seasons for grouse, prairie chickens, partridge and quail also would be lengthened.
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- Wolf actions elsewhere won't affect Oregon rules
- Taking wolves off the federal Endangered Species Act could allow for the predators to be killed in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, but it will not lift protections for the small number of the animals that are in Oregon, state officials said.
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- Foxes begin this countdown to spring season
- Red fox eat everything they can find — insects, squirrels, frogs, turtles, berries and fruit, domestic chickens, even small cats. Fox will also kill as much prey as they can catch and cache them for later use — burying the carcasses in the snow or in a hole in the ground.Fox are an interesting animal to observe any time of year, and I like to think they enjoy observing humans, too. I've been out hiking or bird watching or, one time actually looking for foxes, only to find one sitting on a hillside watching me.The red fox is the most commonly seen fox in New England, but there is some debate as to whether they are native to this area. Red fox certainly were absent or very uncommon in the Northeast when settlers arrived from Europe. In fact, many red fox were imported from Europe by the English settlers because they were more "fun" to hunt than our more secretive and elusive grey fox.
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- Province plans fall turkey hunt - Canada
- According to a news release from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH), Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield made the announcement Mar. 14 at its 80th Annual General Meeting and Fish and Wildlife Conference. However, the situation grew confusing after Deborah Styles, a communications officer with the Midhurst District MNR office, said no decision had been made.
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- Shady rhino hunting under spotlight - South Africa
- The Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa (Phasa) and representatives of Wildlife Ranching South Africa have reported their suspicions to the department of environmental affairs and tourism, which is responsible for enforcing international laws designed to ban illegal trade in endangered animal and plant species.
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- Oklahoma lawmakers take aim at hunting over Web
- "Hunting is a participatory sport,” he said. "You ought to be out there in the wild.”
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- Print this story Sportsmen Are Willing to Spend Big on What they Enjoy - CT
- Politicians have belabored the point that the ranks of hunters and fishermen are thinning in the United States. Many use the falling numbers of license sales to account for a lessening of the impact sportsmen have on the American landscape. It's true that numbers are down, but it would be a mistake to discount the impact sportsmen are having on the United State's economy.
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- Feral pig control expansion urged
- Some lawmakers and environmentalists are calling on the state to explore more aggressive tactics to control the feral pig population in urban Honolulu.
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- Big flap over egg plan Parks seek OK to rein in goose population - California
- California wildlife managers have stepped into an environmental dispute with a plan to resume smothering Canada goose eggs to control expanding flocks that foul parks, golf courses and grassy fields.
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- Bison-bone bonanza challenges human arrival theories - Canada
- Discoveries of ancient bison bones on Vancouver Island and nearby Orcas Island in Washington state are fuelling excitement among researchers that the Pacific coast offered a food-rich ecosystem for Ice Age hunters some 14,000 years ago. That's much earlier than the prevailing scientific theory pegs the arrival of humans to the New World.
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