Bow Hunting Sales on Target
KFBB NewsChannel 5
Long bows are his best selling product, and he's also sold a lot of arrows. Montana's bow hunting deer and elk season runs through October 18.

Let's think black bear hunting
GoErie.com
Since preparing to hunt Pennsylvania black bears is challenging, now is the time to get enthused by thinking about black bear hunting. ...

Two face multiple charges in elk hunt
Denver Post
Rangers say the brothers were hunting with a floodlight, and drugs and alcohol were found. By Howard Pankratz A bull elk and his harem of cows 26 miles ...

Bear down time
Cumberland Times-News
You know what I think about most when it comes to bear hunting in Maryland this fall? I think “Holy cow. I might actually kill one. What then? ...

Kentucky defends against fatal deer, elk disease
Amplifier
Those who travel to Kentucky to hunt deer or elk must know the regulations of any state through which they intend to travel when returning home. ...

Colorado public meeting to discuss deer/elk hunts Sept. 28
Buckmasters Online
28 at 7 pm to discuss the management of deer and elk hunting units in the South Fork area. The meeting will take place at the Carnegie Library, ...

A bear of a problem in Aspen
Aspen Times
Up for discussion is a proposal to issue even more fall bear-hunting licenses in order to control the bear population around Aspen. Hunting is already a key ...

Bear hunt seems backward
Prince George Citizen
The article I read in The Citizen about the fall grizzly bear hunt sounded like we were back in the 1800s. Why in the world would Tom Ethier, manager of the ...

Whitetail changes in store: New York DEC announces public meetings
Wellsville Daily Reporter
... intend to craft a survey for deer hunters to get additional feedback on specific ways to address issues related to potential hunting regulation changes. ...

Montana should look to Minnesota for wolf tips
The Missoulian
Hunters there recognize that wolves make elk and deer more difficult to find, but respond by simply becoming "better hunters." Nobody seems to hate wolves ...

Young hunter scores big bear when he gets the shot
Duluth News Tribune (registration)
It was the first bear that Jake had ever taken — or seen while hunting. He began bear hunting at age 12, but didn't draw a permit last year. ...

Stalking a Majestic Beast With an Eye on the Record Book
New York Times
1, Palmer began his hunt in the company of Jellison, a second guide, Brent Sinclair, and the coordinator of the state elk and pronghorn preservation program ...

Some other visitors from Texas
Casper Star-Tribune Online
The expo offers literally dozens of hands-on experiences related to hunting, fishing, biology and other aspects of the outdoors. ...

Pine Creek Shooting Club, Estate of the Day
Luxist
If you prefer hunting, a private sporting community near Okeechobee, Florida called Pine Creek Sporting Club is for you. The community is about an hour from ...

Bear hunting in SE will eventually make it here
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
1 for primitive gun hunting. Hunters must purchase a bear tag, It's estimated there are 700-800 bears statewide. Bears once roamed most of the US, ...

Gunnison elk limit rejected
Denver Post
The Colorado Wildlife Commission on Thursday slammed the door on a proposal to limit licenses in key elk hunting units in the Gunnison Basin, ...

County writes letter supporting bill aimed at hunting conservation
Siskiyou Daily News
... completing projects, and implementing programs to benefit antelope, elk, deer, wild pigs, bear, and sheep, and expanding public hunting opportunities ...

Idaho Wolves: 0, Hunters: 3
San Francisco Chronicle
Hunters and game officials predict that wolf hunting will get easier when snow falls, revealing wolves against a crisp white backdrop. ...

Almanac: Duck hunting decline not just here
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Are the number of Minnesota duck hunters declining because of recent years of poor hunting here, or are other factors at work, too? ...

Alligator hunting season opens
The State
The state's monthlong alligator hunting season opened at noon on Saturday. One thousand permits for the hunt have been approved. Each hunter is allowed to ...

State hoping to get quail off the ground
Louisville Courier-Journal
Williams said that's why simply closing an area to quail hunting so the birds can repopulate — a tactic that has been successful with deer, turkey and elk ...

