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It seems so clear: a law that guarantees us the right to hunt and fish on public land is the combination of grand slam, touchdown, hat trick – or whatever other sports analogy you want to apply to it.
Or is it? I’d make the case that the bill in question, HR4089 (better known as the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act) has more baggage than Madonna on tour. The intent of this bill is essential for America’s public-land hunters and anglers. But lost in the euphoria about this bill, which passed the House and now goes to the Senate for passage, is a lot of election-year nonsense. In the attempt to protect hunting and fishing on public lands, the language of the bill suffers from politics. [ Read Full Post ]
Don't sleep on Hawaii as a hunting destination. These days the beauty of the island and its natural resources are at risk as a result of a seemingly harmless act. Axis deer were illegally introduced to the island and like most deer have had no trouble adapting to the landscape and climate of Hawaii.
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources is now trying to protect the The Big Island from the impacts of the axis deer (these deer have been living on Maui for decades). The deer have become known pests within the agricultural community and are threatening native and culturally significant plants on The Big Island, many of which are endangered to begin with.
Last year a partnership was formed between conservation groups and agricultural groups to address the threat of the axis deer on the Island. On April 11, 2012 as part of an official program to eradicate the invasive axis deer, the first axis deer was taken during a hunt on the Big Island, according to Big Island News.
The DLNR provided proof of the kill in a photo showing the hunter with the... [ Read Full Post ]
It can happen fast. You hear footsteps in the leaves. It might be that gobbling turkey you raised checking out your position silently, looking for the hen you pretended to be. Key on the sound of footsteps while also being safe — turkeys and hunters walking make similar noises at times.
Always identify your target. Listen for these other sounds to lock in on a gobbler that might have you in his sights rather than the other way around:
Clucking: It might just be a single cluck: pock. Still if you hear it, you’ll be ready for that turkey to appear. Or you can cluck back. And you can reposition if the gobbler clucked and moved off. [ Read Full Post ]
Bills to end Sunday hunting bans in three states will apparently not be presented to state lawmakers for a vote this year, meaning there are still 11 states in which citizens cannot hunt on private property on Sundays because of arcane and archaic "blue laws."
Proposals to lift Sunday hunting bans in Virginia and Pennsylvania have failed to make it out of committee this year. A limited bid to allow Sunday bow hunting in Connecticut is not expected to be ready for presentation before the legislative session ends.
In addition to Virginia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, the other states that ban or severely restrict hunting on Sunday are Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia. [ Read Full Post ]
After a week of hunting hard on the Alaskan Peninsula, Tyler Freel and his buddies have killed two trophy brown bears. Listen in on his satellite phone update from day 7.
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It's no secret that the world is a different place since a pair of jetliners guided by cowards slammed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
We can all agree that some added measures of security in places of obvious interest to lunatics intent upon reaping destruction make sense. But where is that line drawn? And at what price?
And how does a rural dam fit in? A dam that lies about 14 miles from any semi-major point of human population and seems unlikely to be much of a target for anything other than a day spent casting a line.
Enter Fresno dam. Located on Montana’s Milk River about 14 miles from Havre (population 9,700) the plunge pool below the dam was once a popular spot for anglers looking to target the abundant pike, walleye and perch populations. [ Read Full Post ]
Wyoming’s Game and Fish Department has scored big with many hunters and landowners, by creating new regulations that would allow an unlimited number of mountain lions to be taken in one area of the Black Hills.
This new regulation is one of many proposals officials suggested after fielding complaints about lion numbers and their potential impact on livestock and public safety. The dwindling deer population is another indicator that the mountain lion numbers are too high. [ Read Full Post ]
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