Corn and Moose Meat Casserole 2 cups Fresh corn kernels or a 14oz can of Mexicorn
2 tb Wild onions, choppped
1 Can cream of celery soup
1/4 lb Moose meat, smoked and fine chopped
1 Can tomato soup
2 c Potatoes, sliced
Put the corn in a saucepan and simmer for about 15 minutes. Stir in the onion, celery soup, tomatoe soup and the cubed moose meat and simmer for another 15 minutes. Grease a 6x9 casserole and spread the mixture over the bottom and cover with the sliced potatoes. Cover the top with aluminum foil and put in a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes. If you wish, sprinkle the potatoes with bread crumbs, grated cheese or add dots of butter. Fall Apart Moose 2 Onions;medium
1 lb Alaskan sweet carrots
4 lb Moose rump roast
2 Cloves garlic
2 c Water
1 pk Onion soup mix
Salt
Pepper
2 tb Cornstarch
2 Beef bouillon cubes
Use a large slow cooker on high temperature setting. Dice onions and carrots and put in slow cooker. Add moose roast. Slice garlic in small pieces. Add water, garlic and onion soup. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook for 4 hours. Drain juice from meat into saucepan. Add bouillon cubes. Bring juice to boil. Add cornstarch and stir until juice turns thick and clear. Pour gravy (juice) back into the slow cooker with the moose and carrots/onions. Cook for another hour. When done, slice moose in thin slices. Place in center of serving platter, garnish with carrots and onions. Pour a small amount of gravy over moose and serve. Mashed potatoes, rice or baked potatoes are fantastic with the remaining gravy. Roast Wild Turkey with Sausage Dressing 14 lb Turkey
8 cups Stale bread crumbs
Onion; finely chopped
1/2 ts Lemon rind; grated
1 ts Thyme
1/2 ts Sage
1/4 cups Orange juice
1 lb Sausage
2 cups Celery; diced
2 ts Orange rind; grated
Salt & Pepper
1/2 ts Majoram
1/4 cup Parsley; chopped
1/2 cup Butter
Wash & dry turkey & season inside with salt. Cook sausage in skillet until brown. Mix sausage with bread cubes & celery. Saute onion & add to mixture with other above ingredients. Stir in 1/4 cup of sausage fat & stuff into turkey. Close with pins. Roast at 325 degrees about 4 1/2 hours or until tender. A-1 Caribou Steak 1 lb Caribou steak
4 tb Butter; divided
1 sm Onion; chopped
2 tb Sherry
1 tb Worcestershire
3 tb A-1 steak sauce
1 tb Chopped chives
1 tb Chopped parsley
Salt & pepper
2 tb Brandy
Cook onions in 2 tbsp butter until golden. Pound steak to tenderize and sear over high heat in butter & onion, about 2 min on each side. Add sherry, A-1, 2 tbsp butter, Worcestershire, chives, parsley, pepper and salt. Reduce heat to med and cook for 3-4 mins per side. Add brandy, bring to the table, flame and serve. Pheasant Casserole 1 Pheasant; cooked, boned, cubed
2 cup Thinly sliced celery
1 cup Toasted bread crumbs
1/2 cup Chopped almonds or water chestnuts
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Accent
2 ts Grated onion
1 cup Mayonnaise
1 tb Lemon juice
Topping:
Parmesan cheese
Crushed potato chips
Toss all ingredients except topping. Place in casserole dish. Top with cheese & potato chips. Bake at 450 for 10-15 minutes or until bubbly & heated throughout. Enjoy!
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Ok here is some hunting news from around the States! Be sure to hit the BACK button to return to this page. I am trying to figure out how to find out how to post links that open in a new window. Another Archer Looses an Arrow in the City
New York Times - United States
... and Mr. Browne said the arrow had a dark shaft, a silver-colored tip and yellow and green feathers on the end, like the kind used in bear hunting. ...
A bear walks into a 'burb, but state's new bear dogs scare him out ...
