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Submitted photo Kentucky's deer harvest of 2012-13 will be far and away the modern record, but nobody yet knows how high it may be.
Weighing it out
As 2012 winds to a close, the inside report on most everything outdoors is that it was a good year. Maybe we’re fortunate to see 2012 to its natural end, the Mayans’ suggesting that a world-endi...
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Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Wildlife managers say near-ideal weather during the modern gun season produced generous results, such as this John Lander buck, and set the stage for an unprecedented overall deer harvest.
Kentucky hunters smash deer harvest record and still aren’t finished
Kentucky’s deer hunters are setting harvest records with every whitetail tagged by an archery or crossbow hunter. The state’s former all-methods, all-seasons deer harvest high came in the 2004-0...
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Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources As residents, Canada geese are always in the area nowadays, but they are not seen in concentrations like in the days of interior goose migrations.
Those may be Canada geese out there, but they’re Kentuckian, not Canadian
Maybe it’s because familiarity breeds a tad of contempt, but lots of people liked Canada geese more when we had fewer. Our story of Canada geese is a flip-flop. At time of settlement, a subspeci...
Dec 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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More bears were taken on this year's opening day than in the previous three Kentucky bear seasons combined.
Kentucky bear hunters quickly fill quota; heavyweight sets record
Kentucky’s black bear hunting season came and went briskly this year, the harvest quota falling just the second day. Opening a week ago today, the fourth modern bear season in Kentucky history was ...
Dec 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A solitary gray squirrel quickly recognizes threats in the open wintry woods, but squirrels in the heat of a breeding chase, not so much.
Tizzy in the high timber Squirrels scrambling in single file is a reproductive ritual
Squirrels aren’t the most subdued species on the planet under normal conditions. Yes, they tend to be high strung, moving in fits and starts, erratic and jumpy. Gray squirrels seem to be wired, eas...
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The Corps of Engineers plans a Barkley Dam tailwaters no-boating zone, but anglers haven't learned how much water will be closed to them.
Corps no-boating zone could block Barkley Dam fishing
Some preferred fishing below Barkley Dam seems overshadowed by Corps of Engineers plans to establish a zone along the span that would be closed to boaters for safety reasons. The Nashville Distr...
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An adult bald eagle is just about unmistakeable and they're showing up in places that once wouldn't have been imagined.
Once nearly goners, bald eagles become routine
Not all that long ago, bald eagles were hanging by a thread in the lower 48 states. Seeing an eagle in the wild around here was about as unlikely as encountering Bigfoot. Well, maybe not that un...
Dec 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Evergreen eastern red cedars are some of the first trees that appear in reverting fields.
LBL opens season to sleuth out cedar Christmas trees
Today brings the onset of yet another hunting season – this one for Christmas trees in the Land Between the Lakes. With free permits available from the U.S. Forest Service folks at the LBL, fami...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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The recent trend of quail rebound was held in check somewhat by last summer's drought.
Bunnies and bobwhites time
Way back, this was prime time for small game hunting when rabbit and quail hunting was a big deal for a high percentage of sportsman types in Kentucky. Nowadays, this is still a peak period for ...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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