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<title>A few thoughts while waiting for beginning of buck season</title>
<description><![CDATA[A few observances as time passes and we West Virginians hurtle toward the start of another firearm season for bucks: <li>This would be a good week to be a bowhunter. The number of road-killed deer has increased dramatically during the past few days. Thats ...]]></description>
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<title>Skeet club will move after all</title>
<description><![CDATA[News of the Sportsmans Gun Clubs survival appears to have been overstated. The club, located on property owned by the FMC Sportsmens Club near Winfield, avoided a premature demise when state highway officials routed the new U.S. Route 35 extension around t...]]></description>
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<title>Dunkard polluters need to be punished</title>
<description><![CDATA[DUNKARD CREEK used to be a pretty decent place to fish. Not any more. Its dead.Pollution killed it.Officials of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection wont admit that - at least not in so many words. After a lot of head scratching and wat...]]></description>
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<title>DNR: Disease wont trigger ban on scents</title>
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<title>A rare thing: Grouse season outlook upbeat</title>
<description><![CDATA[For once, the news for West Virginias grouse hunters is good. More birds are in the woods, thanks to a productive spring nesting season. Poor food conditions should help concentrate those birds and make them a little easier to hunt.So, when the season open...]]></description>
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<title>Wild boar vanishing from W.Va.</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginias top wildlife official believes the Mountain States experiment with wild-boar hunting is well past its heyday. &quot;In the past several years, weve seen a steady decline in [boar] numbers,&quot; said Curtis Taylor, wildlife chief for the sta...]]></description>
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<title>AKC taking issue with Kanawha Countys dog tethering ordinance</title>
<description><![CDATA[IT PROBABLY MADE members of the Kanawha County Commission feel good to impose a tethering ordinance on dog owners. After all, who hasnt seen dogs leashed on absurdly short tethers. Who hasnt seen chained dogs lying outside in 100-degree weather. Who hasnt ...]]></description>
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<title>Trophy areas should start to produce</title>
<description><![CDATA[Generations of West Virginia hunters have grown up believing its easier to find an honest politician than it is to find a trophy buck on public land. That may no longer be true. Six large tracts of public land are now being managed specifically to produce ...]]></description>
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<title>New era begins for state deer seasons</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginias deer seasons enter a new era Monday morning. At 6:37 a.m. - precisely one-half hour before sunrise - a first-ever September archery season for whitetails will open. Exactly one week after that, a first-ever September muzzleloader season kick...]]></description>
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<title>State should consider tax break for sportsmen </title>
<description><![CDATA[Cleaning up a few items around the ol outdoors desk: Louisiana sportsmen experienced a field day of a different sort this weekend - a two-day state-tax holiday on anything hunting- or fishing-related. Storeowners reported brisk sales of guns, ammunition, t...]]></description>
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<title>High water from wet summer causes plans to change</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dave Arnold, managing partner for Class VI River Runners in Ames Heights, recently overheard a conversation between some New River whitewater rafting guides and their fishing-guide counterparts.&quot;They were talking about how river levels had stayed rela...]]></description>
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<title>Yearning for a simpler way to fish</title>
<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, as I sat and visited with a fellow angler, he showed me a fishing rod. It was an old fly rod, made of fiberglass, exact vintage unknown but probably in the late 1950s or early 1960s.It had seen plenty of hard use. Most of its guide wraps ha...]]></description>
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<title>Forecast for bird hunters stays steady</title>
<description><![CDATA[In West Virginia, where deer hunting reigns supreme, bird hunting doesnt attract as much attention as it otherwise might. Die-hard bird hunters probably dont mind; they get to indulge their favorite pastime without competition. And, with individual seasons...]]></description>
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<title>Hunting gets jump-start in September</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heads up, West Virginians, the states first hunting seasons open in just 23 days.Once they begin, the action will remain fast and furious through the end of December.It wasnt always that way. Dove season usually opened around Sept. 1, and things stayed pre...]]></description>
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<title>Teen phenom brings home pistol title</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bryan Layfield is going to need a bigger dorm room to display his trophies and medals. Layfield, the 18-year-old pistol phenomenon from Clarksburg, brought home a slew of hardware from the recent NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, O...]]></description>
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<title>States scholastic archery program setting its sights on Kanawha Valley</title>
<description><![CDATA[Organizers for West Virginias Archery in the Schools Program are taking steps to fill in one of the programs most glaring deficiencies. Currently, only a handful of schools in the heavily populated Kanawha Valley participate in the popular statewide progra...]]></description>
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<title>Checking stations in no danger</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginia wildlife officials say theres little chance that the states mandatory game-checking program will suffer the same fate as Michigans. Budget problems in the Great Lakes State recently forced the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to cut t...]]></description>
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Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:23:19 -0400
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<title>Here in W.Va., we see critters close to home</title>
<description><![CDATA[Its a good thing I turned on the porch light before I let the dog out. I was unlocking the door when I caught a flash of movement just outside the glass door. It was a raccoon, trying with all its strength to pry open the lid to the dog-food bin. A quick t...]]></description>
