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  • Buck Retrieve
    27

    Man's best friend saves the day and retrieves a boy's first buck.

    From wandering owl on 01/30/09 at 12:40 +1

    You think they'll ever have another dog that is not a chocolate lab?? They rule!!

  • First Bear Hunt In 100 Years
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    In action last week, Kentucky legislators approved a regulatory amendment that will create Kentucky’s first black bear season in more than a century.

    “Sportsmen and sportswomen of Kentucky should be very excited,” said Steven Dobey, black bear biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “Bears are now well established in eastern Kentucky and research shows that population growth has risen steadily over the last 20 years.”

    From wandering owl on 01/29/09 at 10:28 +1

    Good for the Kentucky hunters! Take advantage of it before the anti-crowd starts crying. Make memories while you can! Along the same lines, I wish the Iowa DNR would let us start shooting doves. We raise enough for everybody else to shoot at.

  • What's So Wrong About Catch—And Eat?
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    While I am a huge advocate for conservation, I think we’ve taken catch-and-release too far. My friend, Jeff put it in perspective for me the other day.

    He called the other night to invite me to go fishing on Martin Luther King’s birthday. Jeff’s a serious fishing writer, but when the two of us get together, things can get crazy.
We bought some frozen shrimp, small hooks and egg sinkers for about 10 bucks. We obtained free chum by raking oysters and barnacles off bridge fenders with the anchor. Then we anchored up in a sheepshead hole and proceeded to catch those delicious but wily “convict fish.” While we fished, we talked about the folly of throwing everything back.

    From wandering owl on 01/29/09 at 10:22 +1

    You should definately eat some. It gets you closer to why you do this. Throw the big boys back after pictures are taken, but try a couple of the smaller ones for dinner. Only keep enough for a meal or two. Gives you reason to get back out on the water soon.

  • Did Geese Down Plane?
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    From wandering owl on 01/27/09 at 14:03 +1

    The pilot and crew are heroes. Up the limit on Giant canadas please. They are dirtying a lot of shoe bottoms, and there are plenty to go around.

  • MOOOOOOOSE!!!!
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    Think that your pickup can handle a moose? Well, this one could.

    From wandering owl on 01/27/09 at 13:58 +1

    Good hunters and packers. Must have been a catapualt or helicopter that loaded it. They're going to have to clear a wall for that one! Chewin' on some good meat for awhile, too!

  • Coyote Showdown
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    It’s man vs. coyote in one of the wildest photos we’ve ever seen.

    From wandering owl on 01/23/09 at 14:03 +1

    These 'yotes don't have survival instinct. Running full bore at somebody banging away at them? We should have many stories like this if that is coyote behavior.

  • Small-Game Shootout
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    Often thought of as early-season targets, rabbits and squirrels are too easily forgotten during the late season. But now that deer season is almost over, what better way to hone your tracking and wilderness skills than to chase snowbound rabbits and squirrels?

    Furthermore, for those without dogs there's no better time to hunt rabbits and squirrels. New snow will knock down blinding cover, limit hiding spots and open up more shots. Here are eight tips to help you win at the snowy small-game shootout.

    From wandering owl on 01/23/09 at 13:49 +1

    Good article. It's remarkable how 99% of the time I have the woods to myself during January and February. More chances for me, I guess.

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