ASK UNCLE JIM
By Jim Robertson Dear Uncle Jim, Looking through the list of Hunting Accidents on the C.A.S.H. website, I see that a fall from a tree stand is one of the most common accidents for every year recorded. Why do you suppose there are so many hunting accidents involving tree stands? Lynn G., Springfield, MA Dear… ASK…
Poaching prevalent; support for hunting stays strong
September 24, 2011 From GettysburgTimes.com The bucks are out of velvet. That means poaching will be stepping into high gear. Received a few recent reports…
Texas Game Warden Field Notes – Hunting Violations
September 19, 2011 From BrownwoodNews.com The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Nope, not normal agricultural practices:…
Some hunters put the sport in a bad light
August 23, 2011 The Times and Democrat THE ISSUE: Hunter ethics OUR VIEW: Good behavior vital to hunting’s survival The Times and Democrat’s longtime outdoors…
Conservation report: Poaching at Groen preserve investigated
October 26, 2016 From PetoskeyNews.com Conservation report for October 26, 2016 A small-game hunter walking down a rural road in Cheboygan County’s Walker Township was contacted by a conservation officer for not wearing blaze orange, or “hunter orange.”Upon contact, the hunter stated he’d forgotten to wear the required safety garment.…
FL: FWC Law Enforcement Report
February 14, 2016 From NorthEscambia.com SANTA ROSA COUNTY Officers Miller and Land located multiple tree stands placed in close proximity to several illegal food plots. They stopped two hunters and one of them claimed to be stalk hunting even though he was wearing a harness used for hunting from a…
Deer, duck hunting without licenses; fish snagging: NYS Conservatiion officers
October 18, 2017 From David Figura, NewYorkUpstate.com It’s that time of year for state Environmental Conservations officers. In separate incidents earlier this month, officers ticketed deer and duck hunters for not having licenses and other infractions, along with ticketing an angler for illegally trying to snag a steelhead. All specifics…
FL: FWC Law Enforcement Report
February 23, 2017 From NorthEscambia.com The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending February 16. Escambia County officers concentrated their efforts on fisheries enforcement this week. Officers documented eight state and federal fisheries violations. These violations included possession of red snapper during…
Hunting More Dangerous Than Ephedrine
Sent to the Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette 1/1/04 The U.S. government recently banned the herbal extract ephedrine because of adverse reactions that according to a Rand Report released in early 2003, caused two deaths out of about 16,000 incidents. In contrast, at least thirty-three children aged eighteen and younger were injured…
Foul Donations
This was sent to both the Tennessean and the Nashville Scene. 1/5/03 Recently two men were arrested on Nashville’s Natchez Trace Parkway for illegally killing a deer and sitting her in the back seat of their station wagon. The men were arrested and fined, and curiously, the dead deer was…
Deer Donation Not a Good Deed
Sent on Jan 5, 2004 to the St. Joseph News-Press (MO) An article published on January 1, reported that resource scientist Lonnie Hansen said deer hunters donate about forty-tons of venison to food banks and charities. Unfortunately, what Mr. Hansen and others may see as a good deed may in…
Hunters Increase the Deer Herd
Sent to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 1/6/03 A recent article complaining about the growth of Pennsylvania’s deer herd (Pennsylvania deer herd is growing and growing – 12/26) neglected to disclose the true reason behind the growth of the herd; mismanagement due to the deliberate workings of the Pennsylvania Game Commission.…
Response to: Her Love of Turkey Hunting
The following LTE in response to http://www.tennessean.com/sports/localsports/archives/04/01/45844684.shtml?Element_ID=45844684 was sent to The Tennessean on 1/25/04 http://www.tennessean.com/sports/localsports/archives/04/01/45844684.shtml?Element_ID=45844684 A recent article in The Tennessean addressed women’s basketball star Courtney Boynton and her love of Turkey Hunting. It is tragic that such a promising young woman has little compassion for birds who have such…
The American Turkey
Sent to several New Jersey newspapers January 25, 2004 Before the Bald Eagle became known as the symbol of America, the great statesman and revolutionary Benjamin Franklin put his support behind the turkey being honored as the national bird. Franklin’s choice would have been a good one, as the North…
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