Seattle Times - United States
A new Department of Fish and Wildlife program to keep black bears from coming into conflict with homeowners uses Karelian bear dogs, a Finnish hunting breed ... MarketWatch (press release) - 7 hours ago Also in 2008, the international sporting and hunting market remained steady largely due to the weakness of the US dollar. In addition, the government, ...
Evansville Courier & Press - Mar 28, 2009 findingDulcinea - Mar 20, 2009 In 1993, aerial hunts were still legal. Thousands of wolves were being killed in Alaska, which was at the time the only state that did not list wolves as an ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Mar 29, 2009 This one had spent some time hunting in the area, crisscrossing the drifts and narrow grassy drainage the trail followed. The marten didn’t need my packed ...
Times Daily - Mar 28, 2009 In 2008, applications from as far away as Alaska were received. Even with the high number of hunters expected to seek elk permits, Florence hunter David ...
ESPN - Mar 27, 2009 "I had a guy come in my store who bought $5000 worth of shotgun ammo for his bird hunting — this is in March. He's worried about ammo shortages too, ... Sheboygan Press - Mar 29, 2009 It's time to get ready for deer hunting. But bowhunting doesn't start until September you say? I'm here to tell you it starts now, and neither a weapon nor ...
Jordan Independent - Mar 10, 2009 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to comment on a proposal that would simplify regulations for hunting Canada geese ... Houston Chronicle - Mar 28, 2009 The commission also approved a package of hunting regulations that include changes in deer hunting rules in almost every county having a white-tailed deer ...
Jackson Sun - Mar 29, 2009 By DAVID THOMAS After acquiring a farm in south Jackson, Jeff Harbin acquired a habit to hunt turkey. And he is glad it is one habit his sons, Will and Clay ...
TheNewsTribune.com - Mar 26, 2009 This is a hands-on workshop, conducted in duck hunting terrain. It will require lots of walking and potentially challenging wading conditions. ...
A car accident forced a Woodson County resident to alter his approach to hunting, but it didn't eliminate his love of outdoors. Richmond Daily News - 15 hours ago And, as is true of so many things related to turkey hunting, these differences are the result of weather. “Three of the last four years have seen ... NewsOK.com - Mar 28, 2009 Hunters ages 16 and 17 must have a state hunting license and a turkey license. Hunters ages 15 and younger must have a turkey license only. ... Utica Observer Dispatch - Mar 26, 2009 Will joins a select group of waterfowl hunters who are asked to attend a meeting each April to discuss duck and goose hunting regulations for the next ... Savage Pacer - Mar 9, 2009 Up to 50 veterans will receive an all-expense-paid morning of pheasant hunting, lunch and an afternoon of sporting clays at the Minnesota Horse & Hunt Club ... Chicago Tribune - Mar 27, 2009 ... and former big-league catcher Ozzie Virgil Jr. "The options are awesome," said Virgil, who travels to central Illinois for goose and pheasant hunting. ...
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I thought I would link to some interesting outdoor news mainly from Canada! I can't figure out how to open the links in a new window so you will have to click on the BACK button to return to this page! Club gives Martin last quest
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Mar 25, 2009
Gary Martin shot this bighorn sheep in Canmore, Alberta, in November, giving him all 28 species on the Pope & Young Club’s list of North American big-game ...
CBC.ca - Mar 24, 2009 Alfred Janvier, of La Loche, Sask., who was at the centre of a Métis hunting rights case last year after shooting a Moose in Alberta, was charged by ...
