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January 15, 2009
Most Popular Calibers For Big Game
From the Boone and Crockett Club: Although the venerable .30-06 and .270 remain among the favorites, Boone and Crockett Club big-game records show that hunters with one of the various .300 Magnums are taking decidedly more North American trophies than any other caliber. Surprisingly, the second-most-popular trophy-taker isn’t a firearm — it’s a bow. Boone and Crockett compiled the data from its records book entries from 2007 through 2009.
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January 8, 2009
Feds to Blagojevich: Put DNR funds back
Springfield – The federal government has sent a letter to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office, demanding the state return millions of dollars it “swept” from a handful of DNR accounts last year.
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January 8, 2009
Feds officially move to ‘relist’ wolves
Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made official the “relisting” of gray wolves in the Midwest, where they’d been removed from the Endangered Species List just a year and a half ago.
Read more...August 31, 2008
“Barracuda” Prefers Moose Stew!
DAYTON, Ohio (B&B)
Sportsmen and women who have been struggling with the choices in this year’s presidential race may have found a ticket they can vote for with enthusiasm, when Republican John McCain introduced Alaska’s Governor, Sarah Palin, as his choice for a running mate. Palin is a solid choice for conservative values, second amendment rights [...]
August 29, 2008
Sockeye numbers reach highest level in decades
As of Tuesday morning, 386 sockeye salmon had arrived at one of two fish traps near the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery along the upper Salmon River northwest of Ketchum, fisheries officials reported yesterday afternoon. In all, a total of 42 sockeye arrived in the Sawtooth Valley on Tuesday.
Read more...August 26, 2008
Elk hunting – not just for men
Women like elk hunting.
New research on hunter demographics shows more women per capita are attracted to elk hunting than most other kinds of hunting, according to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
More than 60,000 elk hunters today are female. Though still predominantly a male pursuit, new data shows that women compose 7.6 percent of all elk [...]
August 23, 2008
Beware of Lightning
It’s that time of the year when we all need to be reminded of the dangers of lighting especially when we are out pursuing our passions like hiking, hunting, fishing, golf and anything we do in the outdoors.
Lightning Injuries
1. History / Incidence
2000 thunderstorms occur worldwide at any moment
Lightning strikes the earth > 100 times/sec
1000 deaths [...]
August 20, 2008
Elk Hunt Forecast for 2008
MISSOULA, Mont.—Hunters will chase wild elk this fall in almost half the states and provinces in North America. A comprehensive hunt forecast from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is now available for free at www.rmef.org.
Read more...August 17, 2008
Biologists continue hunt for grizzly, 2 cubs
The active hunt for a grizzly sow and two cubs fizzled Monday, with state wildlife officials unable to locate the animals on a trail in Far North Bicentennial Park that has been the site of two maulings in recent months.
Fish and Game biologist Rick Sinnott heads out to hunt the bear that mauled Feliz.
August 1, 2008
Comments sought on sturgeon management plan
Photo courtesy of Idaho Department of Fish and Game Jerry Chapman shows off his catch—a large white sturgeon—hooked on the Snake River near Hagerman. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking public comment on a new draft management plan that seeks to increase the range and numbers of the game fish in the [...]
Read more...July 24, 2008
A Wolf Plan that Works
Anybody who follows the endlessly volatile wolf issue–and it’s hard not to follow it with all the news coverage–knows the greens won a big victory last week. Judge Donald Molloy of the U.S. District Court sided with Earthjustice and 12 conservation organizations and essentially relisted, albeit temporarily, the wolf as an endangered [...]
Read more...July 19, 2008
Wolves protected from hunts
A US federal judge has restored endangered species protections for grey wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this autumn.
Read more...July 18, 2008
Wolves: From endangered to “in need of management”
Only 11 people showed at a public hearing Wednesday to gather comment on a proposed state rule that would designate the gray wolf as a species in need of management.
Only four of those that showed said a word, and none complained about the change from endangered to “in need of management” [...]
Read more...July 15, 2008
Elk in the cross hairs as disease persists near Yellowstone
Billings Montana- Outfitters and hunters oppose the prospect of killing elk, fearing that too much culling could shrink herds and suggest vaccinating cattle or eradicating the disease in bison.
Read more...July 8, 2008
U.S. duck numbers fly south
Fewer ponds could be partly to blame. While down from last year, though, the breeding populations are above the long-term average.
The number of ducks is down again across the United States, and hunters may see the effects during the fall hunts.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its preliminary report Monday on mid-continent breeding ducks [...]
