At the Northwest Angle, muskies are hitting along shorelines and shallow weedbeds. Drifting large sucker minnows on the shoreline breaks of Pelican Lake and Big Detroit has produced muskies. Wood ducks and blue-winged teal have dropped out of the harvest, and there are no appreciable numbers of ringnecks using the WMA.
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...elk and deer meat still warm, especially in its core, soured by putting the warm meat in coolers and also plastic bags," he said. "Many conversations with meat locker-butcher shops during facility inspections over the years confirm that this is a common error in packing/storing warm elk and deer meat. "One case, for example, involved poachers using ORVs who had killed two elk on National Forest Land, boned out the bulls and neatly wrapped all of the meat in black plastic bags. The meat...
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Hansen said the aforementioned river section is one of the more successfully fished and increasingly popular portions of the river. The rule of thumb is water, flowing at a pace similar to a relaxed walk, two to six feet deep. Those fish must be hatchery fish, which are marked by a clipped adipose fin.
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All announced success or failure by choosing a lane of traffic cones. One lane for hunters who harvested deer on the opening weekend of Idaho's regular deer season. Admiration colored Woolley's voice as he described a deer. "That's what you come to Idaho for. If deer were only field dressed and not cut up, biologists weighed them too.
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Oct. 17--TWIN FALLS -- After Jeff Frost bought a local taxidermy business eight years ago, he started receiving requests to get involved with conservation groups. Last year, more than 200 people participated. There are rifle, muzzleloader and archery divisions for mule deer, elk and antelope. First-place winners will take home a shoulder mount from Intermountain Taxidermy and World Adventures and a $300 gift card to Sportsman's Warehouse.
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Last year, the 10-week derby produced 23 legal-size (more than 22 inches long) hatchery-marked Chinook for 46 anglers. Like Pinocchio, Tengu's nose grew with every lie. In the derby, only mooching (fishing using a banana-style lead weight to a leader with a herring) is allowed. Rental boats are $65, and $85 for boat and motor.
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...meeting Wednesday. The meeting -- set for 6:30 p.m. at Loews Ventana Canyon resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive -- will be conducted by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the Coronado National Forest and an advisory committee from wildlife and environmental groups. Mark Hart, spokesman for the Game and Fish Department, said plans call for capturing bighorns on the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground northeast of Yuma on Nov. 16 and trucking them to the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson...
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Their standardized protocol: "fall walleye index netting." Idaho walleye anglers asked for this monitoring. He and Megargle talk quietly about the sizes of walleye they're seeing in the nets. Anglers lately have reported catching smaller walleye, Megargle says. Fish and Game will do its fall walleye index netting next year on Oakley Reservoir, also called Goose Creek Reservoir.
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Some reflectors that come with bikes aren't adequate for night riding. Night riding can be tricky with glare and lights. Night riding is a whole different ball game.
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It's really beautiful up there right now, and fishing is good. The main thing is trout. But Cascade doesn't give up its secrets easily. If you're in a boat, put that fish finder to work. Chinook are also in the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam.
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