Shotgun fun doesn't get any better, at least when birds are falling
Dallas Morning News
Another fall hunting cycle was ushered in by the start of dove season in most of Texas. During a weekend West Texas hunt with Texas Best Outfitters, ...

Hunters are safer than ever
al.com
"I don't think hunter ed is the only thing affecting the number of firearm-related accidents. I believe the style of hunting has changed over the last 30 to ...

DEC Announces Release of Pheasants for 2009 Hunting Season
ReadMedia (press release)
Boundaries for pheasant hunting zones conform to state Wildlife Management Units (WMU); WMU boundary descriptions can be found on DEC's website at: ...

Illinois and Iowa digest
Burlington Hawk Eye
AMES --The bow-hunting season for urban deer in Ames is about to begin. The season was to begin Saturday at South River Valley Park, Gateway Park and the ...

The Sportsman's World: Recession proof
Fulton Valley News (subscription)
... largest deer and elk herds in the nation, so it's no wonder that many businesses make a big chunk of their annual revenue during the hunting season. ...

11000 give input on plan to kill elk
Dickinson Press
... herd reduction through roundup and euthanization; shipping live elk to other places and encouraging hunting opportunities outside park boundaries. ...

State's hunter-trapper safety course reduces accidents by nearly ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
In the 1950s, nearly 600 hunting-related shooting incidents were documented in Pennsylvania each year. These days, the most dangerous part of your hunting ...

Elusive Elk and Deer
KECI-TV
Hunters may be in for quite a challenge when they head out in search of elk and deer this year. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says big game could be ...

Hunting news for the weekend......

Archers take aim at Bison
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Elk hunting in Grand Teton National Park begins Oct. 10. The so-called "Elk Reduction Program" is allowed as it was one of the compromises to expanding ...

Gazette Opinion: Montana on right track with limited wolf hunt
Billings Gazette
It's believed that most people buying wolf tags plan to hunt other game and intend to shoot a wolf if they see one while they are stalking deer or elk. ...

Safety is the focus as hunting season opens
Stanwood Camano News
With the black bear hunting season opening last month, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) reminds hunters and others enjoying the ...

Brownwood Hunter Makes 65th Consecutive Opening Day Hunt
Tyler Morning Telegraph
From 1962 until two years ago he took annual elk hunts to Colorado. Also, he and his wife, Norita, have been in the floral business in Brownwood for 54 ...

Hunters Flock to La For Tax Holiday
KTAL
During the Labor Day weekend everything hunting related is tax free in Louisiana. Boats, guns, ammo, knives, clothing, and anything you can think of to use ...

More bear hunting licenses up for grabs in Vail Valley
Vail Daily News
Given that, are more people planning to hunt them this year? Bear hunting season begins Wednesday, with both archery and limited rifle season going into ...

Hunting bolsters local western Ky. economy
MLive.com
"Deer hunting is probably the No. 1 fall recreation in the area," said Michele Edwards, director of the Marion Tourism Commission. ...

Schmitt column: There's no pleasing people
St. Cloud Times
It seems everyone has an opinion on how the deer season should be set up and most guys I talk with seem to have at least one complaint about deer hunting ...

Tick-Borne Illnesses Have Nantucket Considering Some Deer-Based ...
New York Times
Most controversial is whether to allow more deer hunting. “The numbers of tick-borne diseases are so off the graph, and it all comes back to the deer,” said ...

Considerations for hunting at long range
Macon Telegraph
The larger caliber will be used for deer hunting, where I expect my longest shot opportunity to be less than 200 yards. What considerations should I make in ...

Open Season: Migratory game bird seasons announced
SouthCoastToday.com
Deer hunting at Otis will be allowed during the shotgun season from Nov. 30 - Dec. 5 and during the muzzleloader season from Dec. 16 - 19. ...

Alberta's grizzly hunt decision a year off
Calgary Herald
Earlier this year, Minister Ted Morton said a permanent decision regarding the four-year moratorium on grizzly bear hunting would likely be made by the end ...

