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Scouting for mule deer. What does that mean? When you’re looking at a huge area, you’ve got many different levels of scouting.
We’ve hunted CA deer zone X12 before and it has huge deer habitat. It seems as if the entire unit holds deer. We’ve concluded that the biggest bucks are in the most difficult spots [...]

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Date of Hearing:   July 2, 2008
                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mark Leno, Chair
                    SB 1172 (Dutton) - As Amended:  June 25, 2009
          Policy Committee:                             Water, Parks & 
          Wildlife     Vote:                            12-0
          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              
          SUMMARY
          This bill restructures the process by which the Department of 
          Fish and Game (DFG) deposits [...]

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Opening day is always good. This year was unique as I hunted alone with little fanfare. As my blind was set up for afternoon and evening winds, I didn’t get up early. Arriving about 2:00 PM, the weather was warm, but not unbearable. An appropriate sweat kept me cool enough and as usual, animal activity kept [...]

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Saturday it starts, deer season 2008. I’ve got my ground blind set beside a pond that typically attacts bucks during hot weather. I’ve missed a couple from this spot, but never put my tag on one yet. But this may be the year.
My blind is commercially made and has several ports to shoot through. I [...]

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This in recently from Jim Lopresto of AIM Adventures:

Hi Rich,
 
I have an Oregon Archery Deer/ Elk hunt - Unguided but includes a camp or residence about 3 miles for the ranch.
The ranch is 5000 acres and borders national forest which has locked gates and only allows foot traffic giving another 7000 acres enclosed.
7 day hunt [...]

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Researchers in Oregon have concluded, after extensive research, that prey species have a fear of predators and that prey species move away from their mortal enemies in an effort to survive. They have also concluded that this natural system has an important relationship to the success of other plant and animal life.
Impressive conclusion?
Interesting how a bit of [...]

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On September 11, 2001 Rob and I were packed and ready to fly to Fairbanks. As we approached Oakland Airport, we came to realize that our trip would be delayed. It was four or five days later that we finally boarded a different plane and flew to Fairbanks.
Our trip was to be a self guided [...]

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SB1172 creates California Fish and Game Commission oversight over expenditure of funds generated from sale of all tags and stamps issued for take of big game animals in California including funds generated from Fundraising Tags, deer, elk, bear, sheep, antelope and pig tags as well as upland game bird stamps.
 
This video shows the testimony of Senator Dutton [...]

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Warthogs and baboons feeding at Pillainsberg Wildlife Refuge near Sun City South Africa.
Although not considered high on the list of African trophy animals, warthogs are a very significant animal for several reasons. First of all you’ll see them often. They are interesting to watch and strange looking with their large tusks. And, they are fun [...]

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During the several years that I part timed as a pig guide, we killed about 25 to 30 wild boars. Several hunters came back for a second or even third time. One of those was Roger Fung. Roger was very excited about killing a big pig.
 
He was slight of stature, probably in the 150 [...]

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