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Governor Branstad Rescinds Iowa Shot Shell Ruling

by Outdoor Hub May 14, 2012

Governor Terry Branstad, a member of the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus, has permanently rescinded a provision of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources dove season rule that prohibits the use of traditional ammunition. The executive order was a result of the Iowa senate’s inaction on SJR 2001, a legislative resolution to rescind the ban. Although the [...]

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Youth/Women’s Wingshooting Clinic May 19-20 at WSRC in Illinois

by Outdoor Hub May 11, 2012

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), the Friends of the World Shooting and Recreational Complex (WSRC) and the National Wild Turkey Federation – Turkey Bluffs Chapter are sponsoring a wingshooting clinic for youth and women on May 19-20 at the WSRC in Sparta. The clinic will provide an opportunity to learn to safely and [...]

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Dove Hunting in Argentina Beretta Style – Part III: Estancia Los Chañares

by Shotgun Life May 3, 2012
The sunflower fields on the approach to Estancia Los Chañares. During the sunflower season, phenomenal dove hunting is a few steps from your room.

In Part I of the series “Dove Hunting in Argentina Beretta Style” we talked about our mission: To determine if a 12 gauge is overkill, compared with sub-gauge shotguns, for high-volume dove shooting in Argentina. In Part II, we reach our first hunting destination, the Sierra Brava Lodge. In Part III, we head to Estancia Los Chañares [...]

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Dove Hunting in Argentina Beretta Style – Part II: The Sierra Brava Lodge

by Shotgun Life May 2, 2012
Dove Hunting in Argentina Beretta Style – Part II: The Sierra Brava Lodge

In Part I of the series “Dove Hunting in Argentina Beretta Style” we talked about our mission: To determine if a 12 gauge is overkill, compared with sub-gauge shotguns, for high-volume dove shooting in Argentina. Now in Part II, we reach our first hunting destination, the Sierra Brava Lodge. Check out Shotgun Life for more [...]

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Dove Hunting in Argentina Beretta Style – Part I: The Mission

by Shotgun Life May 1, 2012
In some of the brush blinds where we shot, the doves clustered in flight for possible multiple hits with a single 12-gauge shotgun equipped with open chokes – a consideration if you’re looking to achieve a personal best.

Welcome to Shotgun Life’s three part series about high-volume dove hunting in Argentina. The series tries to debunk the myth that sub-gauge shotguns are the only way to go for big numbers in Argentina dove hunting. We head out to the famed Cordoba region with a pair of 12 gauge Berettas to prove our point. [...]

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Quail Management Beneficial for Other Declining Bird Species

by Outdoor Hub April 26, 2012
Indigo Bunting are one many birds benefited by Quail Managment

While some landowners manage for bobwhite quail and work to boost wild bird populations across the state, they may not realize they are helping to benefit other bird species at the same time. Bobwhite quail have been experiencing drastic population declines across their range. Since the 1960s, quail populations have declined by an average of [...]

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Illinois Pheasants Forever Inducts Inaugural Members to Hall of Fame

by Pheasants Forever April 25, 2012

Illinois Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever recognized chapters and individuals from across the state for their wildlife habitat conservation efforts at the organizations’ recent state convention. During this event, four Pheasants Forever members were inducted into the state’s Hall of Fame, celebrating their dedicated efforts in supporting the organizations’ conservation mission in Illinois. Gerry Rodeen [...]

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Scott Linden of “Wingshooting USA” Signs Book Deal

by Outdoor Hub April 23, 2012
Scott Linden of “Wingshooting USA” Signs Book Deal

Television personality Scott Linden has signed a book deal with New York’s Skyhorse Publishing. Tentatively titled What the Dogs Taught Me, the work, he says, “will shave two years off the learning curve, empowering newcomers to better enjoy and stick with bird hunting and dog training. I hope to give them hard-earned knowledge sooner, not [...]

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Pheasants Forever Hires New Iowa State Coordinator

by Pheasants Forever April 18, 2012
Pheasants Forever Hires New Iowa State Coordinator

Pheasants Forever (PF) announces Tom Fuller, formerly Pheasants Forever’s Regional Representative in eastern Iowa, as the organization’s new Iowa State Coordinator. In his new position, Fuller will be responsible for the long-term strategic implementation of Pheasants Forever’s conservation mission in Iowa. “Tom brings a skill set and local knowledge to a new position within Iowa [...]

