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Wisconsin to eliminate traditional deer-check stations

As part of a sweeping rules package implementing Texas researcher James Kroll’s recommendations on how to improve hunting, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Board…

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Iowa Senate committee rejects noodling proposal

An Iowa state Senate committee on Wednesday rejected a proposal to end the current prohibition of catfish hand-fishing, or noodling, because of concerns the activity would…

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Mississippi hunter blows his nose, calls in 8-point buck

Ron Manning figured he scuttled his chances after he sneezed nine times in ten-minutes while in his treestand, so he decided to go ahead and…

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Conservation, ag groups join to recognize wetlands

World Wetlands Day celebrates wetlands and agriculture Jan. 29, 2014 – World Wetlands Day, a day to celebrate and share the importance of wetlands world-wide,…

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Texas Host International Training Course

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is hosting the first Comprehensive Boat Accident Investigation course of 2014. This course provided by the National Association of State…

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Lake Athens Produces Another Toyota ShareLunker

Rip van Winkle slept for 20 years. Lake Athens snoozed for 25. Then the 1,799-acre lake near the East Texas town of the same name…

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SMITH & WESSON, RUGER ANNOUNCEMENTS REINFORCE NSSF, SAAMI CALIF. MICROSTAMPING CHALLENGE . . .

Smith and Wesson and Ruger have confirmed that both companies are being forced to stop selling new or improved semiautomatic handguns in California due to…

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NFR to Remain in Las Vegas, RMEF’s Hunter Christmas its Newest Highlight

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation applauds the unanimous decision by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Board of Directors and the Las Vegas Events Board of…

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Northern region of the Drakensberg Range | 15 km West of the Strydom Tunnel, South Africa

A bull moose taken by a hunter in 2013 in Yukon Territory has been verified by the Boone and Crockett Club as a new World’s…

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Game Warden Field Notes

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Over the Limit A Lubbock District captain and a Garza/Lynn…

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