Bass Pro Shops casts lure in southern Alberta market
Calgary Herald - Mar 22, 2009
The store has gear for fishing, hunting, camping, boating and marine activities. It also offers equipment for hiking, backpacking and outdoor cooking. ...Chronic wasting disease found in 8 Alberta deer
Calgary Herald - Mar 21, 2009
Staff are now conducting post-hunting-season aerial surveys to count deer near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border (including CFB Wainwright) in order to plan ...Regina Leader-Post - Mar 12, 2009 By Karen Brownlee, Leader-PostMarch 12, 2009 REGINA — A Mankota-area man acting as an outfitter and unlawfully hunting pleaded guilty in a Swift Current ... Central Plains Herald Leader - Mar 13, 2009 A study in Saskatchewan, which is also going to full Sunday hunting this year, estimated the economic boost at $9 million, Hagglund said.... Vancouver Sun - Mar 21, 2009 ... where the organization is holding a silent auction for a “hunting package” that includes a rifle. Saskatchewan Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz has ... The Canadian Press - Mar 27, 2009 The statement says the hunting party is made up of Quebec Innu from the Romain, St. Augustine and Natasquan bands. Dunderdale said the killings were ...
Lynden Tribune - Mar 25, 2009 The Canadian group is called the Fraser Valley Hunt Club and is based in Aldergrove, BC The group has regular weekend hunts on the north side of the border ...
Russia Blog - Mar 20, 2009 "Our hunt ... is sustainable, it's viable and it's humane" says Thomas Hedderson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Schenectady Gazette - Mar 19, 2009 As someone who will be heading to Newfoundland in September on his first moose hunt, I was quite interested in this category. The record Canada moose, ...
Canada.com - Mar 26, 2009 The declines are so serious that controversial hunting restrictions have been placed on aboriginal subsistence hunters and commercial outfitters. ...
The Canadian Press - Mar 17, 2009 VANCOUVER, BC — A coalition of conservationists and First Nations wants the BC government to ban bear hunting in a region know as the Great Bear Rainforest. ...
Nova News Now - Mar 27, 2009 By Alisha Morrissey There’s less than half the codfish swimming off the south coast of Newfoundland now than the average amount there for every year since ...
Edmonton Sun - 7 hours ago By THE CANADIAN PRESS LAKE COUNTRY, BC -- An Okanagan man has died after falling through the ice during a fishing trip on Wood Lake. Const. ...
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A good news story for a change! Its important to join such conservation groups as Pheasants Forever that do much for habitat for various species and conservation of game birds and animals.
Pheasants Forever gets set for banquet
Posted: Monday, Mar 16th, 2009
BY: Amanda Palluck
| |  | | Pheasants Forever Treasurer Wayne Avery, left, and members Terry Nemitz and Rick Kerr look over some of the wildlife prints that will be offered for raffle at the group's upcoming banquet. Nemitz said the prints offered are by artists Mark Anderson of Sioux Falls and John Green of Madison. The two, Nemitz said, have been contributing artwork to the group and banquet since its start. | | | | | Conserving wildlife habitats and the pheasants that roam the area is the name of their game even if it is just because they love to hunt.
The Brookings branch of Pheasants Forever is celebrating its 24th year in town and hosting its annual banquet. The event is March 24 at the Days Inn Convention Center. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a meal at 7 p.m. A live auction , silent auction, raffles and entertainment for sportsmen and children alike is set to follow.
Pheasants Forever spokesman Terry Nemitz, a 15-year member, said the event is not only for entertainment and the fellowship of area sportsmen. The event is also the biggest effort the group makes at raising money each year, funds that are distributed around the Brookings area in several ways to help with the conservation of wildlife habitats, and of course, keep the population of the group's namesake hearty and healthy.
"One of the things I believe in," said Nemitz, "is that part of the South Dakota heritage that is unique for us are the pheasants we see everywhere and have the opportunity to hunt. I think we take it for granted. This is a great state to provide this opportunity for generations to come. It's a heritage we could pass on to our youth, and not necessarily hunting, but just to be able to view the wildlife as well."
Tickets for the banquet cost $45 for a single adult and $10 for youth. The event is open to the public, Nemitz said. With the price of a ticket, each attendee becomes a member of Pheasants Forever and receives five issues of the organization's magazine.
Nemitz said the group started locally as the Brookings County Pheasant Restoration Association , but joined Pheasants Forever International about six years ago.
