...bird dogs, Cox said. "Quail is a huge improvement over last year," said James Dietsch of Warr Acres, the founding chairman of the Central Oklahoma 89er Chapter of Quail Forever. "I have probably seen 30 to 35 coveys. We haven't seen a covey under 12 birds." Dietsch also jumped three roosters while quail hunting north of Woodward last week. "I am looking forward to pheasant season," he said. "It's got to be better than last year. The hatching and nesting conditions were a...
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Fowling is an Old English reference to waterfowl. So ducks and geese were probably on the menu, not turkey. Myth No. 2: Benjamin Franklin proposed that the wild turkey become the national symbol. To the contrary, hunters' license fees and conservation donations have helped save the turkey and other game birds by paying for habitat restoration.
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It's the same question, really," Landers said. He's far from being alone in thinking that way. The recession is driving people to put food on the table, he added. The North American model of wildlife conservation says all wildlife belongs to all people, he said.
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Mike Peifer, R-139, Honesdale, thinks Pennsylvania hunters need a reason to hunt coyotes. Peifer has introduced HB 1534, a bill that would allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to offer a $25 payment per coyote. Bearer said the organization has not seen any negative effects of the coyote's population boom. Mr.
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That petition is still pending. Officials at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife expect more wolves to eventually disperse into California. About 350 wolf advocates marched from a nearby hotel and dominated a hearing Tuesday in Denver, The Denver Post reported. The turnout was similar Friday in Sacramento. The ranchers who spoke were often met with skeptical outbursts from the crowd.
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Efforts to reintroduce them in the Southwest have stumbled due to legal battles, politics, illegal shootings and other problems.
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They aren't sure why. Deer and elk tend to feed in separate places. Elk can winter on the prairie, while deer prefer foothills. In mild winters, some deer will stay in the mountains.
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The DNR announced the closure after hunters killed 29 wolves in the zone.
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On the eastside, anglers are still reeling in hatchery-reared summer steelhead on the upper Columbia and Snake rivers. Rather serve shellfish? Sport crabbing is open in most marine areas of Puget Sound seven days a week through Dec. 31. Archery hunts for deer and elk get started Nov. 27, when muzzleloader hunts for elk also get under way.
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...fish and wildlife association and the five states' wildlife agencies have produced a sound conservation plan for the lesser prairie chicken," said Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe. The federal agency's news release, however made it clear that its endorsement of the plan is "not a decision by the Service that implementing the plan will preclude the need to protect the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The Service will carefully consider the plan, its...
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