Doves as Comfort Food

Dovapalooza continues. After our skimpy opening day hunt , Holly and I traveled south to the Coastal Range mountain ranch of our friend Michael Riddle at Native Hunt , where I girded myself for three days of hard cooking for the annual dove hunt Michael puts on for about 50 of his friends and clients. I did this last year, in the original Dovapalooza , and nearly broke after something like 24 hours of cooking over a 72-hour weekend. Thankfully I had help this time, and the weekend wen

Many thousands of pheasants in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has slated 106,142 ring-necked pheasants for release on public lands throughout the state for the upcoming small game hunting seasons, including 16,800 birds for the junior only season from Oct. 10-17. Opening day of the general pheasant hunting season is Oct. 24, and closes on Nov. 28. Game Commission regional offices have an updated publication, “A Guide to Pheasant Releases and More,” which identifies State Game Lands, and those state parks and federal lands w

Hunters Pass On Opening Day Of Dolphin Season

NPR 5 Sep 09; This week marked the opening of dolphin hunting season in Japan. During the six-month season, thousands of dolphins are corralled into narrow coves and captured for sale to aquariums or amusement parks. Those not captured are killed for meat. But this year, something different happened. After Taiji's annual dolphin hunt was covertly filmed for a documentary, the little fishing village has suddenly found itself at the uncomfortable center of a media spotlight. Police and fisherme

Opening Day is Today at OpeningDay.Ducks.org

Opening Day is Today at OpeningDay.Ducks.org OpeningDay.Ducks.org Ducks Unlimited Ducks Unlimited – -(AmmoLand.com)- September has arrived and waterfowl hunters have a smile on their faces. Duck numbers are up and opening day is drawing ever closer. At Ducks Unlimited, we can’t wait any longer. Today is our “Opening Day” and we want to celebrate it with you! Starting today, you can visit the First Flight: Opening Day Web site at openingday.ducks.org. Back by popular dema

Wolf hunt is on in Idaho — for now. First wolf killed is a female near Lochsa River. Hunter says it was an adrenaline rush to hear other wolves howl after he shot her

Tue Sep 1, 7:08 PM ET This picture provided by Robert Millage shows his rifle with the first reported wolf killed in Idaho on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 - the opening day of the state's 2009 season. The real estate agent took the day off of work to hunt the predators, which were removed from the endangered species list earlier this year. Millage says he shot the wolf from 25 yards near a ridge along the Lochsa River in northern Idaho.

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