It was launched by a group of local sportsmen with a common goal. The local branch doesn't actually provide the area with additional pheasants; but itw work fits in with the national group's motto: "Dedicated to the conservation of pheasants, quail and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness , education and land management policies and programs."
President Tim Gutormson explains, "We don't practice any releasing programs we stress more the habitats we provide and let Mother Nature take care of the birds themselves." Money spent locally
What's raised at the banquets, which is generally in the $10,000 - $20,000 range, is usually distributed among four project areas in the Brookings area. The first is the group's food plot program. Treasurer Wayne Avery said last year $11,730 went into this effort. The group provides seed to local farmers and a payment for three to five acres of their land to turn into a food plot.
The plot is set-aside in a field, and products like corn are planted and conserved as a wildlife habitat and feeding area. Basically, Nemitz explained, farmers are paid to leave the land alone and not harvest it, so wildlife, like pheasants, have a chance at it.
Nemitz said the group has funded as many as 150 food plots in the area in a year. Last year it was around 80, and that was in Brookings County alone.
The second largest funding effort of the Brookings Pheasants Forever branch is the cost sharing of trees. The group helps landowners pay to plant wildlife shelterbelts on their property. Last year, it spent $2,251 on this project. Recruiting, training youth
Much of the money the group raises at its yearly banquet goes to help encourage local youth interested in hunting and the outdoors, Nemitz said. Last year, Pheasants Forever donated $2,000 to the 4-H shooting sports effort. Nemitz said the group has been doing this for the last three years, and the purpose is to get local youth interested and involved with hunting and wildlife. The group also awards a sportsman and landowner of the year. Nemitz added that the group sponsors a $500 scholarship to a Brookings student pursuing a wildlife and fisheries major in college.
The only non-local outlet for the group's money, according to Avery, is that money the National Pheasants Forever organization. He said that funds are used for support of legislative actions like the farm bill or promoting wildlife conservation. Last year, the group sent $3,500.
Nemitz said a major project Pheasants Forever is working on now is land acquisition. The land the group purchases is conserved for public hunting. It is also used to provide a winter habitat for animals like ducks, geese, deer and rabbits.
The final effort the group makes is to help the Brookings County Safe Program with its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The group helps subsidize acres of land to keep in reserve, rather than ethanol production . Nemitz said with the higher price of commodities, it is a common practice for farmers today to use this land for crop production of soybeans, corn and sunflowers that can be sold.
Besides what comes in from the annual banquet, the group gets support from local sponsors. To become a sponsor, interested community members can donate $225 to the group. Donors get two tickets to the banquet (where they are recognized) as well as membership to Pheasants Forever. Not just for hunters
But Nemitz adds that just coming to the event not only helps the group's efforts, it's also worthwhile to anyone interested in wildlife and the outdoors. Aside from the auctions and youth area, which contains shooting games and prizes, the group gives away guns. One gun is given away for every 10 people who attend the banquet. Pheasants Forever gave away seven last year.
Nemitz said the banquet is around a $5,000 - $10,000 package , with nine raffles, the gun giveaway and a wide variety of games and activities for local sportsmen to partake. Aside from that, Nemitz adds, the best part of the event is to just get together with local outdoorsmen that share the passion for hunting and wildlife. "More of a need than ever," said Nemitz, "groups like ours, they are just working towards trying to conserve acres for wildlife. We are a group that benefits the opportunities of sportsmen throughout community, and I just want to help to grow and pass that along. I think it is important for the sportsman and land owner to come together and be able to work towards a common goal."
Source: Brookingsregister.com
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At last someone has the sense to increase the season limits. I am always amazed how some states issue a large number of permits but very short seasons! Or set a 2 bird goose or duck limit and wonder then why the number of bird hunters have fallen off! Who would take the trouble and expense to go goose or duck hunting to shoot 2 birds and come home! It then becomes very tempting to break the law and get into trouble.
