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Big Mouth Billy Bass thwarts tackle shop burglary

The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office repors an apparent burglary at the Hooked On Fishing Shop in Rochester, Minn. was thwarted by a novelty bass singing…

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Pepper spray/deodorant mixup clears German nightclub

A 20-year-old German woman getting freshened up in The Bavarian Club’s powder room apparently mistook her pepper spray for deodorant and doused herself, injuring two women and…

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Person fishing on a boat in a lake near waterfront homes.

Rabid raccoon enters home through pet door, attacks woman

A 73-year-old Hingam, Mass. woman was attacked by a vicious, rabid raccoon that entered her home through a door for her cat as she slept…

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Bobcat survives grilling by Dodge Charger

Angela Ridner was driving through farmland between Manchester and Tullahoma, Tenn. Saturday evening when what appeared to be a cat leapt in front of her…

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‘Incorrectly written’ bill restricted bucks to 12 points or better

An Oklahoma state representative who intended to intoduce a measure limiting huntes to six- points-or-better bucks is eating crow instead of venison after his bill…

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Urban Bobcat Study Underway in Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Researchers, wildlife managers and local government officials from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Utah State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Service-National Wildlife Research…

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Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Restoration Efforts Continue

The continuation of the Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Restoration Project progressed with another successful relocation of almost 100 pronghorn recently. The animals were captured from healthy populations…

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Dates for Annual Crab Trap Removal Set

Hoping to add to the pile of more than 33,449 derelict crab traps hauled from Texas bays since 2002, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department  officials…

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Wild Turkey “Super Stocking” Project Under Way in East Texas

More than two dozen Eastern wild turkeys from Tennessee and Missouri will call the Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area home as of February 5, thanks…

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Fly Fish Texas March 8 at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

Learn to tie a fly, cast a fly and catch a fish all in one day during the annual Fly Fish Texas event at the…

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