Hunting Headlines
| March 25, 2010 |
| 2010 Orillia Perch Festival |
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This event is one of Canada’s largest registered tagged perched fishing derbies. The live release derby runs from April 17 – May 20 on Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching located in Orillia, Ontario. There are over 60 tagged perch worth $500 each! TO REGISTER: Send name, address, phone number & date of birth for each person registering, [...]
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| March 25, 2010 |
| Gone fishing? More Americans did in ?09 |
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - At a time when the economy has shaken big-time sports from the PGA to the NFL, the low-key pastime of fishing has enjoyed a quiet resurgence. A pair of recent studies indicate that families have been turning to fishing, which can be as simple as standing on the shore with a rod and reel, as a good way to spend time together without wrecking the household budget. A report commissioned by The Outdoor Foundation found that, in a decade during which the number of anglers generally dropped, 2009 bucked the trend and saw an increase of 1.6 percent or 630,000 participants. A separate study found one of the largest bumps since the 1970s in fishing license purchases, based ...
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| March 25, 2010 |
| Whooping cranes in Peoria County |
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At first Rick Fox didn’t believe his eyes. Standing in a wet cornfield across from his house on Ivy Lake Road were what looked to be two whooping cranes. After grabbing binoculars he confirmed the sighting near the Audubon tract just north of Caterpillar’s Mossville complex. “It was awesome,” said Fox, who earlier that same day spotted 26 sandhill cranes in the same area. The adult whoopers wore leg bands and radio transmitters and spent Monday night and part of Tuesday morning in the field. “It’s by far our best backyard bird sighting,” Tracy Fox said. “We could see them from our driveway.” This is at least the third time the endanger...
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| March 25, 2010 |
| Family Camping Vacations Near Denver |
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Colorado has over 8 million acres of public land and some of the most beautiful scenery that this great country has to offer. Whether you are visiting a national park, national monument, wilderness area, national forest or one of the 41 state parks, Colorado has much to offer. Family camping vacations offer some of the most memorable experiences for both parents and children, and will fit most any family's budget. Here are some great places to camp near Denver.
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