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Canadians don’t like anyone stealing their moose, but they especially don’t like it when the poachers are Americans. The Government of Ontario announced last week that it had fined 20 defendants a total of $178,400 and ordered them to pay $44,525 in surcharges for a variety of moose-hunting...
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When we daydream of camping with our families, we often conjure up an image of our tent tucked into the shade of a couple of towering pine trees. There might be a lazy stream running nearby or possibly the shoreline of a placid lake where the waves softly lap upon the shoreline. We rarely envision...
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Christopher “CJ” Alexander, whose name graced headlines in December after photos of him posing with an 18-point buck he harvested drew skepticism, has officially been indicted on 23 total charges, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, announced...
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Long before the first rays from the October sunrise slanted their way through the forest, I knew there were turkeys roosted all around me. That was exciting, because in addition to a couple of deer tags, I had a fall turkey license in my wallet. It wasn’t too deep into legal shooting light before I...
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Camels are perhaps the most unexpected of inhabits of Australia’s modern deserts. On a continent otherwise dominated by marsupials, reptiles, and cattle stations the size of small countries, these giant nomads seem both alien yet perfectly adapted to the vast desert scrubland they now call home...
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“I wonder if there are fish in there…” Most anglers have had this thought driving past the retention ponds that dot suburban America, and I admit that I’ve succumbed to that curiosity more than once in my life. Two days before graduating from college, I and my then-girlfriend (and soon-to-be-wife...
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Charging Grizzly Killed by Handgun-Wielding Shed Hunter
Jordan Sillars
A shed hunter shot and killed a sow grizzly bear last month as the 300-pound bruin charged him in western Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) reports that the incident occurred on private land northwest of the town of Wolf Creek. The shed hunter, who has not been identified, was walking...
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Should the Feds Manage Deer in the US?
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Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison think the federal government should lead the nation’s efforts on managing deer and elk. Why? They think hunters and state wildlife agencies aren’t controlling the herds’ impacts on society, other wildlife, and forest...
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Two American Hunters Facing Prison Time in Turks and Caicos for Ammo in Luggage
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Ryan Watson and Bryan Hagerich didn’t know each other before they got arrested and jailed in Turks and Caicos earlier this year, but now they’re making plans to go elk hunting together as soon as they return to the United States. Unfortunately, that first step–returning to the U.S.–feels like a...
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