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Muslim Insurgents Mauled to Death by Bear After Hiding Out in Its Den

Online Editors — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:28:55 -0500

Looks like the U.S. military needs to expand its recruiting efforts... read more

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Chad Love: Cut Down a Tree with a Ten-Dollar Knife

Online Editors — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:38:32 -0500

So say you're stuck in the woods, the temperature's dropping fast and you need shelter and fire, quickly. There are trees all around but you have neither saw nor axe. All you have is your knife. It's...

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Show-And-Tell Gator On The Lam In Florida

Online Editors — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:36:46 -0500

From the News Herald: A Florida Fish and Wildlife officer’s attempt to use a 5-foot live alligator during show and tell Friday at Breakfast Point Academy ended with the critter on the loose in...

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Texas Bowhunter Arrows Battling Buck

Online Editors — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:33:40 -0500

From The Lufkin Daily News: "The fight was pretty intense — very violent," [Ben Bartlett] recalled. "Both of the bucks had their heads down and it was just a tangle of horns. I could see their...

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New Concealed-Carry Permit Numbers Double in South Carolina

Online Editors — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28:18 -0500

From The State: So far in 2009, the number of South Carolinians wanting to pack heat nearly has doubled over the previous year as people worry about violent crime and feel threatened by partisan...

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Discussion Topic: On Hunters, Researchers, and Wolf 527

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:30:13 -0500

On October 3rd, a hunter bagged a female radio-collared wolf in Montana’s backcountry. And on October 25, the Los Angeles Times made her a celebrity, with the back-story provided by the collar...

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Downed Power Line Kills Deer, Bears, Wolves. . .

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:28:31 -0500

From the Missoulan: Officials say a downed power line near Eureka in northwestern Montana electrocuted more than a dozen animals over a period of months, including a wolf that was "still warm" when...

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Maryland Hunters Bag 68 Bears

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:26:15 -0500

From The Baltimore Sun: Once the flash point for lawsuits, legislation and protests, the bear hunt has become just another part of the wildlife management program run by the Department of Natural...

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Special Report: On Coyote Attacks and the Death of Canadian Folk Singer Taylor Mitchell

Online Editors — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:01:30 -0500

On Tuesday, October 27, two coyotes mauled 19-year-old Taylor Mitchell on a hiking trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. Although Mitchell was hiking alone when...

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Discussion Topic: NSSF Calls Out Paper On “Permits To Kill Hunters”

Online Editors — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:55:23 -0400

We all know there isn’t much love lost between hunters and anti-hunters, but nobody wishes anybody any real harm—except when some crazy anti-hunter does wish us real harm and a newspaper...

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