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Taylor Shellfish not part of duck hunting issue in Eld InletThe Olympian, WAI'm an owner of Taylor Shellfish Farms writing to clarify the record regarding our involvement in the duck hunting issue in Eld Inlet. On May 10, The Olympian published a front page story titled “Duck hunting leads to dispute.” The story misled readers …
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MAY 31 ATCHAFALAYA VOICES: Writing from our readersThe Daily Advertiser, LAAs he sits on the swing in his backyard, his memory brings him back to his first duck hunt. He can't believe how vivid the memories are after all this time. He was only 12 years old when his daddy told him, "Eddie, take your gun [...]
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Duck hunting lottery to be discussed by public works boardJournal Gazette and Times-Courier, ILThe proposal on a drawing for duck hunting privileges comes several months after a subcommittee of the advisory board took up the issue after some contentious city council meetings. Some people claimed they were denied hunting privileges under the …
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Post-Bulletin, Rochester MNPost-Bulletin, MNMany of the dogs are used in waterfowl and pheasant hunting as well as field trials. Trial training makes them much better at finding game during actual hunting and makes them better behaved in the field or duck blinds, he said. …
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Number of ducks in state has decreasedRecord-Searchlight, CAThe duck surveys are used by DFG officials to set bag limits for duck hunting, he said. Mallards, the most abundant ducks, remain almost unchanged in number. The DFG found 302000 mallards this year, up slightly from the 297100 found in 2008. …
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Something else I forgotLake Expo, MOI guess it will go duck hunting with me this fall, but it is hard to take a beautiful gift like that out in the woods. I remember how great those Browning boots looked when I got them, and they really look awful now. I need to find out if [...]
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Hunting Doesn't Fit ReserveThe Ledger, FLTwo recent letters to The Ledger had opinions on duck hunting at the Circle B Bar Reserve. Both thought it should be allowed. I have been going to the reserve regularly since it reopened in November 2008, and have talked to many people and have only …
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Restoration idea turns to reality, draws to a closeVillages Daily Sun, FL“And he always talked about the lake, whether we were hunting or fishing. It's wonderful to see his dream realized.” “I know David would be thrilled,” Phyllis Hanson-Moffitt said. “He loved duck hunting here at the lake more than anything. …
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Minnesota buys 6900 more acres for public recreation, thanks to …Pioneer Press, MNAmong the acquisitions will be 1200 acres in Waterfowl Production Areas by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which will help fund the "accelerated" WPA program with money raised from the sale of federal duck stamps. WPAs are popular hunting and …
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Hunts Harm Circle B Bar ReserveThe Ledger, FLThey imply a long history of hunting in this marsh. There was no "historic" duck hunting in this marsh which actually existed as improved pasture for more than 50 years before being restored as a wetland by the Southwest Florida Water Management …