Proposed hunting and fishing license changes
NewsOK.com
→Creating an annual "Sportsman's License” which would include hunting and fishing licenses, all deer and turkey licenses, elk and antelope licenses, ...

Md. Bear Hunt Applications Up 10 Percent
WJZ
Read more in our Privacy Policy The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says applications for black bear hunting permits have risen by about 10 percent ...

Dumped marlin, hunting miscues tarnish image
San Diego Union Tribune
He said the state averages only about 16 hunting, or firearm-related, injuries per year, with two or fewer resulting in death. ...

Mark Russell
Chicago Tribune
The wolf-hunting season begins Tuesday in states where they have been taken off the endangered species list. Once they are no longer endangered, ...

Depot offers chance to glimpse white deer with tours
Ithaca Journal
Some hunting is allowed each fall in conjunction with New York State's deer hunting season. Several days are set aside to harvest about 200 deer with a few ...

MD DNR Black Bear Hunting Permit Drawing Receives Record Number Of ...
AmmoLand.com - Shooting Sports News
In 2008, DNR received 3292 applications “Maryland's black bear hunt is not only a unique hunting opportunity, but vital to managing the bear population,” ...

Texas lethality study will help settle on best methods
Dallas Morning News
It's the most intense scientific study ever done on dove shooting, geared up as pressure mounts to ban the use of lead ammunition in the hunting of any ...

Opening weekend big hit in Texoma
KXII-TV
Fall weather starts coming in and dove hunt's the first thing in the fall so everybody kind of gets keyed up for the deer hunting season,” said dove hunter ...

Hunting tags will be available during season
Mail Tribune
... who fail to buy tags before the traditional pre-hunt deadlines will still be able to buy tags during the hunting season, under new rules adopted Friday. ...

Archers will find more mature bucks
Richmond Daily News
Details of the four-point rule and other archery deer hunting regulations are contained in the 2009 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information ...

Holiday for Guns Gives Louisiana Hunters Break on Sales Taxes
Bloomberg
“There are a lot of states that don't support shooting sports and hunting.” Across the country, more than 450 municipal leaders, including Ray Nagin of New ...

Tax Free Weekend Could Boost The Economy
KTAL
Through Sunday shoppers won't pay taxes on hunting supplies. "Everything related to hunting or made for hunting is both state and parish tax free this ...

Bear hunters fear Kanawha ordinance spells doom
Beckley Register-Herald
To Gary Knapp, president of the West Virginia Bear Hunters Association, the ordinance is a not-too-subtle move to disallow bear hunting in a region where ...

When Doves Fly
Washington Post
With an eye glued to the sky, talk is of fishing, kids' soccer games, deer hunting prospects and anything else not work-related. The guns are propped nearby ...

WILDLIFE UPDATE AND OUTDOOR CALENDAR POSTED AUGEST 4, 2009
Bixby Bulletin
Opportunities such as shotgun shooting, archery, ATV rides, mountain biking, fishing, wildlife watching, music, seminars and booths related to hunting, ...

Crossbows legal for deer and bear seasons
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Based on that, crossbows may be used by hunters during archery deer seasons, archery bear seasons, turkey seasons and the two-week firearms deer seasons. ...

Fish and Game Q&A: Are hunters a threat to hikers and campers?
Los Angeles Times
Roy Griffith, California sells nearly 300000 hunting licenses per year, yet averages only about 16 firearm-related hunting injuries per year, ...

Some news for you guys and gals..........

Special opportunity for Michigan hunters announced
Examiner.com
No one with a revoked hunting license is eligible. Non- residents may apply for the Pure Michigan Hunt but will not be able to hunt elk. ...

Idaho wildlife manager talks about elk herds and wolf packs
The Spokesman Review
•Idaho Panhandle wolf hunting season scheduled to open. Fewer North Idaho families will have elk steaks in their freezers this fall. ...

Court asked to stop wolf hunts in ID, MT
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Opponents of the first gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies in decades are due in court on Monday, making a last minute bid to stop the hunting before it ...

