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      <title><![CDATA[Cougar-hunting bill would restore use of hounds]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1328406417" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/4/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Oregon House is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would open the door for some sport-hunting of cougars with hounds for the first time since voters banned the practice in 1994.Modeled after a program in Washington state, House Bill 2337 would create a pilot program that would return dogs to the woods on cougar hunts, but only in counties whose governing bodies request it.The bill was scheduled ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="17805">
      <title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania approves hunting porcupines]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327731218" delta="1 week ago"><![CDATA[1/28/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Pennsylvania game officials on Tuesday approved a hunting season for porcupines -- spiky, slow-moving animals that have grown in number and angered residents who say they destroy property.Hunters will be allowed to kill porcupines from September 1 through March 31, according to the decision by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners.The animals had been protected since the 1980s, and porcupines killed for causing property damage had to be ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17620">
      <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers defend hunting, fishing%u2026 proactively]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327210801" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/22/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Lincoln, NE %u2013 Lawmakers spent hours debating whether to add hunting and fishing protections to the state constitution, in advance of any attempts to limit them.The Legislature resumed debate on a proposal to protect rights to hunting, fishing and trapping. The resolution by Omaha Senator Pete Pirsch would ask voters next year if they want to put the proposal in the state constitution. Supporters said it%u2019s important to head off ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17403">
      <title><![CDATA[Do Tea Party, Heritage Foundation Oppose Hunting?]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1326930070" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/18/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[It would seem so, given that these groups want to cut the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) by almost 90%.Farm acres in 'reserve' (another shorthand for the CRP) are typically steep and vulnerable to erosion or low and vulnerable to seasonal inundation - the latter meaning they are wetlands, or bordering on wetlands - or they may be part of grassed waterway network setup to slow overland flow, save soil, and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16794">
      <title><![CDATA[Nature Report: hunting & conservation]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1321183206" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/13/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Big bucks brings the big bucks to South Texas.Texas is tops when it comes to hunting.A recent study by the United States Fish and wildlife Service reveals Texas leads the nation with 1.1 million Texans hunting annually."Habitat is the key," said Fred Bryant, Director of Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Texas A&M Kingsville."Private landowners hold the habitat."Hunters help save the habitat in the way they put money into conservation."The Lone ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16630">
      <title><![CDATA[Vt. gov. opposed to muzzleloader hunting in Oct.]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320671015" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/7/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Gov. Peter Shumlin says he is pleased with the unanimous vote of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board against opening a new muzzleloading deer hunting season in October.Shumlin commented Thursday about Wednesday night's vote saying that to allow hunting deer with firearms in October would be "an extraordinarily bad idea."Fish and Wildlife biologists had initially recommended the change but the department pulled back after strong public opposition and a good ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16471">
      <title><![CDATA[Proposal to hunt sandhill cranes upsets bird lovers]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320333707" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/3/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[While crowds of people will watch long-legged sandhill cranes preening and dancing at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge this weekend, some will be looking at the birds as "rib-eye in the sky."Just days after Tennessee's largest bird viewing event, a state agency will consider whether to open a hunting season on the birds, which are said to taste like beef.The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, a longtime sponsor of the annual sandhill ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16309">
      <title><![CDATA[Idaho officials propose more moose hunting permits]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320075264" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/31/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Officials with Idaho Fish and Game say they are considering offering 23 more moose hunting permits next fall in areas east and west of Coeur d'Alene due to more complaints about the large ungulates showing up in suburban developments searching for food.Wildlife Manager Jim Hayden says the proposed change would redistribute hunters to areas with the highest moose densities.He tells The Spokesman-Review that Fish and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16147">
      <title><![CDATA[State still hunting]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319728693" delta="14 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/27/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Across the country, hunting is on the decline. Statistics from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service show that in 33 states, fewer people possess hunting licenses than they did 10 years ago. “It's just a general shift in civilization to urban societies where they change their priorities and their ideas of recreation change,” said Richard Hatcher, director of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. “It's more difficult if you live ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15984">
      <title><![CDATA[Permits to hunt black bears increasing]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319363548" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/23/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Utah is increasing the number of available bear hunt permits. The Utah Wildlife Board unanimously approved 53 more permits to hunt black bears for 2011. There increased the total number of permits to 419.Division of Wildlife Resources Game Mammals Coordinator Justin Dolling says about 40 percent of hunters kill a bear. He says black bear populations are increasing and more permits are needed to control the population.Utah has a spring ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15824">
      <title><![CDATA[Kennewick teen accidentally shot while hunting]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318946637" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/18/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[WALLULA, Wash. -- A Kennewick teen has been accidentally shot with a 12-guage shotgun while duck hunting near Wallula Junction in Walla Walla County.County Fire Chief Mike Wickstrom told The Tri-City Herald the duck hunter has been flown by helicopter to a hospital in Richland with a severe flesh wound to his upper right arm. He says the teen - reported to be 15 - was hit by a shotgun ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15660">
      <title><![CDATA[Wis. deer hunt gives injured vets renewed outlook]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Hunting Kingdom Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318666029" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/15/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[GRANT, Wis. — Injured veteran Paul Morrison remembers how much he missed deer hunting when he was in Iraq. So the Wisconsin Rapids man is helping fellow veterans who thought their disabilities would keep them from enjoying the sport they love. The 44-year-old has created the Royal Rangers Veteran Hunt, an overnight hunting trip for injured vets and a group of ninth- thought 12th-graders. Morrison says the veterans get to ...]]></text>
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