Hunting Headlines
| July 29, 2008 |
| Ostrich At The Promised Land Zoo |
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The Ostrich is a large flightless bird native to Africa (and formerly the Middle East). It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at speeds of about 74 km/h (46 mph), the top land speed of any bird.
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Read the full story at The Shed Antler
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| July 29, 2008 |
| Back to the Future |
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This classic cover shot of Kreh and Clouser is from a 1999 issue of Fly Fishing in Salt Waters I picked up in a free box at Rocky Mountain Anglers last week. Flipping through the pages of this issue, and...
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Read the full story at Moldy Chum
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| July 29, 2008 |
| Spotting Deer In The Tag Alders |
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If there is any type of growth in Michigan that rivals the laurel hells of the southern states, it would be tag alders. They don’t grow very high, but the trunks grow in every direction. They remind me of a maze, but fortunately, most tag alder thickets aren’t too long or wide. A guy could get exhausted if they spent very much time trying to unravel the secrets of an alder thicket. Let’s face it: whitetails love tag alders. They can walk through a thicket, and run through them at a fast clip. Of course, deer are much more nimble and sure-footed than 99 percent of the human population. There are a few small alder patches on my land with stands that overlook them. It’...
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Read the full story at Whitetail Wizard
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| July 28, 2008 |
| USFWS waterfowl population report 2008 |
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Want to see how biologists set waterfowl regulations? Here is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s complete 2008 Waterfowl Population Status report ( Waterfowl_Population_Report_2008.pdf ), whose purpose is summarized below. In North America the process of establishing hunting regulations for waterfowl is conducted annually. In the United States the process involves a number of scheduled meetings in which information regarding the status of waterfowl is presented to individuals within the agencies responsible for setting hunting regulations. In addition the proposed regulations are published in the Federal Register to allow public comment. This report includes the most current breed...
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Read the full story at Prairie State Outdoors
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