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KDFWR photo Mature bucks forego some caution when they yield to hormonal drive during the rut, traveling more in daylight hours to check out potential mates.
The rut
So a turkey gobbler phones a buck deer and asks the nine-pointer to join him and a couple of other buddies for another big golfing trip. “When again?” asks the buck. “Second weekend in Novemb...
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Gobblers are fair game in the fall shotgun season -- but so are hens.
First of 2 autumn shotgun turkey hunting stints opens statewide
It could be the you-pick period for acquiring your Thanksgiving bird. Today marks the start of the early fall shotgun season for taking turkeys of either sex. Hunting runs a week, ending at the ...
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Coyotes, which weren't historically native here, are a routine presence nowadays.
Canine confusion?
The namesake physician in a scene of Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” hears howling and asks Igor: “Werewolves?” Misunderstanding, Igor thinks the doctor is talking strangely to ask about locati...
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Contributed photo With no limit on antlerless deer in Zone 1 counties, many muzzleloader hunters look at add a doe to the freezer with the weekend blackpowder hunt.
Kentucky’s early muzzleloader deer hunt this weekend
The weaponry isn’t all that primitive nowadays. But lots of hunters packing shooting irons that load at the same place from which they expel their bullets are taking to Kentucky’s woodlands and fie...
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A tufted titmouse won't be pleased to see you and will tell the rest of the wild community accordingly. Contributed photo
Tattletales Wild species have different alarm calls, but it all means about the same
Ever strangle a squirrel? Me neither, but it’s crossed my mind. Gray squirrels are one of those species prone to tattle, to take it upon themselves to warn the entire wild community when some...
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Buck deer preoccupied with finding potential mates tend to lose some of their already-limited road crossing discretion.
Deer-vehicle crash risks rise as do the carnal urges of whitetails
Unlike the chicken, the buck deer crosses the road to get to the doe on the other side. If a chicken is struck by a car, that’s tough for the poultry. If a deer gets hit, everybody loses. Tha...
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Sweet gums, plentiful in the region, are some of the early trees to burst into tones of reds as cool nights trigger change.
The change
While some changes must be endured, we’re more apt to revel in this one. Autumn itself is a change, the transition from summer to winter. It’s all about adjustment in positioning of the earth in...
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A double-occupancy ladder stand is a good youth hunt tool, but only if both the occupants are up to climbing and safely hunting from the required elevation.
Kid deer hunting
Come next weekend, the young guns take to the woods and fields. The second weekend in October, Oct. 12-13 this year, brings Kentucky’s early youth firearms deer hunt. While archery hunting has b...
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Red wolves, housed at the LBL Woodlands Nature Station as part of a captive breeding program, are exceptionally rare.
Kentucky voters can constitutionally guarantee hunting, fishing
When Kentuckians go to the polls in the November general election, they get to say whether hunting and fishing is a right. One of the decisions to be left to the voters is to approve or reject a...
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