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Australian, Olympic-Hopeful, Female Archers Take Feud To Court

GoHUNTn Editors — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:03:09 +0000

The Summer Olympics are just a couple of months away, and countries are getting their teams set for competition. But, the women’s archery contest is getting heated in Australia a little ahead of schedule. Odette Snazelle and Elisa Barnard are rivals competing for the coveted spot on the Australia archery team, and their feud is getting [...]

Coyotes Triumph

Mary Pinkowish — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:42:24 +0000

Little Red Riding Hood should be watching her back for coyotes, not wolves. Fascinating story here from Nature magazine via Scientific American about the ascent of coyotes, who’ve filled a vacuum created by the demise of wolves, cougars and bobcats. Here’s an excerpt from Sharon Levy’s article: “Researchers have long known the coyote as a [...]

Man Harvests Trophy Buck in Illinois. Ships its Testicles to Louisiana

GoHUNTn Editors — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:10:59 +0000

Talk about not letting anything go to waste. Last November, Mike Toney shot a 200-plus-inch monster whitetail deer in Illinois. Toney estimates that it weighed about 275 pounds, and as soon as he shot the deer, he thought about its sperm. Toney heard about Louisiana State University’s AgCenter Research Extension project, so he contacted them to see [...]

Facts about Turkeys

Billy Voudrie — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:35:49 +0000

Did you know that in the early1900s the poplutaion of wild turkeys reached an all time low around 30,000. The eastern wild turkey is the most numerous out of the 6 subspecies, with more than 5 million. You can tell the gender of the wild turkey just by looking at their droppings. A male turkeys droppings [...]

Mitchell Guist 911 Tape Released

GoHUNTn Editors — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:03:59 +0000

We are still waiting to find out the autopsy findings from Mitchell Guist’s untimely death on Monday. Reports are varied as to what has happened, but it sounds like Guist was doing repairs on a houseboat when he collapsed and fell back in his boat in the swamps of Louisiana. The Swamp People star would [...]

Pro Hockey Player Under Fire for Posting Bear Hunt Video and Photo on Twitter

GoHUNTn Editors — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:54:19 +0000

David Booth plays left wing for the Vancouver Canucks, and, among other things, the NHLer enjoys hunting. He went on a spring bear hunt in Alberta, and took to Twitter to celebrate his success, and that’s where things got messy. Using a bow, Booth downed the bear while hunting over bait, which is the most [...]

Maryland the Next State to Have Elk?

GoHUNTn Editors — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:58:45 +0000

While western states are struggling to keep their elk populations healthy thanks to wolves (and other various problems), the elk that have been reintroduced in eastern states are thriving. There are hunting populations in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, and this spring, elk will be introduced in Virginia. And Old Dominion’s neighboring state, Maryland, may be the [...]

Eight Deer Wander Into Town, Wreak Havoc in Minnesota

GoHUNTn Editors — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:41 +0000

It’s not that people in Moorhead, Minn. aren’t used to seeing deer, but they’ve never seen a herd of eight get spooked downtown, and it caused quite a bit of damage. According to WDAY.com, the eight deer got disoriented and started smashing widows and doors and one getting hit by a car. The damage was [...]

Dog Saves 14-Year-Old From Rattlesnake

GoHUNTn Dog — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:39:54 +0000

Daniel Whitman, 14, was out with his 5-year-old Siberian Husky-mix rescue dog, cleaning up after it, when he heard the rattle. The rattlesnake was coiled up in the Whitman’s backyard in Monrovia, Calif., and Daniel and his dog, Boone, started running back to the house. But, Boone got between the snake and the boy, and [...]

British Fox Hunters Guilty of Using Hound Dogs

GoHUNTn Editors — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:42:54 +0000

When thinking about British hunting, there is almost always a dog that comes to mind and the words Tally Ho!, but that has not been the case since 2004 when the country outlawed hunting mammals with dogs. But three members of a Sussex hunt were found guilty of using hounds on fox hunts in early [...]