Doves plentiful at season's start
Topeka Capital Journal
Dove season kicks off the annual fall hunting seasons and opens Tuesday. Hunters like Mike Kelly will be heading to their favorite fields, likely taking ...

Sports Spasms
Alva Review-Courier
By Jim Barker Don't forget that Free Hunting Days, when Oklahoma residents do not need a hunting license or HIP permit to go afield, is coming up on Sept. ...

Safari Club helps out
Escanaba Daily Press
One case in particular was an effort to stop a move by the antis in 1996 to ban bear hunting in Michigan. If you are interested in attending the N/SCI ...

Judge will consider RMEF support of wolf hunts
ESPN
... a motion allowing the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to enter an amicus curiae brief supporting state-regulated wolf hunting in Idaho and Montana. ...

Living with bears, a way of life for Jim Faro
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
We were monitoring the brown bear hunting. At that point, there was probably as much illegal hunting of brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula as there was ...

All Right Elk
Bowhunter
The desolate land and sweltering heat certainly didn't promise great elk hunting. Suddenly, the truck ahead swung to the right, and its headlights ...

PREVIEW: Tagged by hunting
NRToday.com
Tyler notched a hunting trifecta, tagging a bear in early September, a blacktail buck in early November and a bull elk a couple weeks later. ...

Outdoor Journal: Christmas in September
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Dove hunting is a tradition which runs as a bright thread through the fabric of the region's sporting history, and there's nothing quite like it in the ...

Dad arrested in shooting: Injured boy discharged from hospital
Pacific Daily News
The GPD confiscated firearms from Villagomez, and hunting-related charges may be pending from wildlife authorities, Guzman said. ...

Here's a look at other hunting seasons set to open in the next week:
Grand Forks Herald
About the hunt: “The upcoming dove season is an ideal time to introduce someone else to hunting,” said Bill Penning, farmland wildlife program leader for ...

Hunting seasons open Saturday
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
DES MOINES --- Iowa's hunting seasons for cottontail rabbits and squirrels opens Saturday. Cottontail rabbit numbers will be similar to last year, ...

A great bear dog needs grit and a good cold nose
Duluth News Tribune (registration)
During a midday break from bear hunting at the Dry Dock Restaurant and Bar in Douglas County, the talk quickly turned to bear-hunting hounds — and stayed ...

A Bear Encounter While Hunting Moose
AlaskaReport
I pulled on my blood-stained hunting clothes and stumbled outside to do my morning business. I craved that one-of-a-kind, hunting-camp coffee, the kind that ...

Wis. 10-year-old hunting age begins Thursday
Chippewa Herald
Supporters say the change will draw more children into hunting earlier, preserving Wisconsin's rich hunting traditions. Critics counter 10-year-olds can't ...

Wisconsin bear hunting season
Duluth News Tribune (registration)
Oct. 7-13 — In zones A, B and D for hunters using bait and other methods, but not dogs A learn-to-hunt youth bear hunt is held each fall in Wisconsin before ...

Hunting and fishing licenses on sale Tuesday
Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
MONTGOMERY | Alabama hunting and fishing licenses for the 2009-2010 season go on sale at 12:01 am Tuesday. All current recreational licenses expire Monday. ...

Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association
Duluth News Tribune (registration)
All of the hunters in the Belden Boys bear-hunting group are members of the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association. For more information about the 3000-member ...

Father Kills Bear to Save Son
Reader's Digest
A former hunting guide who had moved to these mountains simply for the love of hunting and fishing, Ron Jr. had waited years to get his father this close to ...

Alberta to delay decision on whether to resume grizzly bear hunt ...
The Canadian Press
What this information will provide us with is whether a hunt would be a sustainable aspect of grizzly bear management or not. Right now we simply do not ...

Hunting group wants Alta. grizzly bear hunt reinstated
Winnipeg Sun
By THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Alberta Fish and Game Association is urging the province to immediately reinstate the grizzly bear hunt. ...

Ok I meant rifle calibers over 100 years old. Since I started it I will go first:

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