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<title>Still time to take advantage of mild winter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wow. Winter reached its halfway point today, and so far theres been very little snow throughout most of West Virginia.A serious columnist might explore all the effects a lack of snowfall might have on the ecosystem - how the mild winter might help more ani...]]></description>
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<title>Examining the slow death of  fall turkey season</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginias fall turkey-hunting season is dying a slow death.For the past several years, hunters have struggled to kill more than 1,000 birds during the season, which ranges in length from one week in some counties to four weeks in others.Last fall, hun...]]></description>
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<title>Bear seasons spread the wealth around</title>
<description><![CDATA[One thing can be said about West Virginias bear-hunting seasons: Year to year, they change quite a bit.In 2009, hunters killed more bears during the bow season than they did during the December gun season. In 2010, hunters killed many more bears during the...]]></description>
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<title>Making sense of eagles vs. turbines</title>
<description><![CDATA[I have a soft spot for birds of prey, particularly eagles. So earlier this week, when I read that officials of a wind power company had asked for a permit that would allow the companys wind turbines to kill a given number of golden eagles each year, I beca...]]></description>
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<title>Staying warm begins with the right attire</title>
<description><![CDATA[Its been close to 20 years since that raw, drizzly day in east-central Kentucky, but its memory still gives me shivers.I was working on a profile of muskie fisherman Steve Feaster, and had accompanied him on a half-day fishing trip to Cave Run Lake. We lau...]]></description>
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<title>Stocking elk proves to be an expensive undertaking</title>
<description><![CDATA[If West Virginia wildlife officials ever decide to stock elk in the states southwestern counties, theyd be well advised to learn from their counterparts in Missouri.Folks in the Show Me State are upset because a stocking project that was supposed to cost $...]]></description>
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<title>A banner year for big bucks</title>
<description><![CDATA[From all indications, this could be a banner year for trophy bucks in West Virginia.The final verdict wont be rendered until the official scorers do their work, but the consensus seems to be that hunters killed oodles of trophy-class whitetails.Everywhere ...]]></description>
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<title>Some answers about that national park</title>
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<title>Questions surround proposed national park</title>
<description><![CDATA[When news came down that a chunk of West Virginias mountain highlands might be considered for national park status, reactions ranged from giddy delight to horrified anguish.The story broke Tuesday, when the Gazettes Paul Nyden revealed that Sen. Joe Manchi...]]></description>
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<title>Family rifle bags another hunters first</title>
<description><![CDATA[Crouched over the carcass of his first deer, 14-year-old Eli Bone pumped his fist and exclaimed, &quot;The legacy is complete!&quot;With one shot from a 49-year-old rifle, the St. Albans youngster became the last of his generation to kill a deer with what ...]]></description>
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<title>The calendar finally turns to Buck Eve</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today might just be the day when West Virginians expectations run highest.Granted, Christmas Eve is way up there too, but the day before buck season takes the cake - especially among outdoors enthusiasts.We all know what people do on Christmas Eve. They sh...]]></description>
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<title>TU directive  could impact  local stockings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Theres trouble brewing among West Virginias Trout Unlimited members.The organizations national leaders have decided that hatchery trout should not be stocked in streams that contain native trout. Whats more, theyve handed down a directive that forbids loca...]]></description>
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<title>Its open season on otters</title>
<description><![CDATA[Its now legal in West Virginia to trap river otters. The states trapping seasons opened yesterday, and - for the first time since the 1950s - otters are on the fair game list.Still, with a bag limit of only one otter per season, dont expect trappers to enj...]]></description>
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<title>Hey, Forrest. Lets go fish for spawners</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forrest Gump would have enjoyed fishing during the brook- and brown-trout spawning season. Fishing at that time, as Forrests mama famously said, &quot;is like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre going to get.&quot;Unlike many bass, catfish and s...]]></description>
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<title>W.Va. hunters no longer wild about hogs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Not that long ago, wild boar hunting was all the rage in Southern West Virginia. Now its little more than an afterthought. This years firearm season for boars opened Saturday. It would surprise me if more than a few dozen hunters went gunning for the wary,...]]></description>
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Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:49:57 -0400
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<title>Elkview archers return from world tourney</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a little motivation goes a long way. Elkview Middle Schools Archery in the Schools team rode a motivating comment from the teams coaches all the way to Orlando, Fla., and last weekends Archery in the Schools World Tournament.They did pretty well,...]]></description>
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Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:47:14 -0400
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<title>Goodwin still helping DU chapter</title>
<description><![CDATA[For years, the late Phil Goodwin did his best to make sure the Vandalia Chapter of Ducks Unlimited had successful fund-raising banquets.Now, a year after he died while elk hunting, his family is seeing to it that he continues to help.This years banquet, to...]]></description>
