Global and International Hunting and Fishing News
Mar.17 - Mar.23 2008
- West Texas counties await hunting decision
- Allowing more counties to hunt mule deer and to expand the pheasant season would also come as the number of hunters declines nationwide. Since 1991, the number of hunters has declined from 14.1 million to 12.5 million, a trend that's expected to continue for the next few years.
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- Guides apparently finding way around WMA ban - Arkansas
- Nonresident duck hunters book reservations at a lodge or club. The high price covers food, lodging and guided duck hunts in private fields. As a bonus, they also get “free” guided hunts at a WMA. Whitehead said there are even examples of chartered fishing trips packaged with “free” guided hunts on Arkansas WMAs.
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- Busy beavers can cause problems, build controversy
- When a beaver lodge moves into the neighborhood, the animals often cause flooding and damage to the trees and other vegetation. Repellents have proven to be useless and knocking down a dam only results in the beavers rebuilding it, sometimes overnight.
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- Decision on guns does not come without personal responsibility
- I hope the Supreme Court decision does not trigger a domino effect that results in erasing the common-sense laws making it illegal for criminals and the mentally unstable to own weapons. You want a gun, that's your right. But it's also society's right to check you out and ensure that you have no history of violence, mental illness or other issues that could pose a threat to the rest of us.
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- End of the line for aging hunting dog? Not so fast!
- Zuni is a once-in-a-lifetime hunting dog and best friend. She comes from a long lineage of Michigan grouse dogs. Although quail hunting was always her first love, her repertoire also includes dove, pheasant, duck and goose.
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- No electronic hunting licenses - PA
- This year's hunting licenses will not be sold through the oft-discussed electronic system, commonly referred to as "point-of-sale." The Game Commission will continue to sell paper licenses for the 2008-09 seasons. A commission spokesman said the company hired to produce the new license sale system missed critical deadlines.
- Pellet guns a perfect indoor pastime - Bill Graves
- As an avid handgun hunter I’ve found, after a winter-long layoff, each spring it’s back to the fundamentals and regular practice to regain dependable shooting form and accuracy. Then last winter I learned of a way to shoot year-round regardless of weather and could even shoot indoors whenever I liked. I discovered pellet guns.
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- Fishing season is fast approaching - Wayne Hooper
- Fishing season in New England lasts nine months of the year unless you want to travel south, where it is a year-long event. Basketball, college-style, is about five months long and is as exciting a sport as there is on this planet. Fishing is a relaxing way to spend a day. Basketball is a fast, heart-pumping, arms-flailing, sneaker-squeaking exciting couple hours of intensity. (Yeah, lots of comparison there.)
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- Plea talks delay hearing in gun shop probe
- Sergey Korznikov, a native of Moscow, Russia, and Mark Komoroski, co-owner of D&R Sports Center in Nanticoke, face charges related to alleged smuggling of military equipment — including telescopic rifle scopes, binoculars and night-vision optics — into Russia, Kuwait, Germany and Japan in violation of U.S. export laws.
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- Stun guns credited for fewer injuries, less firearm use
- “In the lives and memories of the people that have been around, that are my age, it’s the biggest tool to come along in law enforcement,” Bowling said.
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- Ossabaw Island setting stage for virtual visitors
- Ossabaw Island sits at Chatham County's doorstep, an undeveloped paradise rich in antebellum history, adorned by wild animals and inaccessible to the general public.
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- It’s normally a short trip to hunt ruffed grouse in the U.S.
- Ruffed grouse live from Alaska to Labrador and as far north as the southern edge of Hudson Bay. At higher elevations, they survive down into the northern tips of the Gulf States and follow the spine of the Rockies down into Utah. People in 39 states and every single Canadian province can hunt grouse without traveling too far from home if the local habitat, primarily groves of aspen, exists.
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- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission approved regulations and dates for the 2008-2009 hunting seasons
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- Flap arises over plan to smother goose eggs - California
- For the past two years, since a transfer of urban goose control from federal to state agencies, California landowners have been unable to get permits to apply oil to western Canada goose eggs to prevent hatching, a process called egg addling.
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- Camillus Cutlery Company d/b/a Camillus Knives - Brand New Inventory to be Sold at Absolute Auction in Camillus (Syracuse), NY
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- New Indestructible GunCruzer Gun Case Protects Rifles From Elements Inside and Out
- The watertight GunCruzer gun case, made specifically for Remington 700 Series scoped rifles, is perfect for sportsmen hunting for a case as tough as the back country. This indestructible carrying case always comes home in one piece – no handles torn off or latches bashed or feet mangled. When the hunter is ready for action, so is his firearm *** GunCruzer was conceived as another rough and tumble product by CaseCruzer. This exceptional Pelican case is a hard nut to crack. But its interior is a soft, sturdy nest: The custom closed cell Polyethylene foam padding and convoluted foam egg-crate lid guarantee a snug fit for all Remington 700 S rifles. A bumpy country road will do no harm. Neither will a careless baggage handler at the airport or bus depot *** The wheeled GunCruzer is 38.12 inches long, 17.81-inches wide and 6.12-inches high. With fold-down handles it can easily squeeze into a tightly packed camper or pick-up. And it is guaranteed to survive any kind of nasty a tough terrain can deliver. If it doesn’t, CaseCruzer will replace it –- for life *** GunCruzer can swim, too. The gun case is watertight and buoyant up to 137 lbs., which makes it the ideal carrying case for river, lake or marshland areas. Extreme heat or cold won’t hurt it. Rain, sleet or snow are no threat. And saltwater conditions? No contest.
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