Lawmaker proposes longer moose hunting season in northern Maine to thin herd
A northern Maine lawmaker has submitted legislation to lengthen the moose hunting season by a week in his part of the state. AUGUSTA, Maine — A northern Maine lawmaker has submitted legislation to lengthen the moose hunting season by a week in his part of the state. Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, said northern Maine should have a three-week hunt to thin the herd and cut down on collisions between motor vehicles and moose. Jackson said the moose population in Maine's northern expanse is much higher than in the rest of the state, creating hazards for motorists. Jackson hit a moose with his car last summer. There are roughly 700 motor vehicle crashes involving moose each year in Maine. Since 1995, 33 people have died in collisions with moose. ___ Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com
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How crazy is this!
Six people face prison for tiger shooting in Badajoz
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By h.b. - Oct 13, 2007 - 10:11 AM
 The tiger found dead at the estate - Photo EFE/Guardia Civil
 The Guardia Civil interrupted the illegal activity in December 2005
Six people face prison sentences totalling 12 years for taking part in an illegal tiger hunt in Badajoz in December 2005.
El País reports that the owner of the 70 hectares ‘Los Lunares’ estate where the hunt took place, Manuel Domínguez, and two of his employees are among those facing jail, together with a group of people who had travelled from Madrid to take part in the hunt and paid to have their photographs taken with the animal.
In any event the hunt was interrupted by the arrival of the Guardia Civil, who now believe that such illegal activity had been taking place there for years. In addition to tigers and lions, purchased from zoos, wolves were imported from Germany and Holland. The owner of the estate claims all the animals were obtained legally.
Ecologistas en Acción has already asked for the prison sentences to be increased when the case comes to court on 14 December in Don Benito.
It gets worse, if such a thing is even possible! Illegal tiger hunters escape prison in Spain
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By h.b. - Jan 11, 2008 - 5:57 PM
 The dead tiger found by the Guardia Civil on the estate in Badajoz - Photo EFE
The illegal hunts were organised on a private estate in the Extremadura region of Spain in 2005
The six people who faced charges in court for organising or taking part in an illegal tiger hunt on a private estate in Badajoz, Extremadura, in December 2005 have all escaped prison.
Manuel Domínguez, the owner of the land known as ‘Los Lunares’, was sentenced to two years in jail, but being his first sentence is has been suspended. Domínguez was found guilty of obtaining the animals from zoos and circuses in order to organise the illegal hunts which also saw wolves being imported from Holland and Germany.
Two of the hunters, Tomás de la Flor and David Jiménez, were sentenced to 18 months in jail, and three employees at the estate were given ten months sentences.
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I guess poachers are everywhere, even in prosperous countries!
Illegal secret hunting group broken up in Spainlarger | smallerBy h.b. - Mar 25, 2009 - 8:08 PM Hundreds of trophies have been recovered, most from species killed in the Reserva de Gredos - EFE
A group of secret game hunters have been broken up in the Sierra de Gredos in Ávila, and hundreds of trophies taken from protected species have been found.
The Guardia Civil say as many as 50 people across five provinces are implicated in the group.
Investigations started in Ávila and then were extended into the provinces of Toledo, Cáceres, Madrid and Ciudad Real.
Among the species affected is the Spanish Ibex.
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What an absolute mess! If the Indian government only came to their senses and allowed legal sport hunting. I would say that a sportsmen would pay over a 100K to shoot a tiger. Imagine how much benefit that would do to protecting the Tiger.
Kaziranga tiger shot dead while feeding on forest dweller
24 Mar 2009, 0242 hrs IST, Naresh Mitra, TNN
GUWAHATI, India: A tiger, which had sneaked out of Kaziranga National Park and killed two people and injured two others, was shot dead on Monday after hours of panic and chaos in which policemen and forest personnel allegedly fired indiscriminately in panic, hitting one of their own men. It is not yet known who fired the bullet that killed the killer animal.