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<title>Enjoy today's abundant wildlife. Thank a hunter</title>
<description><![CDATA[When you see a majestic buck standing in a field, does your heart skip a beat.Thank a hunter. When a skein of geese flies overhead, do you smile.Thank a hunter.When you step onto your porch on a clear spring morning and hear the raucous rattle of a turkeys...]]></description>
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Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:59:24 -0400
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<title>Squirrel camp brings together kids, parents</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some parents send their kids to camp to get rid of them. Other parents take their kids to camp to spend time with them.Mike Tupta and C.J. Hamilton are dads who take their kids to camp.In the past, theyve camped and deer hunted with their teenage sons. Now...]]></description>
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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:03:44 -0400
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<title>Outdoors event  offers alternative to football games</title>
<description><![CDATA[With both major state universities playing important home football games on Sept. 24, competition for West Virginians attention is going to be fierce.Even so, organizers expect more than 10,000 people to travel to Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park to celeb...]]></description>
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Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:29:15 -0400
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<title>Time running out to purchase extra-deer tags</title>
<description><![CDATA[This year, even more than others, is a good time for hunters to heed the Boy Scout motto: &quot;Be prepared.&quot;West Virginia wildlife officials moved the opening day of the deer archery season up a couple of weeks, from its usual mid-October start to Oc...]]></description>
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<title>Water levels have trout outlook low</title>
<description><![CDATA[The pictures Ive seen lately are encouraging and discouraging, both at the same time.One of the Internets great attributes is that it allows people spread over a wide geographic area to share how the fishing is in their favorite haunts.In West Virginia rig...]]></description>
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<title>The PC crowd works against Olympic shooting</title>
<description><![CDATA[That high-pitched whistle you hear is steam shooting from my ears.Just when I thought the anti-gun crowd couldnt get any more absurd, the organizers of an effort to provide kids with tickets to next years London Summer Olympics went and proved me wrong.Lon...]]></description>
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Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:58:54 -0400
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<title>Seasons leave little time for hunters to rest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Its hard to believe that West Virginias hunting season starts in less than two weeks.It does, though, and from there it continues non-stop until the final day of February.Once upon a time, we didnt start hunting this early. Deer werent nearly as abundant, ...]]></description>
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Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:54:28 -0400
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<title>River otter's resurgence good to see</title>
<description><![CDATA[Its amazing how much nature reveals when we take time to look. Earlier this week, while on a photo shoot at the New Rivers Sandstone Falls, I paused for a second to take in the view and got treated to a glimpse of a seldom-seen creature.To reach a good van...]]></description>
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Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:09:14 -0400
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<title>Scoop on Cabela's not easy to acquire</title>
<description><![CDATA[Judging from the buzz on Internet message boards, I wasnt the only one pleased to hear that Cabelas would be building a store near Charleston. The news, which came largely from a corporate press release, was tantalizing.The store would encompass 80,000 squ...]]></description>
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Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:05:19 -0400
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<title>State-run shooting ranges under fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginias shooting ranges have become victims of their own success. Maintained by the Division of Natural Resources at 27 state-run wildlife management areas and state forests, the ranges attract throngs of hunters and recreational shooters. Ordinaril...]]></description>
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Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:59:23 -0400
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<title>Think of the fish records I could set</title>
<description><![CDATA[Most every angler, me included, dreams of catching a record bass or trout or muskellunge or (fill in your favorite species here).Our chances of actually doing it, of course, are slight. Big fish dont come along all that often, and fish of record proportion...]]></description>
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Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:16:13 -0400
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<title>Stonewall deer hunt on hiatus </title>
<description><![CDATA[ROANOKE - There will be no managed deer hunt at Stonewall Jackson Resort State Park this year. Park superintendent Sam England said the 2009 and 2010 hunts did exactly what organizers intended them to do - reduce the number of breeding-age female deer in t...]]></description>
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<title>Re-opening of London locks remains on hold</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Fishermen in the upper Kanawha Valley will eventually regain access to one of their favorite fishing spots.The question on everyones mind is, &quot;When.&quot;The fishing piers at the London Locks and Dam have been closed for more than two years while ...]]></description>
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Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:24:01 -0400
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<title>A 10-pound bass on ultralight trout tackle.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Experts would say Hilda Baker didnt have the right gear to fish for bass. Maybe so, but no one can argue with her results.Earlier this month, while staying at her familys Pocahontas County camp, Baker went fishing for trout at Seneca State Forest and ended...]]></description>
