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Wildlife Gone Wild?

June 30, 2010

There’s been a flurry of tragic, odd and mystifying events taking place in the crossover zone where wildlife and humans meet. In case simple things like the free-falling stock market, lack of job creation, increasing deficits and the ever-increasing questioning of the Constitution have most of your attention, I’m here to bring you wildlife news.
First [...]

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The Ugly Side of Mother Nature

March 16, 2010

As spring begins to spread across the country it’s easy to overlook the uglier side of Mother Nature. It’s the side of her that rears her dreadful head in winter. If you don’t believe me, take a hike in your nearest wild area and you’ll see what I mean.
This weekend I spent much of the [...]

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Coyote Problems at the Retirement Community

March 5, 2010

My parents sent me this photo the other day. It seems as if my coyote hunting skills are needed at the Sunland Springs retirement community in Mesa, Ariz. Just when the cats thought it was safe to evade marauding coyotes by climbing the coyotes themselves learned to climb, and balance like a tightrope walker at [...]

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“Where, Oh Where Can I Shoot?”

March 5, 2010

These early days of March are the low point in the hunter’s year. On these gray days there’s very little in North America to hunt for! Quail and rabbit were the last “regular” game seasons to go out. We’re a few weeks away from spring snow geese and even the earliest turkey seasons. It’s even [...]

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Almost Outfoxed by a Coyote

February 1, 2010

Hopefully you got out and were able to chase a fox as I suggested prior to the weekend or even spent time scouting. I went coyote hunting and almost was outfoxed. It’s that time of year. Right now coyotes are cagier than a reality film crew trying to catch a cheating politician. I found this [...]

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Outfoxed Again

January 29, 2010

When I first started venturing out on my own with a firearm in hand, one of my favorite wintertime pursuits was to crisscross the fields of eastern South Dakota in search of red fox. Back in the 1980s there actually were quite a few red fox scattered across the Midwest. That’s changed today with the [...]

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