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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
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Steve Merlo’s Outdoor Column
Cal Deer Association to hold annual banquet
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“With California’s deer herds in a steep decline due to predation and dwindling habitat, hunters and other conservationists need to do all they can to promote healthy mule deer and blacktail deer environment in the Golden State.
While several of California’s […]
Did you know?
Saturday, March 29th, 2008If you live in Nevada, you ought to be interested in this. If you don’t, you still ought to pay attention, because something similar is probably happening in your state. Personally, I am less than delighted at how such a large amount of money ($2.4 billion) could be so well squandered. It is […]
Deer Tracking with a New Approach
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Mr. Michael Turk, of DC - yes that’s DC, formerly of New Mexico, wrote me to explain a deer tracking project using a GPS device and a free map service. One of the animals they are tracking is a buck named Thor. Thor looks a little like a whitetail, but is really a mule deer […]
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
The Cactus Cuties sing The National Anthem
Off topic, maybe, but enjoy!
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A sign of things to come
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Agencies want reasons to close land. Wintering mule deer offer that opportunity. I predict we will see more of this.
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The harsh weather this past winter has forced the Bureau of Land Management to leave the the St. Anthony sand dunes closed for an extra month.
Normally the dunes open to the public on April first but […]
Idaho closes area to “protect” Mule Deer
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Old news, but the hard winter has hit Idaho too:
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has closed the 33,500-acre Boise River Wildlife Management Area east of Boise to help mule deer survive the winter. The high snowfall this winter has forced deer into lower elevations, and Ed Bottum, manager of the area, said humans […]
Mr Jim Heffelfinger
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Mr. Heffelfinger, Director of Arizona Game and Fish, is quoted below. The quote is not the first time I have witnessed an agency representative implying that money is not the main issue. I think it is worth noting that Arizona, like many other states, has done very little to increase the number of mule deer, […]
Mule Deer or Whitetail?
Monday, March 24th, 2008Here it is:
Wyoming Preference points still Available
Monday, March 24th, 2008
It’s too late to apply for a Wyoming Mule Deer Hunt, but you can still apply for a “brownie point”.
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“The Department shall allocate not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the available nonresident Elk, Deer and Antelope licenses to a preference point drawing and twenty-five percent (25%) of the available nonresident Elk, Deer and […]
Colorado App Deadline Approaching
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
April 1 is the deadline to apply for Colorado Mule Deer
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