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Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:16:43 -0400
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<title>DNR works to rebuild Shavers Fork watershed</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHEAT BRIDGE -- To a casual onlooker, the excavators and bulldozers working high on Cheat Mountain look as if theyre building something modern.  What theyre really trying to do is turn back the clock.   Their ultimate goal is to restore 19th-century br...]]></description>
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Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:43:23 -0400
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<title>They probably did not have this in mind</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Sir Isaac Newton should have gone into wildlife conservation.Newton understood that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Its a simple law of physics, but it could be applied just as effectively to the U.S. governments attempt to p...]]></description>
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Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:12:04 -0400
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<title>Fishing gods lift the jinx for a while</title>
<description><![CDATA[The jinx has been broken. Maybe thats too strong a statement. After all, one successful outing doesnt really create a trend.But in my world, when fishing opportunities seem all too infrequent and those that arise are too often ruined by weather and water c...]]></description>
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Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:40:25 -0400
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<title>Tug on the line can turn into  tug on the heart</title>
<description><![CDATA[Most of you who read this probably arent aware of an upcoming event, an event that could literally change your lives.Im talking about West Virginias annual Free Fishing Days, which take place June 11 and 12.&quot;Whoa there, old feller!&quot; I hear you sh...]]></description>
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Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:08:54 -0400
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<title>Hey, weather, whatd I do  to anger you.</title>
<description><![CDATA[In nearly 50 years as a fisherman, Ive been rained on, snowed on, sleeted on and hailed on. The sun has burned me, the wind has chapped me and low humidity has dehydrated me.Never, though, has the weather seemed as determined to ruin my fishing as it did d...]]></description>
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Sat, 28 May 2011 22:18:45 -0400
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<title>Time is now to prepare for new hunting regulations</title>
<description><![CDATA[When West Virginias wildlife officials change a hunting regulation, they expect two years to pass before hunters grow accustomed to the change.With that in mind, perhaps this is a good time to preview some significant changes in store for fall 2011. Its no...]]></description>
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Sat, 21 May 2011 22:25:44 -0400
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<title>Silent stockings unsung, vital to state fisheries</title>
<description><![CDATA[    The calendar is turning toward a time of year when tens of thousands of tiny creatures invade West Virginias lakes, rivers and creeks.No, our waterways havent become a target for some Lilliputian alien conquest - at least not one that Im aware of. The ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Who said good deeds go unrewarded. The West Virginia Bowhunters Association recently received the Pope and Young Clubs prestigious Stewardship Award for activities that &quot;conveyed a positive good-citizen image to the hunting and non-hunting public.&quo...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Rodney King said it best: &quot;Cant we all just get along.&quot; &quot;We,&quot; in this case, refers to people who fish. We enjoy a common pastime, but we spend far too much time criticizing each other.Spend five minutes examining the posts on just about...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[This past week, redbud trees started blooming in the Charleston-Huntington area.To a turkey hunter, those little lavender blossoms mean spring gobbler season lies just around the corner. But they also mean something to fishermen.&quot;When the redbuds bloo...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, as I sat in my easy chair watching four great teams slug it out for the NCAA basketball championship, it occurred to me that fishermen and basketball players have a lot in common. The spark for that thought came from ESPN analyst and former O...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Every profession has its hazards. Cops can get shot. Doctors can catch diseases. Coal miners can buy the farm any number of ways. About the worst physical injury we outdoor writers face is the occasional paper cut. But the words we write. Theyre like boome...]]></description>
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<title>State firearm: Fun to discuss, silly to select</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Utahs legislature passed a bill naming John Brownings Model 1911 pistol as the official state firearm, it launched a mini-trend. Arizonas legislature quickly jumped into the act. Last week, its Senate approved a measure to recognize the Colt single-ac...]]></description>
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<title>Turkey prep is part of the preseason</title>
<description><![CDATA[Redbuds and dogwoods wont bloom for another three weeks yet, but already hunters are getting fired up for the coming spring gobbler season. The buzz has already started, at least on hunting-related Internet chat rooms. Guys are telling how many birds theyv...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The other day, while cruising the fishing-tackle aisles of a big-box store, I found myself yearning for simpler times. We old guys do that. Once we pass the big five-oh, the world that once seemed to pass in slow motion now whizzes by at express-train spee...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[                                CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If lifting a 13-pound target rifle sounds tough, try holding one steady enough to hit the equivalent of a pencil dot 50 feet away.  Natalie Asbury does it, and shes not much bigger than the rifle she sho...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A good measure of any man is the friends he makes. By that standard alone, Skip Johnson was a giant. Soft-spoken and amiable, he made friends easily and went out of his way to keep them.I grew up reading Skips columns. They helped instill within me a great...]]></description>
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