The shocking incident comes at a time when there is an uproar over 10 tiger deaths in Kaziranga in the last three months. Most conservationists believe they were killed by poachers.
The tiger gunned down on Monday was approaching old age, and in search of easy prey. It entered Sakmuthia village in Nagaon — on the outskirts of Kaziranga — and killed a man on March 19. It was trying to eat him when villagers chased it away. The forest department sent a team to tranquillize and capture the animal. After tracking it for three days, they found it hidden in a bamboo grove in the wee hours of Monday. Realizing it was very aggressive, they sought reinforcements.
But by then, local people had noticed the forest team and surrounded the bamboo grove to avenge the villager’s death. The tiger had been terrorizing them for weeks. By 8.30 am, there were over 1,000 villagers, armed with machetes, knives, rods and shovels, screaming for blood.
Pandemonium followed for the next three hours. The forest guards and veterinarians could only watch as the mob went berserk. In the chaos, they could not get a shot at the tiger to tranquillize it. Police were called in since it was an operation outside the national park. They tried to make way for the forest guards but the villagers refused to budge.
The mob was bent on killing the tiger. One group ignored warnings and entered the grove. One of them, Uttam Bora, attacked it with a machete. The hungry tiger pounced on him, ripped off a chunk of his neck and started feeding on him, as hundreds watched horrified. The gory sight sparked a riot. Police moved in to try and control the situation. Blank shots were fired to disperse the mob, which was preventing forest guards from going anywhere near the animal to tranquillize it. In the melee, a bullet fired by a policeman hit a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) veterinarian, who was trying to dart the tiger.
About 20 rounds were fired, say witnesses. But it had no effect on the mob. They tried to storm the bamboo grove. The gunshots enraged the tiger and it came out charging. A policeman was mauled severely; claws and canines dug deep holes in his head and neck.
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Guess this is the end of all hunting in Botswana. Absolutely one of the best destinations today for trophy elephant. Lion hunting closed a few years ago and now the rest! MAUN - Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Mr Kitso Mokaila left Khwai on Friday without agreeing with some residents on whether government should or should not stop hunting tourism.
The minister was in the village to inform residents about government plans to stop hunting activities in areas near national parks and game reserves.
He also told the residents, who run the Khwai Development Trust, that it appears the money raised through hunting quotas was being misappropriated by board members.
"We have for 18 years allowed communities to freely manage themselves in community trusts but what worries me is that now people have started to use these resources to enrich themselves," he said.
He said discussed with stakeholders to identify the problems in Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM).
"The board of trustees cannot decide on how to use funds on their own without consulting the community," Mr Mokaila noted.
He said the Khwai Trust has for the past eight years made millions in various tourism projects, but what is of utmost concern is whether the funds have benefited the community.
"Some trusts have improved the lives of their residents while in others, the board is the one enjoying the fruits," he noted.
He advised the residents to look at photography tourism as one area they could make money out of as hunting will be ceased.
The trust has advertised in local newspapers for companies to enter into joint venture arrangement in management of Community Multi-purpose Controlled Hunting Area NG 18 for a nine-year period.
Minister Mokaila requested the residents to withdraw the advert so that they could remove the hunting issue, as government has decided to stop hunting in areas near parks and game reserves.
"What we could only do is to allow for a one-year contract after which the hunting activity stops in this area," Mr Mokaila said.
Some residents did not agree with the minister, saying they did not understand, while others felt comfortable with the idea of stopping hunting in the area.
"Photo tourism is the way to go as it would give you the chance of employment for a 12 month period, whereas in hunting, you get employment for only six months as it is seasonal," Mr Mokaila emphasised.
One of the residents, Mr Kealeta Motswadi agreed with the idea of photo tourism agreeing with the minister that it would give more people the opportunity to get employment.
The minister promised to visit the area again as it appeared from residents' comments that there are many issues that needed to be addressed. Residents murmured in groups after the meeting as some said they were not satisfied with the idea of stopping hunting. BOPA
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