Posted in Deer Hunting, Hunting on May 7th, 2006 Comments Off
Decreasing elk herds mean fewer licenses for hunters -Elk hunters have been cautioned for years that the good times are now and they won’t last forever.
The end might be nearer than you thought.
On Thursday, the Colorado Wildlife Commission approved issuing 15,000 fewer cow-elk and either-sex licenses for this fall’s big-game season, the first in what [...]
Posted in Turkey Hunting on May 7th, 2006 Comments Off
Turkey hunting hits, misses – Some of the youth hunters in this area were successful in bagging their first bearded gobblers during the two days prior to the regular hunting season for wild turkeys.
One youngster, hunting with an adult friend a short distance from my house, had the good luck to have a young gobbler [...]
Posted in Turkey Hunting on May 7th, 2006 Comments Off
My first wild turkey sighting was little more than a curiosity. I was crossing a plank bridge, trying to keep an old Farmall tractor between the bridge rails when a hen darted across the road in front of me. She was there and gone before I got a good look.
Thirty years later, it’s no [...]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 5th, 2006 Comments Off
ODFW tag sale plan – More deer hunters will actually hunt deer this fall in Baker County, which is preferable to pouting at home and wishing you were hunting deer.
Especially if you’re a deer hunter.
Wildlife biologists at the Baker City office of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) recommend the state’s Fish [...]
Posted in Turkey Hunting on May 5th, 2006 Comments Off
Turkey hunting gobbles up another beginner
Turkey hunting is a unique combination of exhilaration and boredom. It’s an instance of going one on one with an animal whose head is smaller than your fist.
It’s the chase of an animal that loudly gobbles and drums when amorously pursuing what it thinks is a female, but quickly and [...]
Posted in Turkey Hunting on May 5th, 2006 Comments Off
Spring turkey hunting – With spring turkey season under way, turkey hunters everywhere should be expecting great things this season. Last year presented us with excellent breeding conditions for turkey flocks throughout the Hudson Valley.
In addition to seeing some very nice, mature gobblers around, I’ve also seen many young jakes. Our recent fair-weather conditions have [...]
Posted in Hunting on May 2nd, 2006 Comments Off
The North Dakota Retriever Club (NDRC) is pleased to host another Gun Dog Day on Saturday May 6 at their grounds on U.S. Highway 10 near Glyndon, MN. Gun Dog Days is your chance to expose your retriever to decoys, real birds, duck/goose calls, gun shots, duck boats, duck blinds and the excitement of real [...]