Hunting Headlines
| June 30, 2008 |
| Who you going to call? Goosebusters |
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ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — When they honk at dawn and mess up your lawn, who ya gonna call? Try a business that helps get rid of geese. Bird-X is a 45-year-old Chicago firm that makes the 3-D Coyote and other nonlethal and environmentally safe products intended to repel all sorts of pests. A photo of a gosling apparently oblivious to the faux predator ran on The Associated Press wire in May. “While it is an interesting picture, my problem with it is that this sort of shows that our product doesn’t work, when in fact, it does work,” said Bird-X marketing manager Dave Kogan. “Goslings know right from when they get out of the egg that they are afraid of coyotes. It is u...
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| June 30, 2008 |
| Great Lakes compact nears reality |
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A year ago, it seemed a proposed compact designed to prevent raids on the Great Lakes might be sunk by squabbles in the states with jurisdiction over nearly one-fifth of the world’s fresh surface water. Now the deal is close to ratification on the state level, and supporters are beginning to plot strategy for the final step: winning approval from Congress and the White House. On the surface, the task would appear easy. Congress has endorsed more than 200 interstate compacts over the years, including 41 dealing specifically with water management. They regulate use of some of the nation’s primary water sources, such as the Colorado and Delaware ...
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| June 30, 2008 |
| Gas prices hurting Great Lakes charters |
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MANISTEE, Mich. (AP) — High gas prices being faced by drivers across the country also are being felt in the Great Lakes sportfishing industry, where some say tournament entries are down and charter boat excursions are being scrapped. The increase in fuel prices to above the $4 a gallon mark has resulted in fewer boats on the lakes, fewer lines in the water and a decrease in the number of fish being reeled in, the News Advocate reported. “I’ve had the most cancellations ever this year,” said Gary Schaefer, charter boat captain of Trout Scout III in Manistee. “People just can’t afford the price of gas just to get up here.” In addition, he said, the ...
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| June 30, 2008 |
| Keeping Parks Clean One Drop at a Time |
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There's nothing better than enjoying a day at the park with friends and family - unless that day is interrupted by Canada geese, pigeons and other pest birds making nuisances of themselves, getting in your way and defecting all over the place. Learn ways to help your local community fight and repel these pest birds with humane, non-toxic and non-lethal solutions so that you can enjoy all that your local park has to offer.
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