November 15, 2007
The hills are alive with the sound of … gunfire? The sound that is music to the ears of area hunters will echo through state woodlands beginning Saturday, as more than 600,000 hunters...
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November 13, 2007
Hopes for a repeal of the controversial ban on hunting have been raised by two reports that claim the practice is justified as the best management for wildlife. The Veterinary Association...
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November 13, 2007
The future of Maryland's conservation efforts may lie in the gun-toting hands of people such as Sharon Nicholson.
Nicholson, 30, spent a recent weekend learning to hunt at a two-day...
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November 13, 2007
When Brianne Stewart, 12, of West Newton, shot her first deer this fall she joined a sorority of hunters who are bucking a nationwide trend.
She is one 304,000 girls -- 19 percent...
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November 13, 2007
The families of Georgia's hunters often end up with more than their fill of venison by the end of hunting season.
That's where Georgia Hunters for the Hungry, a program that allows...
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November 9, 2007
"[I]n rural Maine on the opening day of deer season -- an event anticipated like a national holiday in some parts of the country -- it is obvious that the gap separating hunters and...
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November 8, 2007
Kansas pheasant hunting is a boost to many small towns and businesses, particularly in the western one-half of the state. Over the next couple weeks, roughly 100,000 upland bird hunters...
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November 8, 2007
Jason Shellenberger is good with his hands. He has to be. His legs don't work. "I think he has beaten every Nintendo or Play Station game he has ever played," said his stepdad, Tom...
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November 7, 2007
Jim Wallace likes nothing more than a day out in the woods, listening to the birds, scanning the tree line for pheasants or grouse, and taking aim with his 20-gauge shotgun.
Making...
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November 6, 2007
The Liberal Opposition wants to ban protesters from wetlands during the duck hunting season. The party`s spokesman for Police and Public Safety, Rene Hidding, says protesters are endangering...
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November 5, 2007
More than 87 million U.S. citizens age 16 or older fished, hunted or watched wildlife in 2006, spending more than $120 billion, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service survey...
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November 1, 2007
“The typical animal-rights activist responds to tough questioning with increasingly loud tones of voice or, in the case of e-mail, increasingly large type sizes,” writes Paul Mulshine,...
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November 1, 2007
The rising Canadian loonie didn`t keep American hunters from Manitoba this year because many hunters book their trips far in advance. But Manitoba outfitters and lodge operators fear...
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November 1, 2007
The county`s abundance of deer is being used to feed the hungry.
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, a nationwide organization with a fast-growing Anne Arundel chapter, connects...
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October 30, 2007
Hunting season brings more than turkeys and deer home to Nebraskans.
The sport has a huge economic impact on the state, according to Todd Elsbernd. Nebraskans spend $200 million every...
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October 29, 2007
The makeup of a little-known citizens council that advises the state on how to manage New Jersey wildlife is causing a major war of words between state sportsmen and animal rights activists....
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October 29, 2007
“Do vegetarians benefit from hunting? Asks John R. Lott, Jr. “Well, let’s just say that all those vegetarians who have adopted their non-meat eating lifestyles because they abhor harming...
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October 29, 2007
Thousands of Washington residents enjoy sport fishing and hunting, but what does that really mean to the state’s economy? According to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service survey, Washington...
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October 29, 2007
The Times and Democrat`s longtime outdoors columnist Dr. John Rheney of Orangeburg has written often about threats to the sport of hunting, imploring hunters to be conscious of the...
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October 29, 2007
Wildlife "advocates" say a new California law barring hunters from using lead ammunition in the California condor’s range should prompt Arizona to issue its own ban.
Four groups that...
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October 26, 2007
Sen. John Barrasso introduced legislation Thursday to restrict energy development in the Wyoming Range, drawing praise from residents who hunt, fish and outfit in the range.Read Original...
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October 26, 2007
In their never-ending struggle to preserve landscapes from development, sportsmen and conservationists have long searched for examples that blend the two: communities that have found...
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October 26, 2007
Maryland`s black bear hunting season opened Tuesday with a record-large bruin and continued efforts by the Humane Society of the United States to end the hunt. Twenty-year-old Coty...
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October 26, 2007
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is again asking for hunter assistance this season in monitoring for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a wildlife disease that is fatal to deer and...
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October 25, 2007
A new attempt by a Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards, to cozy up to hunters is coming under fire from the National Rifle Association and conservation groups. Asked for his...
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October 25, 2007
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed an amendment sponsored by Congressman Rob Bishop that will ensure there will be no federal infringement of Second Amendment rights on...
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October 25, 2007
With the help of hunters and trappers from New Jersey and other Northeast states -- who are being asked to donate any coyotes they shoot or trap -- Roland Kays is attempting to learn...
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October 24, 2007
Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, joined House colleagues in contacting House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey and Ranking Member Jerry Lewis urging them to oppose anti...
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October 23, 2007
States that rely on tens of millions of dollars in hunting license fees annually to pay for environmental conservation are trying to boost a population they had never thought of protecting:...
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October 22, 2007
Nearly 800 people attended the first Upstate celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day, held at Duke Energy’s World of Energy near Seneca, and organizers said they are looking...
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October 22, 2007
With firearm deer season approaching, the laments of “hunter’s widows” are sure to be heard across the peninsula. However, an increasing number of women have bucked this trend,...
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October 19, 2007
"Recently, the House concluded its commemoration of the first ever Sportsmen’s Week," writs Rep. Geoff Davis. "As a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, I was proud to join...
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