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Archive for February, 2009

Now's a good time to buy cabins and hunting property at low prices - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Posted in Duck Hunting, Hunting News  by admin on February 28th, 2009
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Now's a good time to buy cabins and hunting property at low prices
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
There are dirt-cheap prices for swamps and abandoned gravel pits suitable for duck hunters and all-terrain enthusiasts. In tough times, sellers have resorted to creative measures to attract interest in recreational properties. Rob Wilcox of Madison has ...

What to do about coyote attacks in the city - Examiner.com

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Examiner.com

What to do about coyote attacks in the city
Examiner.com
He used a call which sounded like the call of a wounded rabbit. The day I was out hunting with him, we did not get a coyote, for the most part due to the extreme wariness and quite obvious intelligence of his quarry. Later, however, I would read that ...

Ulster’s badger baiters go to ground after raids - Times Online

Posted in Fox Hunting, Hunting News  by admin on February 28th, 2009
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Ulster’s badger baiters go to ground after raids
Times Online, UK
The website now purports to advocate fox hunting with terriers, a lawful practice. Another website run by Robert Booth, a breeder of Patterdale terriers who lives in France, has been removed after he was exposed as breeding dogs for use in the illegal ...

WEEKEND COLUMNISTS Robin Lane Fox - Financial Times

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WEEKEND COLUMNISTS Robin Lane Fox
Financial Times, UK
I pictured two happy rabbits taking time off work because snow had blocked their usual commute to their hunting-grounds. I even imagined wisteria as an animal equivalent of mistletoe under which they had stopped and lovingly brushed whiskers. ...

W.Va. may have early deer hunts - Cumberland Times-News

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W.Va. may have early deer hunts
Cumberland Times-News, MD
A September ago, the biologists of this arm of the Division of Natural Resources thought outside the ground blind and sprung the earliest bear season in decades. The result, from all appearances, was successful in that a substantial number of bears ...
Record numbers posted on deer, bears killed in 2008-09 Northern Virginia Daily
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In a Job Hunt, a Good Attitude Beats a Bad Economy - New York Times

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New York Times

In a Job Hunt, a Good Attitude Beats a Bad Economy
New York Times, United States
I officially became a civilian again last month, though I started thinking about job-hunting in October. I had no idea what I wanted to do as a civilian. I was a first lieutenant in the Marines in charge of security at our main camp in Fallujah. ...

SJP's House Hunt — No Boys Allowed - TMZ.com

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SJP's House Hunt -- No Boys Allowed
TMZ.com, CA
Happy house hunting. 3. Such a self absorbed humanoid. Dump her so she can shop. 4. Ooooh Christy, aren't you SMART! And what a detective. You no NOTHING about this couple or the state of their marriage. Neither do I. My husband bought our San Fran ...

When Judges Behave Badly - Newsweek

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When Judges Behave Badly
Newsweek
... 21-page "Dear John" letter to the American people, explaining why he refused to remove himself from hearing a case in which Vice President Dick Cheney was a party, despite the fact that the two had just shared a highly manly duck-hunting adventure. ...

Road-wise in Ottawa - Standard Freeholder

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Road-wise in Ottawa
Standard Freeholder, Canada
This hunt club was formed in 1907, presumably by national government officials and entrepreneurs of British heritage eager to locally participate in fox hunting, a popular pastime tradition of British royalty. Golf and curling were later added to the ...

Record numbers posted on deer, bears killed in 2008-09 - Northern Virginia Daily

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Record numbers posted on deer, bears killed in 2008-09
Northern Virginia Daily, VA
By Preston Knight -- Daily Staff Writer A record number of white-tailed deer and bears were killed during hunting season, according to preliminary figures released this week by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. ...

Alex and Me By Irene M. Pepperberg HarperCollins 232 pp., $23.95 - Christian Science Monitor

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Christian Science Monitor

Alex and Me By Irene M. Pepperberg HarperCollins 232 pp., $23.95
Christian Science Monitor, MA
As soon as you close its covers you’ll be on YouTube hunting out video clips of Alex at work. For the moment, that’s all we have of Alex – at least, until the next bird comes along able to pick up where he left off. Marjorie Kehe is the Monitor’s book ...

Some species conspicuous by their absence in first bird atlas - Times of Malta

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Times of Malta

Some species conspicuous by their absence in first bird atlas
Times of Malta, Malta
The atlas examines the breeding distribution of all Malta's breeding bird species last year by mapping every species on a one-kilometre square grid across Malta and Gozo. The conservation benefits of the ban on spring hunting are also evident in the ...

Unleashing those sporting breeds - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com

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Unleashing those sporting breeds
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH
It all depends on whether hunting talent was emphasized and encouraged by a breeder and nurtured by the dog owner. Many hunting dogs never get the chance to splash the marsh and retrieve a duck, or fill their noses with the scent of pheasant. ...

Patrick plays den mother at bear survey - Boston Globe

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Boston Globe

Patrick plays den mother at bear survey
Boston Globe, United States
Massachusetts has gone through a black bear renaissance. When researchers first established a program to study them in 1970, the bear population was estimated at 100. Now, with more restrictions on hunting - and with the bears' unexpected ability to ...
Deval Patrick and the 3 bears Some black bears The Republican - MassLive.com
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Spotlight back on squirrel hunting - Arkansas News

Posted in Deer Hunting, Hunting News  by admin on February 28th, 2009
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Spotlight back on squirrel hunting
Arkansas News, AR
(Joe Mosby Photo) By Joe Mosby Squirrel hunting could be edging back into the spotlight. That is a stretch, of course, with the predominance of deer hunting all around Arkansas, with duck hunting and turkey hunting competing for runner-up status. ...

Continued Duluth bow hunt recommended - Duluth News Tribune

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Continued Duluth bow hunt recommended
Duluth News Tribune, MN
In the 2008 hunt, 60 percent of deer were taken on public land and 40 percent on private land with landowners’ permission. A total of 205 deer were donated to those who had requested venison through the ABA. Hunters are assigned to hunting areas by a ...

TPWD officials clarify proposed hunting policy changes - Lufkin Daily News

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TPWD officials clarify proposed hunting policy changes
Lufkin Daily News, TX
"If I didn't know the proposal I might think it meant people could only hunt one deer per season in Angelina County — which is not the case." Under the new proposal, Angelina County would retain a four-deer bag limit, but of those four — two bucks, ...
EnCana donation funds school service-learning, aquatic habitat ... North Texas e-News
Less buck for the bang Lufkin Daily News
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Jon Lee Auction - Antiques and the Arts Online

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Antiques and the Arts Online

Jon Lee Auction
Antiques and the Arts Online, CT
... 2 19th C. Dutch watercolors of man and woman, 2 o/b fox hunting scenes, Mary Cassatt print of children, Victorian prints and frames, large 1908 tobacco silk, old Masonic needlework, Victorian oval gilt mirror, convex mirror, plus more. ...