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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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Bear was raiding campsite, turning toward man's son at Georgia campground
HELEN, Ga. — A 300-pound black bear raided a family's
campsite, and the father saved his sons from harm by throwing a log
at the beast, killing it with a single blow.
Chris Everhart and his three sons were camping in the
Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia when the
encounter happened Saturday. The bear took the family's cooler and
was heading
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
Minnesota DNR stocks Bloomington stream with 1,450 rare brook trout
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) – The Mall of America got the most unlikely
eco-neighbor Friday – a stocking of rare native trout.
A previously unknown trout stream – with headwaters just 800 feet from
Bloomingdale’s at MOA – was stocked by the Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources with 1,450 ecologically sensitive brook trout.
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Written by Morgan Cawley
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
America’s passion for wildlife and the outdoors continues to be a major
engine of the nation’s economy, according to preliminary survey data
released Monday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In 2006, more than 87 million Americans, or 38 percent of the United
States’ population age 16 and older hunted, fished or observed
wildlife. They spent $120 billion that year pursuing those activities –
an amount roughly equal to Americans’ total spending at all spectator
sports, casinos, motion pictures, golf courses and country clubs,
amusement parks and arcades combined.
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Written by Morgan Cawley
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
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GROVE, Okla.
– Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., reeled in a catch of 18 pounds, 12
ounces on Sunday to retake the lead and capture the Bassmaster Elite
Series' Sooner Run on Grand Lake.
VanDam's four-day total
weighed 78 pounds, 2 ounces, and his $100,000 payday brings his career
earnings to nearly $2.5 million.
VanDam retook the lead
from Ardmore native Jeff Kriet, the home-state favorite who led after
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
BOB AND ANN Hesterman's Fin Farm LLC in northwest Henry County is a rarity.
The fish farm near Ridgeville Corners, about 45 miles from Toledo, is
among the few in Ohio big enough to require workers outside of the
owners' families.
It provides a variety of species for stocking ponds, such as largemouth
bass, bluegill, yellow perch, channel catfish, koi, walleye, crappies,
and fathead minnows.
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
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Celebration, FL- While his ticket to the 2008 Bassmaster Classic
already has been punched, reigning Classic champion Boyd Duckett of
Demopolis, Ala., is not resting on his laurels. In fact, he’s coming on
strong.
With his eighth-place finish Sunday at the Bassmaster Elite
Series’ Sooner Run presented by Longhorn Tobacco on Oklahoma’s Grand
Lake, the pro has made two consecutive top-12 finals, including a sixth
at Smith Mountain Lake.
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Written by Morgan Cawley
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
Michigan City's festival highlighted by annual "Mania"
Michigan City's annual "Skamania Mania" fishing contest kicks off next weekend during the Michigan City Summer Festival.
Sponsored
by the Northwest Indiana Steelheaders, the public contest doesn't
require an entry fee or registration. All you have to do is go fish --
and be lucky enough to land a steelhead. All of Lake Michigan and its
tributaries, including the St. Joseph River, are included in the
contest waters.
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
Thirty-two percent decline rangewide, but wet spring could mean good
reproduction
PRATT -- Each spring, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP)
conducts a survey of pheasants throughout their range in the Sunflower State. As
the mating season approaches, roosters increase crowing, and KDWP staff driving
routes, stopping at established stations to listen for the birds. Data from this
survey, combined with the summer brood count survey in August, helps determine
the outlook for the fall pheasant crop. A wet spring made surveying difficult
but may spell good news for nesting birds.
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Written by Morgan Cawley
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
Marbury, Maryland- The Northeast Division of the $8.8 million Wal-Mart
Bass Fishing League will visit the Potomac River in Marbury, Md., July
7 for the second of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters
and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which
will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000
in the Boater Division.
If the winner is a participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program, he
will receive a $1,000 bonus from Ranger Boats and $500 from Yamaha if
his boat is powered by Yamaha. Ranger will award $500 to the
highest-finishing Ranger Cup participant if not the winner, and Yamaha
will kick in
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
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Washington fisherman has fingertips reattached after cutting himself free from sinking boat
SEATTLE, Wash. — A fisherman had two of his fingertips reattached
after cutting them off to free himself from a sinking boat, his
employer said Tuesday.
Surgeons told William Messenger that circulation had returned to
the severed tips, said David Groves, spokesman for the Washington
State Labor Council. A groggy Messenger spoke with the Labor
Council from Harborview Medical Center by phone early Tuesday.
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