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How to use turkey calls
By Bill Baublit, Baublit Custom Box Calls
The Box Call is one of the most effective and easiest to use of all turkey calls. My calls are designed and made to get maximum sound with minimum of effort. There are many ways to hold a call. Here are three of the basic ways...
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COHA-sponsored SB 1058 would protect Big Game Tag/Upland Game Stamp revenue
Senator Tom Harman (R-Orange) has introduced SB 1058, COHA-sponsored state legislation which would prevent big game tag and upland bird stamp monies from being misused for non-game or non-hunting purposes. A similar COHA-sponsored bill, SB 589, was vetoed by the Governor last year.
SB 1058 would mandate that all deer, elk, wild pig, antelope, bighorn sheep and bear tag revenues and upland game bird stamp monies be used to benefit those particular species, their habitats, and the users that generate them. It would also provide much-needed opportunity for sportsman's groups to review and provide comment on proposed expenditures of the funds...
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Bill Introduced to ban lead shot on State Wildlife Areas
Assembly Member Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) has introduced AB 2223, legislation which would prohibit the use of lead shot on state Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) operated by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG). Violators of the bill's provisions would be subject to a $500 fine on the first offense.
The bill would not only undermine the Constitutional authority of the California Fish and Game Commission--the regulatory body tasked with determining the precise methods of take for hunting and the specific public use regulations for each WMA--but also remove any meaningful scientific review and analysis of the effects of lead shot by providing an exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In doing so, the measure ensures that politics, rather than sound science, dictates the state's hunting regulations and management of wildlife...
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RMEF, ISE to team for stronger ISE Expos, Elk Camps
For 35 years, no company has produced better consumer sportsman shows than International Sportsmen’s Expositions (ISE). Annual events in Denver, Phoenix, Sacramento, Salt Lake City and San Mateo, Calif., draw hundreds of thousands of hunters, anglers and conservationists.
On March 4, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation announced an expanded partnership with ISE...Full Story
Elk Mountain Gear introduces multi-use hunting product: blind, decoy & trekking pole
After a year of research and development, Elk Mountain Inc is entering the hunting industry with an innovative system that can be used as a portable blind, decoy, and a trekking pole. The versatility of this system is so great it has to be seen to be fully appreciated...Full Story
DFG to Offer Clinic for Young Archers
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will offer a beginning archery clinic in Roseville for young archers between the ages of 8-17.
The Youth Archery Spring Fling Clinic will be held Saturday, April 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Maya Archery Range, 750 Galleria Blvd. in Roseville...
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Berkeley is site for 2010 Federal Duck Stamp Contest
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California, will be the site of the 2010 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest October 15-16, 2010. This is the first time in the prestigious contest’s 61 year history that the event has been held in the West.
Entries for the contest are due August 15.
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Spring Turkey Season Starts March 27
It’s time to tune up your calls, check your turkey decoys and assemble all the gear that will make your turkey season a success. Besides gun and ammo or bow and arrows and decoys it’s always wise to have extra calls, bug spray, seat cushions, face and hand camouflage and lightweight rain gear in the backpack...Full Story
Proposed F&GC bear regulation changes backed by COHA & CHC houndsmen
The California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) is proposing a number of changes to the 2010 black bear hunting regulations in an effort to better manage the state’s burgeoning bear population, which has expanded well beyond its traditional range and has quadrupled in the last 25 years to upwards of 38,000 animals.
The regulatory changes include raising the annual harvest quota, which is currently set at only 1,700 bears, and expanding existing bear hunting zones to include portions of Inyo, San Luis Obispo, Modoc and Lassen Counties. These changes will help reduce private property damage and other human-bear conflicts, which have increased significantly in recent decades, while providing for expanded bear hunting opportunity for the public...
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California Waterfowl Fundraising Events
For more information on these events, visit http://www.calwaterfowl.org/web2/supportcwa/attendevents/default.htm to view event flyers...Full Story
Ground Squirrel War: Cedarville physician does double duty
By Jean Bilodeaux, squirrel hunter and author of
Squirrel Wars, A Politically Incorrect Manual on Combat available at
www.modocmemories.com
As other doctors in Surprise Valley before him, Dr. Chuck Colas, of the Surprise Valley Smokepoles, a black powder shooting club, uses his time off to attempt to hold the line against the rampaging hoards of Belding ground squirrels that devastate farmer's fields each year. Help will arrive on Saturday March 20 when the annual Squirrel Roundup will be held in Surprise Valley...
Dr. Chuck Colas, of the Surprise Valley Smokepoles
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For sale: Black & Tan & Blue Tick Hounds
All three of these hounds have been on 75 bear this year!!
(l.) Blue Tick "Rebel", age 4 yrs, not papered (Price $1000) is outstanding strike dog for bear, bobcat & lion.
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Attention Coyote Hunters! Know the regs about the use of lights
The use of lights for hunting coyotes at night are somewhat complex. The regs can be found on the DFG website but they are reproduced here for your convenience. Coyote hunting at night is allowed in most northern California counties. As of January 1, the following regulations were published on the DFG website...
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