Here’s what’s worth reading today, Friday, June 21, 2019:
Six heat hacks to stay safe this summer at Texas state parks: Last year, Texas’ temperatures soared to record highs and staff at more than 40 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sites handled 134 incidents relating to heat-related illnesses in humans and pets. On the eve of the official start of summer, TPWD experts are sharing their top six heat hacks for staying safe in the outdoors during the blistering Texas heat.
California teen bitten by sea lion in ‘rare’ attack officials believe linked to poisoning: A 13-year-old girl was bitten by a sea lion on Friday along California’s central coast in a “very rare” attack that lead officials to believe the marine mammal had been poisoned after eating toxic fish. Capt. Todd Tognazzini, of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the 13-year-old was standing in the surf zone while a friend was taking pictures of her, the Sacramento Bee reported. An adult female sea lion swam up, bit the girl on the thigh and then swam off.
How Instagram became divisive for female fly-fishers: Some believe the platform has made the sport more accessible and lucrative for female anglers. But not everyone sees it that way.
Texas deer hunting enjoyment not just about pulling the trigger
Video of Cabela’s employee stomping fish to death raises concerns: A bizarre scene caught on film at a Montana Cabela’s has gone viral on social media, as it features a store employee seemingly stomping a fish to death. On June 16, the Kalispell location of the outdoor sporting goods retailer held a catch-and-release fishing event in honor of Father’s Day, NBC Montana reports. In an 18-second clip filmed outside the store and since shared to Facebook, a fish is thrown onto the pavement from a net. A person, identified by the outlet as a Cabela’s employee, forcefully steps on the wriggling creature twice, before the fish, now allegedly dead, is dumped into a small black bin.
Fish and Wildlife Board declines petition to limit coyote hunting: The state’s Fish and Wildlife Board voted against a petition to end the open season on coyotes. In Vermont and many other states, there’s an open season on coyotes, meaning anyone with a hunting license can kill them at any time. A group of Vermont Law School students submitted the petition to the Fish and Wildlife Board to close the hunting season from March to October. Closing the season during spring and summer, when coyote pelts are not valuable, would cut back on “wanton killing” of coyotes, they say.e of the year.
Teton County man who illegally took antlers banned from hunting worldwide: A Teton County man lost his hunting privileges worldwide and was fined $15,000 as part of his sentence for illegally taking elk antlers, according to minutes from the federal court hearing in Casper. Joshua Anders Rae was charged with illegally crossing the National Elk Refuge and entering the Bridger-Teton National forest during the closed season, according to Wyoming U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Mark Trimble. Rae would locate elk antlers, cut them up and stash them so he could come back later to collect them, Trimble said.
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