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Texas To Join Interstate Wildlife Compact

outdoorlife-editor — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:32:29 -0500

With last week’s approval by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, The Lone Star State will soon join 31 others as part of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact (IWVC), a cooperative agreement honoring hunting and fishing license suspensions enacted by all member states.

World Record—Poached

GerryBethge — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:16:33 -0500

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A Minnesota man with a criminal history is suspected of illegally killing a massive-racked whitetail buck that could be the largest 8-point ever recorded.

Last week, Minnesota conservation officers seized the antlers involved in the case and on Thursday, Nov. 12 filed charges against Troy Reinke, 32, of Cannon Falls, Minn. Reinke was charged by the Goodhue County Attorney’s Office with 13 counts, including exceeding his limit and failure to register a deer.

Buck Wins Battle—Lose War

GerryBethge — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:06 -0500

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Here’s a story to file under the Newshound’s heading of “be careful who you pick a fight with.”

It’s also a great indicator that the whitetail rut is well underway in the state of Wisconsin.

A 7-point buck point obviously chose the wrong adversary in his testosterone-induced attempt to exhibit male dominance when it challenged a 640-pound concrete elk statue in the yard of Mark Brye in rural Viroqua, Wisc.

Rooting Out Poachers

GerryBethge — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:41:33 -0500

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Investigators in Ohio believe rising unemployment and a tough economy is driving some ginseng diggers in the state to illegally harvest the root on private land and out of season.

For the past month, State Wildlife Officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife have been contacting many Ohio ginseng dealers and diggers as part of an ongoing investigation.

Killed by Coyotes

GerryBethge — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:17:16 -0400

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In a story from: www.spinner.com

A teenage folk singer was attacked and killed by two coyotes in a national park in eastern Canada.

Taylor Mitchell, 19, was attacked while she was hiking alone in Cape Breton Highlands Park, Nova Scotia, when she was attacked by two of the animals on Tuesday. She died of her wounds on Wednesday.

Kansas Deer Hunter Bags Photos of Rare Cougar

KristenKeys — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

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A deer hunter in northwest Kansas has provided the state Department of Wildlife and Parks with photographic evidence of a mountain lion he watched from his treestand earlier this month, marking the first live cougar documentation in The Sunflower State in 100 years.

Bellyful of Ice Cubes Disqualifies Leading Derby Fish

KristenKeys — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:28:30 -0400

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The Martha’s Vineyard (Mass.) Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby committee voted last week to disqualify the heaviest bluefish entered in its competition after it was found to contain ice cubes weighing 1.8 ounces in its stomach.

40-Pound Angler Catches 45-Pound Catfish

KristenKeys — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:23:02 -0400

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For the rest of his life, Caden Smith will probably relish the time he caught a catfish weighing more than himself—a feat he will quite likely never surpass. That’s because last weekend Caden, a 40-pound 4-year-old, caught and released a 45-pound flathead catfish from Texas’ Trinity River.

Good Casting

outdoorlife-editor — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

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Probably no genre of angler is more obsessed with casting accuracy and prowess than fly fishermen.

Hunter Shot by Friend During Struggle With Grizzly

outdoorlife-editor — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:03:04 -0400

Authorities near Cooke City, Montana are continuing to investigate an incident in which a hunter accidentally shot his companion in the middle of his struggle with an attacking grizzly bear on Saturday.

Both hunters survived the bizarre incident. The boar grizzly, estimated to be more than 20 years old, was not as fortunate.

Officials with the Montana Fish Wildlife and Park and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have not released the names of the hunters involved, but said they discovered no negligence and the shooting is officially ruled as accidental.