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Tuesday

05May

Buckwild Goes Digital!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 12:04PM

Spring 2009 Buckwild Outdoors Magazine adds new digital issue to the mix! With the launch of our fourth issue (Summer 09) we will be adding a new feature accessible to subscribers on our website, Buckwild Digimag a carbon copy of the high quality, full color hardcopy magazine online. Click on the Spring Issue cover for a sneak peak!

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Friday

24Apr

12 Gauge Shot Glasses

Friday, April 24, 2009 at 10:47AM

These cool glasses would make a great gift for yourself or that favorite drinker hunter in your life. Each glass is made of plastic with a metal baseand the classic '12 GAUGE' stamp on the side and packaged in sets of four. Unfortunately, they ship from the U.K. so shipping may get a little pricey.

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Black Bear Makes Rare Appearance

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 9:10AM

Animal's lack of fear of humans worries natural resources officials.

A black bear has been spotted recently in Talbot, Kent and Queen Anne's counties.From DelmarvaNow.com:

When Gil Johnson came home and found metal stakes bent over onto the ground, he told his wife something big bent them.

"I betcha it was a bear," he said earlier this week.

Then, Johnson saw a 5-inch wide paw print; and the next night, when he reached for a birdfeeder, he turned and saw the bear.

"He was standing there, and I don't know who ran faster, me or him," he said. "But he just ran around the house."

The bear found a metal trash can filled with about 50 pounds of sunflower seeds, dragged it near the house, laid down on the ground and started to eat. It ate for about four hours, then left.

Johnson called the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and officials told him to scare the bear off and remove all food from its reach. When the bear returned the next night, Johnson heeded that advice.

"I tried to chase him, but he would walk around the house and come back," he said. "He scratched the ground and ate the little bit of seeds left."

The bear didn't seem nervous, even when Johnson came within 10 feet of it. That concerns DNR officials.

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Monday

13Apr

Cases of Lyme Disease Soar in Region

Monday, April 13, 2009 at 8:31AM

From the Washington Post:

The black-legged tick nymphs that have caused Lyme disease reports in the Washington region to soar will emerge with the spring flowers this month, and one thing is certain: They are hungry.

The most recent statistics show that Lyme disease reports more than doubled in Virginia and Maryland from 2006 to 2007, the last year for which data are available. They have nearly doubled in the District, tripled in Howard County and quadrupled in Montgomery County. Loudoun County recorded half of all cases in Virginia.

"The black-legged tick is really coming down and taking hold in the Potomac region," said David Goodfriend, the Loudoun County health director. "There are a great many more ticks in the area than there were a number of years ago."

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Tuesday

07Apr

Asian Oysters Not An Option

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 10:57PM

From BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP)

Asian oysters, once viewed as the best chance to rescue a fishery and the Chesapeake Bay, are no longer an option.

Alex DeMetrick, of Channel 13, reports after five years of study, the federal government has decided the potential benefitsof Asian oysters aren't worth the potential risks.

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Monday

30Mar

Big-Game Hunting Close To Home

Monday, March 30, 2009 at 10:35AM

Photo courtesy of Kentucky Fisheries and Wildlife Resources Department

Kentucky and Tennessee are now open for elk hunting. The deadline to enter the 2009 Kentucky Elk Hunt Lottery is April 30, 2009. Deadline for the Tennessee lottery is May 31, 2009. Best of all, they each only costs $10 to enter the drawing! Info on how to apply is listed at the bottom of the article.

From TimesDaily.com

He hopes to be able to go elk hunting this fall or winter a little closer to home - about 350 miles from Florence.

The last time Jeff Patterson went elk hunting, he spent 25 hours behind the wheel driving to the Rocky Mountains.

Patterson is among thousands of hunters throughout the country who have applied for a permit to go elk hunting in Kentucky.

"It's exciting to think I might be able to hunt elk only five or six hours from here," he said. "It would be really neat if I am able to kill one that close to home."

Since being released in 1997, elk have proliferated throughout the eastern Kentucky mountains.

Dave Baker, a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, said the agency will issue 1,000 elk permits this year. In 2008, only 400 were issued.

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Wednesday

25Mar

New Record Set For Maryland Deer Harvest

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 11:34AM

Winter weather helps some hunters, hurts others; Maryland has banner year.

"While most of the states where deer hunting is the biggest game in town had their ups and downs, tiny Maryland claimed bragging rights for the best hunting season of all. For the first time in history, Maryland hunters tagged more than 100,000 deer — 100,437, to be exact. The previous record harvest came in 2002-2003 when 94,114 whitetails and sika deer were taken. The latest harvest included 32,221 bucks (an 8 percent increase over last year) and 59,987 does (a 10 percent increase over 2007-2008)."

From ESPN Outdoors Hunting:

Deer hunters across whitetail country produced mixed results this past season, as unusually cold and rainy winter weather generally hampered hunting efforts in the northern tier of states, while relatively dry, mild weather in other areas encouraged more hunters to participate.

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Tuesday

24Mar

Extreme Fishing

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 9:39PM

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Monday

23Mar

DNR Offers Linthicum House for Free

Monday, March 23, 2009 at 9:48PM

If You Can Move it, You Can Have it

Church Creek, MD - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a free house to any person or organization that is willing to move the house, at their expense, from its current location.

The house – built in 1915 and known as the Linthicum House - is currently located near Church Creek at Golden Hill Road (MD Route 335) and Key Wallace Drive, on the grounds of Harriett Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Dorchester County. The house is in stable condition, and retains many of its interior finishes.

Prospective applicants or the general public can attend an open house and inspect the house on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. A request for proposals for moving or salvage including photographs and additional details is available on the DNR website.

If there are no successful applicants willing to move the house, DNR will then consider proposals to salvage interior elements such as doors, staircases, and flooring.

For more information, call Jordan Loran at 410-260-8907.