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<title>Case builds for ammo without lead</title>
<description><![CDATA[Like many sportsmen, I was pretty skeptical when people started panicking over lead particles found in hunter-killed venison.I was doubly skeptical when I learned that the physician who started the panic might have had a political ax to grind.Dr. William C...]]></description>
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<title>DNR denies sampling harms herds</title>
<description><![CDATA[I just love it when readers raise questions that demand answers. Take, for example, this recent e-mail about the Division of Natural Resources killing of Hampshire County deer to test for chronic wasting disease.&quot;I ran across an article you did, [in] ...]]></description>
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Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:10:37 -0400
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<title>Fishing derby will focus    </title>
<description><![CDATA[Catfish and pizza probably wouldnt make a very appetizing meal, but they certainly should make for a fun day outdoors. Kids who participate in the upcoming Beyond the Backyard Fishing Derby at Kanawha Countys Coonskin Park will fish for channel catfish and...]]></description>
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<title>Hunters dont fit this group</title>
<description><![CDATA[Politics sometimes make strange bedfellows, but I dont think hunters are ready to take up bedfellows as strange as those in the Humane Society of the United States.  The in-your-face animal rights group - which all too often gets confused for the American ...]]></description>
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<title>Wet weather put damper on turkey season</title>
<description><![CDATA[As this years turkey season wore on, it became increasingly clear that the results would be disappointing. Storm after storm swept up the Ohio Valley, bringing rains that dampened hunters spirits and washed away gobblers urge to communicate. Final tally fo...]]></description>
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Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:01:33 -0400
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<title>New hunting seasons have hunters divided</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 450 B.C, give or take a decade or so, Greek historian Herodotus came to this conclusion: &quot;Haste in every business brings failures.&quot; Nearly 2,500 years later, the people who set West Virginias hunting seasons chose to ignore the old Greeks sage...]]></description>
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Sat, 30 May 2009 22:46:26 -0400
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<title>Encounter with nature is fleeting</title>
<description><![CDATA[They grow up so fast.  Birds, I mean. The three eggs in the robins nest on my back porch became hatchlings and grew into fledglings so rapidly I hardly had time to note what happened.I sort of figured Id see some nesting action near our house this year. Th...]]></description>
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Sat, 23 May 2009 22:06:09 -0400
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<title>DNR officials recognized for battle against CWD </title>
<description><![CDATA[State wildlife officials are apparently doing a good job trying to contain Hampshire Countys chronic wasting disease outbreak. The Northeastern Section of the Wildlife Society, an organization composed primarily of wildlife biologists, has honored the Divi...]]></description>
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Sat, 16 May 2009 21:48:52 -0400
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<title>DNR scraps NET-GAME call hotline</title>
<description><![CDATA[The states toll-free hotline for reporting game and fish violations, 1-800-NET-GAME, is a thing of the past. I dont think anyone will lament its passing.Division of Natural Resources officials announced a new reporting procedure earlier this week. Its simp...]]></description>
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Sat, 09 May 2009 18:20:18 -0400
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<title>Fishing doesnt have to be fast-paced</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a world dominated by fast, a little slow sure seems nice. Volumes have been written about modern societys frenetic pace. We want it all, and we want it now. Gratification delayed is gratification denied.Speed certainly has its place. Travel and communic...]]></description>
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<title>Too many choices, too little time</title>
<description><![CDATA[To turkey hunt or to trout fish, that is the question: Whether tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous comeuppance from some wily gobbler; or to suffer snubs from piscatorial Ph.D.s disdainfully disregarding my finest flies.Ay, theres the ...]]></description>
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Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:06:56 -0400
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<title>Are anglers making bass too smart.</title>
<description><![CDATA[University of Illinois researchers have confirmed what some of us anglers suspected all along - that some bass are smart and others are dumb. For four years, biology students at the school kept meticulous records about largemouth bass caught from an experi...]]></description>
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Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:33:42 -0400
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<title>Spring brings plenty to write about</title>
<description><![CDATA[The cool, fresh breeze blowing through my home-office window tells me that the winter doldrums are just reaching their end. For an outdoors writer, the weeks between the end of December and the middle of April are long and hard. Theyre long because they se...]]></description>
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Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:41:08 -0400
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<title>Outdoors blog gets new look</title>
<description><![CDATA[Where technology is concerned, Im not exactly a dinosaur. But Im no techno-weenie, either. Changes in the Internet come so rapidly I cant keep up. I surf YouTube just fine, but Facebook and Twitter still escape my fuddy-duddy grasp.Last year, in an attempt...]]></description>
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Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:12:10 -0400
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<title>DNR needs plan to deal with elk herd</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sometime in the future - maybe even within the next year - West Virginia wildlife officials will have to figure out what to do about elk. They knew it was only a matter of time before a significant percentage of Kentuckys rapidly expanding elk herd crossed...]]></description>
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Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:27:12 -0400
