Safety Stressed as Hunting Season Begins
from KFDA-TV
 A Texas law, in effect for the first time this season, now allows kids as young as nine to legally hunt alone. Hunting season has been underway for almost a week and as it continues on through the winter there are some important things hunters and non-hunters should know. More
TP&W's Timing for Steel Shot Study Off Target
from the Dallas Morning News
On Aug. 30, two days before dove season began, Texas Parks and Wildlife began an ill-conceived scientific study comparing the effectiveness of steel shot vs. lead shot. They brought in volunteers to shoot doves under the watchful eye of trained observers. Using a special permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, they shot the birds in Brown County, one of the most popular dove hunting counties in Texas, in an exercise that ranks among the worst public relations blunders in TP&W history. More
Birds Plentiful Near Treasury Department Site
from the Dallas Morning News
When dove season rolls around, Cory Anderson takes it to the bank. Anderson, a Fort Worth hunting outfitter, actually takes dove season to a better place than a bank. He takes it to the place where money is printed – the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It's like a gold mine for doves. More
Namibia Stands Firm on Hunting
from the Times Online
Following last week’s news that desert elephants were being targeted by hunters in Namibia, tour operators are calling for a moratorium in a bid to head off a tourist boycott. Of the six breeding bulls sold to trophy hunters - at £20,000 a head - five are already dead. The Namibian tourism minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, says that the elephants can sustain the losses and that the quotas include “problem” animals. More
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Slim Pickings as Israel's Hunting Season Opens
from The Jerusalem Post
Israel's hunting season opened this week, but there are both fewer animals to hunt and fewer places in which to hunt them this year. The Nature and Parks Authority (NPA) has, over the years, been reducing the number of hunters, the animals they can hunt and where they may be hunted. At present, hunters can only shoot doves, turtledoves, pheasants, coots, ducks and, occasionally, wild boars. All other animals are prohibited. More
Hunting in the Dark
from The Sofia Echo
If approved, the Hunting and Game Protection Act will allow private formations or single individuals to steward more than 140 game-breeding areas and 36 limited-access hunting territories, previously under the jurisdiction of the state in Bulgaria. They will be conferred for a period of 15 years and the selection of concessionaires requires an open competition, organized by the State Forestry Agency. More
Man Gets 400 Pound Black Bear
from the Wahpeton Daily News
Ted Doberstein has always been an avid outdoorsman. The 1978 Wahpeton, N.D., High School graduate saw success on the wrestling mats at the North Dakota State College of Science and at North Dakota State University. But perhaps Doberstein's biggest thrill came last month in northwest Ontario, Canada, when Doberstein bagged a 400 pound black bear that he hopes could be classified as a trophy black bear. The average black bear weighs 200 pounds. More
On the Hunt
from Newsweek
Like many Alaskans, Gov. Sarah Palin is a lifelong hunter and strong proponent of Second Amendment rights. A longtime member of the National Rifle Association, she told USA Today when she was running for governor as a Republican in 2006 that "We hunt as much as we can, and I'm proud to say our freezer is full of wild game we harvested here in Alaska." Her own parents had just returned from hunting caribou when they learned that she had been tapped as Sen. John McCain's running mate. More
See related article: Obama Gets a Blunt Question About Guns (Los Angeles Times)
Combining Hunting, Fishing a Great Way to Say Goodbye to Summer
from the Northwest Arkansas Times
Labor Day is generally thought of as the bridge from summer to fall and I took advantage last weekend by dabbling in both seasons. Bidding a bittersweet adieu to one while welcoming the other certainly has its benefits. Heck, anytime a person can fish one day and prepare for hunting season the next is, well, a time worth having. More
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton Perform and Help Legends Dove Hunt Raise Funds for Hendrick Children’s Hospital
from the Legends Dove Hunt
Country music sensations Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton will be performing an acoustic set in an intimate setting at the Legends Country Concert Sunday, Sept. 14 in Abilene, Texas. Lambert and Shelton will be performing to help raise funds for Hendrick Children’s Hospital in Abilene. The performance, which is presented by the National Rifle Association Foundation, begins at 8 p.m. at Frontier Texas! in downtown Abilene. More
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