Event takes place March 31 at Valentino’s in Seneca
SENECA — The Nemaha County Chapter of Pheasants Forever will conduct a game habitat seminar at 6:30 p.m. at Valentino’s South Room in Seneca. After the audience is settled in with free beverages and hors devours, Pheasants Forever Senior Field Coordinator Pete Berthelsen of Elba, Neb., will [...]
March 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Good duck hunting still ahead; goose seasons extend into February
PRATT — Avid Kansas waterfowl hunters never worry about the post-holiday blues. For them, January and February mean some of the best hunting of the year. Late-migrating mallards are often abundant when shallow waters freeze, and mallards concentrate on rivers and reservoirs. In much of the [...]
January 15, 2009 | Posted in
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St. John, McLouth, Ottawa to host launch of county chapters
SALINA — Quail Forever (QF), a non-profit organization dedicated to quail conservation and education, will conduct organizational meetings at three locations in Kansas this November. Sportsmen and women are invited to attend the meetings, designed to launch QF chapters in Stafford, Jefferson, and Franklin counties.
Meeting location [...]
November 9, 2008 | Posted in
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Big Blue River catch breaks 26-year-old mark for species
PRATT — A Blue Rapids angler has set a new Kansas record for freshwater drum. Bill Hull was fishing in the Big Blue River above Tuttle Creek Reservoir when he hooked the 31.5-pound fish on a trotline. The catch was 37 1/2 inches long with a girth [...]
October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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On September 8, Alaska became the 30th state to join the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact (IWVC) in a cooperative effort to protect the nation’s wildlife resources.
Founded in 1989 by charter states Colorado, Oregon and Nevada, the IWVC is a multi-state program that provides law enforcement agencies greater authority and improved resources to enforce wildlife regulations [...]
September 19, 2008 | Posted in
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Estimate is 9 percent below last year but 11 percent above long-term average
WASHINGTON, DC — According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), the preliminary estimate of total ducks from the 2008 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was just over 37 million. This is a 9 percent decline from last year’s estimate [...]
July 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Participants asked to contact event organizers by June 4
JUNCTION CITY — The 12th Annual Governor’s Golf and Fishing Classic will be held June 13-14 at Rolling Meadows Golf Course and Milford Reservoir, near Junction City. Participants may enjoy a round of golf at Rolling Meadows Golf Course on Friday, June 13. On Saturday morning, anglers [...]
Youth artists to be honored at State-Fish Art Expo July 19-20
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Wildlife Forever has announced Kansas winners of the group’s 2008 State-Fish Art Contest. In the 7th- through 9th-grade category, Evan Pflugradt of Olathe took first place. Audra Miller, of Halstead, won Kansas honors in the 10th- through 12th-grade category.
In addition to having [...]
May 13, 2008 | Posted in
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Boys Scouts, 4-H join habitat conservation effort
BONNER SPRINGS — The Stranger Creek Limb Hanger’s Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) will be planting 200 trees at Wyandotte County Lake on May 3, with the help of the Boy Scouts of America and Wyandotte County 4-H.
Each year, NWTF provides oak trees to enhance [...]
May 6, 2008 | Posted in
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College and secondary school students given opportunity to compete; novices encouraged
SEDGWICK — The Kansas Trapshooters Association (KTA) will host a special trap shooting event for youth at this year’s state trap shooting championships — 3432 East 117th St. North, in Sedgwick — on June 7. The event is sponsored by the Amateur Trapshooting Hall [...]
April 30, 2008 | Posted in
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