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November 6, 2009 - GRAND RAPIDS — Wes Libbey can still remember the first buck he shot at. A big 12-pointer, he recalled.

November 6, 2009 - Indiana's annual firearms season for white-tailed deer opens November 14. During the 16-day season, which ends Nov. 29, hunters are expected to kill an estimated 86,000 deer.

November 6, 2009 - PHOENIX -- The stars have aligned - rainbow trout are coming to a galaxy of waters close to home for millions, plus 2009 fishing licenses for state waters or the urban program lakes are now on sale for half price, advises Arizona Game and Fish Department officials.

November 5, 2009 - TAKING A youngster or an adult novice hunting or target shooting, including archery and bowhunting, is a great way to pass along outdoors traditions. Thanks to the National Shooting Sports Foundation's "Step Outside Sweepstakes," it is also a chance to win one of five $1,000 gift certificates at Bass Pro Shops.

November 5, 2009 - Dr. James Kroll is director of the Institute for White-tailed Deer Management and Research at Stephen F. Austin State. The man known as Dr. Deer has published more than 200 scientific and popular articles and numerous books based on years of telemetry-tracking whitetails.

November 5, 2009 - Saturday will mark the beginning of the 2009-10 Texas whitetail deer hunting season.

November 5, 2009 - LIZELLA, GEORGIA - Redfish anglers from Texas to North Carolina and surrounding regions will converge on Orange Beach, Alabama, November 6-7 for the IFA Redfish Tour Championship tournament, the

November 5, 2009 - 2009 USA Archery World Championship team member World Kristin Braun (Palos Verdes, California) is slated to appear on the NBC's Jay Leno Show tonight (Thursday, Nov. 5). Braun, a U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete in Chula Vista, California, will travel to Los Angeles on Thursday to tape her piece.

November 4, 2009 - Montana hunters are bagging big game this season.  Fish, Wildlife and Parks report deer and elk numbers are steady across most of the state.  But if you're planning to hunt deer in the Bitterroot, you may have to 

November 4, 2009 - OAK HALL -- A safe, fun shooting experience without cost to participants is planned for youth on Nov. 7. The NRA Youth Sportsfest Camp is open to all girls and boys, ages 8-18.

November 4, 2009 - ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - In college athletics, football and basketball reign supreme in televised competition. However, there's a new sport in town that has begun to crown champions on a field of play far removed

November 4, 2009 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a proposal to protect the salmon-crested cockatoo of Indonesia as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). If made final, the measure would extend ESA protection to this species. The measure was published in the November 3, 2009, Federal Register.

November 4, 2009 - WASHINGTON —A federal jury in Aberdeen, S.D., has found a South Dakota man guilty for smuggling the hide of a leopard into the United States in violation of the Convention on International Trade in Wild