In U.S., women go wild for hunting
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FREEPORT, Maine  - It's deer season in Maine and although the hunting department of outdoor retail specialist L.L. Bean is packed, this is no old-boy's club.
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When 100 farm-raised elk fled his private hunting reserve through a bear-dug hole under the fence, owner Rex Rammell &#151; a man with a long history of locking antlers with the state &#151; didn't realize he'd wind up in the governor's crosshairs.
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While biologists and politicians fight over whether the greater sage grouse should be labeled an endangered species, 10 Western states allow hunters to take aim at the reclusive, ground-dwelling bird.
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NEW YORK &#151; At the peak of their earnings and spending power, women age 35 and older are a huge and potentially lucrative market for the nation&#146;s apparel merchants.
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By Keri Holt, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--Wildlife artist Janetta Gee of Fort Walton Beach sees her work as more than portraits of wildlife.
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By Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 13--Thousands of people in Kodiak and other Alaska communities might lose their right to subsistence hunting and fishing under federal law.   If that happens, many say, they'll lose a way of life.
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By Sam Cook, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 24--If you live in Superior, keep your eyes peeled for signs of illegal deer-hunting activity. That's the word from Lois Larson, who coordinates the deer-reduction hunt for the city of Superior.
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One of my buddies had a brilliant idea I hadn't thought of: Check Pennsylvania's maps for what's called a co-op farm. It's not a commune, it's a farm which offers up it's land to the public for hunting.  What the Farmer Gets  If the hunters are decent-folk, they generally clean up the trash off the property. I personally built a blind out of rocks I happened to find in a fallow field to give me something to sit on and a hiding place. The blind is next to a power utility pole, so it gives me a great shot at birds coming in slowly to land on the wires. He got his field cleaned essentially for free since I also picked up trash. I don't want my game animals eating garbage.  The other bonus the farmer enjoys is limited crop losses to wildlife. This particular farmer was doing the soy-corn-fallow crop rotation which is pretty typical Pennsylvania crop rotation. Doves love this stuff and eat it up. Probably about 2/3rds of the doves I cleaned had corn in their crop.  What the Hunters Get  A place to hunt with a ton of acreage devoted to what essentially amounts to bait.
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By Melissa Eddy Associated Press  BUCHENWALD, Germany -- The hunt begins with a number.
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About 10,000 roam the wilds of Africa. Conservation programs are coordinating efforts to boost that number.
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She and other presidential candidates have been visiting this locale lately in search of donors.
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A wave of poaching has alarmed state and federal wildlife officials in several Western states.
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North American wildlife species ranging from butterflies to red fox are scrambling to adapt to Earth's rising temperatures and may not survive, according to a study released on Monday.
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Pro-hunt groups say sport is more popular than ever despite ban on hunting with dogs
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By Deirdre Fleming Staff Writer  Imagine hunting bald eagles before they were listed as endangered in 1967, or gray wolves before their numbers vanished from the landscape here.
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HUNTERS may soon be able to sit at their computers and blast away at animals on a Texas ranch via the Internet. It&#39;s a prospect that has state wildlife officials up in arms.
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Women are buying more motorcycles than ever, and Harley-Davidson is going after that market with a vengeance.