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<title>Rifle teams resurrection defies odds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now maybe the powers-that-be at West Virginia University will embrace their rifle team instead of merely tolerating it. Mountaineer shooters delivered the ultimate up-yours to WVU Athletic Department officials last weekend by winning the NCAA championship....]]></description>
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<title>Acid snowmelt caused kill on Shavers</title>
<description><![CDATA[WEST VIRGINIA fisheries officials believe an unfortunate combination of low water and acid snowmelt caused a March 6 trout kill on Randolph Countys Shavers Fork. Anglers who fished the river between Cheat Bridge and the catch-and-release section reported s...]]></description>
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<title>Two important Kanawha River fisheries closed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Another popular Kanawha River fishing spot has bitten the dust. American Electric Power has shut off access to the public fishing area at the London Locks and Dam. A wooden bridge that once allowed anglers to walk to the public fishing area from a parking ...]]></description>
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<title>Our waters still need some TLC</title>
<description><![CDATA[Indisputable fact: West Virginias streams and rivers are a lot cleaner than they used to be. Equally indisputable fact: They arent yet as clean as they should be.It pains me a bit to write this because it reveals how old Ive become, but I remember when the...]]></description>
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<title>Early deer opener a tough sell</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin made news last weekend when he floated a proposal to start the states buck-hunting season on Saturday instead of Monday. Manchin said the change would keep widespread employee and student absenteeism from closing as many scho...]]></description>
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<title>Oddities abound where nature is concerned</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nature surely does work in mysterious ways. That thought struck home several times this week as I scoured the Internet for outdoors-related news. Predicting behavior - animal or otherwise - is risky.For example, who would have believed that an injured wild...]]></description>
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<title>Life sports make sense for students</title>
<description><![CDATA[Please indulge me while I ask a rhetorical question: Why has it taken educators so long to recognize that fishing or shooting a bow might have greater long-term benefits than bashing peoples brains out with a dodgeball.Not that dodgeball is intrinsically b...]]></description>
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<title>Bowhunter loses meat, keeps antlers</title>
<description><![CDATA[If ever theres a competition for the most bittersweet hunting season, Chris Parsons 2008 campaign should rank right up there. Parsons, 36, of South Charleston, bagged trophy bucks on consecutive weekends during West Virginias archery season. But before the...]]></description>
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<title>Sept. hunt keys record bear harvest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Its amazing what an additional bear-hunting season can do for the ol bottom line. West Virginias hunters bagged 2,064 bruins in 2008, transforming what might have been a so-so year into a record-breaking one.As expected, last falls first-ever September fir...]]></description>
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<title>Latest gear a highlight of bow show</title>
<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - Wandering the floor at the annual Archery Trade Association show was educational, to say the least. Literally hundreds of equipment displays lined the Indianapolis Convention Centers cavernous exhibition hall. Manufacturers representatives a...]]></description>
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<title>Quake swarm creates fears of apocalypse</title>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe Ive been watching too many doomsday documentaries. Then again, maybe Yellowstone National Park really is getting ready to blow up. In the past week, seismologists have registered 296 minor earthquakes in the area, almost all of them near the edge of ...]]></description>
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<title>Outdoors will miss Bill Riley</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginias sporting community lost a dear friend recently when Bill Riley passed away. Riley, founder and longtime owner of Mountain State Outfitters, died Dec. 11 of complications following back surgery. He was 80.The news came as a shock to everyone ...]]></description>
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Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>A gift list for W.Va.s outdoors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Thoughts quite naturally turn toward giving at this special time of year, so heres a list of Christmas gifts Id give if I had the power and ability to make them happen: <li>To the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources: A machine that could control we...]]></description>
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Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0500
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<title>State wet, but still needs rain</title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent rains have improved the situation at West Virginias trout hatcheries, but things arent going swimmingly just yet. Springs depleted by six months of drought havent yet recharged, and until they do hatchery managers will struggle to produce as many tr...]]></description>
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<title>Blackpowder has changed since 1978</title>
<description><![CDATA[For those unfamiliar with muzzleloader huntings evolution in West Virginia, suffice it to say the pastime has come a long, long way. The states first blackpowder season for deer opened in 1978. Hunters were allowed just three days to pursue bucks - on publ...]]></description>
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Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0500
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<title>Spending turns hunter orange to money green</title>
<description><![CDATA[We hear, over and over again, that West Virginias deer hunting seasons contribute mightily to the states economy. Its easy to be cynical about spending estimates. Sometimes they come from people interested in marketing products. Sometimes they come from go...]]></description>
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Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Catch and release</title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - If Mike Woelfel brought the same philosophy to his job that he brings to fishing, hed most likely be out of work.Woelfel, a Cabell County magistrate, strongly believes in &quot;letting the big ones go.&quot; In fact, he lets the little ones go...]]></description>
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Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500
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