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Ruffed Grouse Society Names John B. Eichinger as New President and CEO

by Ruffed Grouse Society April 17, 2012
Ruffed Grouse Society names John B. Eichinger as new President and CEO

Dr. Gayen Byker, Chair of the Ruffed Grouse Society’s Board of Directors, announced yesterday that John B. Eichinger has been selected as the Ruffed Grouse Society’s (RGS) new President and Chief Executive Officer. According to Dr. Byker, “When our current President and CEO, Dr. Mike Zagata, announced his retirement at our National Hunt in October, [...]

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Wyoming Upland Enthusiasts Form two Pheasants Forever Chapters

by Outdoor Hub April 15, 2012
Wyoming Upland Enthusiasts Form two Pheasants Forever Chapters

Pheasant hunters and conservationists in Wyoming have formed the state’s two newest Pheasants Forever chapters. The Wedding of the Waters Pheasants Forever chapter and the Central Wyoming Pheasants Forever chapter are committed to creating and improving habitat and giving youth opportunities to experience the outdoors. “I am very excited to see such a dedicated group of upland [...]

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This Week on MOJO’s Coming to the Call: Coyotes and Bobcats

by Outdoor Hub April 13, 2012
This week on MOJO’s Coming to the Call

The new episode will premiere tomorrow (4/17) on the Sportsman Channel at 11/10c.  This week’s episode features Byron South as he joins Sam Clemons and Rod Haydel of Haydel Game Calls to take down hard charging coyotes and a bobcat that got a little too curious.  See the Double Trouble in action! “Double Up with [...]

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Texas PW Commission Looks to Science for Solution to Quail Woes

by Outdoor Hub April 12, 2012

Texas quail hunters should not expect substantive changes for the 2012-13 season after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission urged biologists to intensify quail conservation efforts, while minimizing the use of regulations as a means to address declining bobwhite populations. “We don’t see regulations as a defining tool to deal with the bigger, long term [...]

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Kansas Launches New Bobwhite Quail Initiative

by Outdoor Hub April 11, 2012
Kansas Launches New Bobwhite Quail Initiative

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) is launching a new quail restoration initiative aimed at making a difference in declining bobwhite quail populations at a landscape level. The state initiative includes the designation of two large quail management focal areas and as much as $500,000 of KDWPT wildlife fee funds over five [...]

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Montana Region 6 Meeting Set to Discuss Proposed Upland Game Bird Plan Revisions

by Outdoor Hub April 4, 2012

Revisions to the rules that guide Montana’s Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program (UGBEP) are up for public comment through April 13. Officials say the proposed revisions are necessary to implement the program’s new strategic plan that was endorsed by the FWP Commission last year. Most of the proposed changes fine-tune the program’s requirements, responsibilities, application [...]

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First Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist in New Mexico Starts During CRP Sign-up

by Pheasants Forever April 4, 2012
First Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist in New Mexico Starts During CRP Sign-up

Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever (QF) announce the hiring of Jake Swafford as the organizations’ initial Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist in New Mexico. Swafford is located at the NRCS Portales Field Office in Portales, New Mexico, and covers Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay and Roosevelt Counties. Swafford started March 26, during [...]

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California DFG Veteran Volunteers Expertise for State’s Pheasants and Quail

by Pheasants Forever April 3, 2012

Pheasants Forever, Inc. has named Dan Connelly of Granite Bay as its state coordinator in California. Connelly, formerly of the California Department of Fish and Game, will serve in a volunteer capacity as the national nonprofit conservation organization’s primary contact in California, which is home to six Pheasants Forever (PF) chapters, one Quail Forever (QF) chapter [...]

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Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program up for Discussion April 9 in Missoula, Montana

by Outdoor Hub April 2, 2012

Revisions to the rules that guide Montana’s Upland Game Bird Enhancement (UGBE) Program are the topic of a public meeting set for Monday, April 9 at 6 p.m. at the Missoula FWP office (3201 Spurgin Road). The proposed rule changes are also up for review and comment through April 13 on the FWP website at [...]

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Low Flying Helicopters Assist New Mexico Prairie Chicken Surveys

by Outdoor Hub March 30, 2012

Landowners in easternNew Mexicomay see low-flying helicopters this spring as state wildlife agencies conduct a large-scale aerial survey of lesser prairie chicken booming grounds across the High Plains region. Helicopters will fly at 35 to 40 mph about 80 feet above ground over 200 85-square-mile blocks of property in and around the estimated range of [...]

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Will the Early Arrival of Spring Produce More Pheasants?

by Pheasants Forever March 30, 2012
Will the Early Arrival of Spring Produce More Pheasants?

I woke up this morning with one question in my mind: Will the early arrival of spring produce more pheasants?  To help me answer this question, I reached out to Pheasants Forever biologists Aaron Kuehl from Illinois and Jim Wooley from Iowa.  While the guys made it clear there is no simple answer to my question, [...]

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