Here’s what’s worth reading today, Monday, April 22, 2019:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department finalizes 2019-20 migratory game bird seasons: Texas wingshooters can begin marking their calendars for the 2019-20 hunting seasons, with minimal changes over last year’s schedule. The only change from last year to upcoming migratory game bird seasons adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be a reduction in the pintail bag limit to just one per day.
Ted Nugent vows to ‘keep fighting’ against deer baiting ban: Rocker Ted Nugent is fighting back against a Michigan ban that went into effect after Jan. 31 prohibiting hunters from deer baiting and feeding in the Lower Peninsula in an effort to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease. Nugent, who has been outspoken about his passion for hunting, said in an interview that he would be challenging the Natural Resources Commission-approved ban, calling it the “definition of insanity,” and is in the process of setting up a rally in Michigan in June to gather support.
Laredoans among men sentenced for illegal hunting from helicopter: Three Laredoans and another man have been sentenced after their involvement in illegal sport hunting from a helicopter in violation of the federal Airborne Hunting Act.
Small Texas lakes are hidden gems in big bass fishing pursuits
$11 for a shotgun shell? Entering the gilded age of turkey hunting: Turkey hunters can be like any other breed of outdorspeopole, running the gamut from bare-bones minimalists to gadget-crazed trend setters. Of course “spending up” is everywhere in the great outdoors these days. You see it in the range of ice fishing campers or boat electronics or, heck, even in fishing rods. You can buy a nice fishing rod for $50. Or you can spend $500 or even $5,000. But in recent years it’s been turkey hunting that’s barreling headlong (some would say off the rails) toward more and more expensive gear, including $11 apiece shotgun shells and $200 decoys.
Hunting can distract from life’s rough patches: The magical silence of the early morning coaxes the mind to quiet, leaving the wonders of nature to take center stage. The sun begins its slow climb over the backside of the mountain, painting the sky with glorious streaks of color before finally peeking over the top, and the songbirds find their morning voice, adding soundtrack to the developing scene.
On Earth Day, a reflection on Aldo Leopold, the land ethic and hunting: Aldo Leopold died in 1948, decades before Earth Day was founded. But he had already cast a mold with his life lessons and writings that, arguably, qualify him as the ambassador of the modern observance. Millions around the U.S. and beyond likely agree.
This Earth Day, try conservation optimism: Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the population of America has swelled by 120 million people. Gross domestic product has increased from just under $2 trillion to nearly $20 trillion. Yet, counter to what might seem intuitive, we are finding better ways to conserve and improve our environment.
Cincinnati officer, son shot while turkey hunting: A Cincinnati police officer and his son were shot while hunting in Clermont County, 911 calls say. The suspects are turkey hunters.
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