Earlier this week, I ignored calling out popular culture blog, Gawker, on putting a picture up of a brown trout about the story of a human finger found in the belly of a lake trout. It was sloppy photo research on their part, but they got a pass. But vilifying hunting in the guise of playing partisan [...]
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Gawker’s Lack of Hunting Knowledge and the Idiocy of Identity Politics
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The GoHUNTn Line–The Best Trophies and Hunting News: TV Host Big Buck Crime, First Trophies of 2012
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoHUNTn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular GoHUNTn updates from the past week: Television Host Facing Hunting Violations in Kansas – Was this big buck worth it? First Booner of the Season? 250-Inch Non-Typical Bagged in Kentucky – It’s big buck season! Boone and Crockett [...]
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Dead Squirrel Gives Colorado Girl Bubonic Plague
Sierra Downing was camping near Pagosa Springs, Colorado when she walked by a partially eaten, dead squirrel. As many 7-year-old girls would have, she took off her sweatshirt, and dug a hole for a final resting place for the squirrel. Unfortunately, the squirrel was invested with fleas carrying the bubonic plague. Those fleas got in [...]
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Flying Squirrel Wins Olympic Gold
It’s a three-pete. Gabbi Douglas, who has earned the nickname of Flying Squirrel, has becoming the third American in a row to win the gold in women’s all-around gymnastics. She finished less than three-tenths above silver medal finisher Viktoria Komova. Douglas’ nickname is pretty apt for anyone who’s seen her performances. She certainly glides through [...]
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Be a GoHUNTn Expert!
Are you a denizen of deer? A treasure-trove of turkey trivia? The smartest squirrel sage ever? Prove it! We’re looking for the best GoHUNTn members to join the GoHUNTn posting fold! Whether you’re posting hunting reports, sharing outdoor news stories, or just talking about what you love about hunting, we are looking for passionate individuals [...]
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Japanese Zoo Searching for Squirrels on the Loose
Typhoon Guchol rolled through Japan, killing one, injuring many, and destroying a lot of property. One of the things it destroyed was the squirrel housing at Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo, and now the zookeepers are scurrying to snag them back. In all, about 30 Japanese squirrels are on the loose throughout the zoo. It’s [...]
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Man Taxidermies Cat, Turns It Into a Helicopter
There are a lot of weird taxidermy pictures out there, but this one might be the strangest thing I’ve ever seen done to a dead animal. Dutch artist Bart Jansen’s cat Orville decided to pay tributes to the aviation roots of the feline’s name, and took his dead cat and turned it into a mini-helicopter. [...]
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Penn State Teaches Antis About the Benefits of Hunting
There is one prerequisite for Penn State University’s Conservation Leaders of Tomorrow course: you can never have owned a hunting license. Penn State is one of the nation’s leading agriculture and wildlife studies institutions, but that doesn’t mean everyone who goes through their courses loves hunting. So, about 10 years ago, Gary San Julian, Penn State professor emeritus [...]
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The First Family of Squirrel Hunting
This issue of Field&Stream features an amazing profile of 77-year-old Mac English, who might take squirrel hunting more seriously than anyone I've ever heard of. English has raised a brood of bushytail enthusiasts in South Carolina, and thankfully, Field & Stream sent photographer and videographer Chris Crisman to bring their story to life. If anyone [...]
Venison Processor Nabbed for Selling Meat. Ordered to Donate Nearly 700 Pounds of Venison to the Needy
The Bethany Center in Piqua, Ohio just got a very generous donation of 521 packages of deer trail sticks and summer sausage, as well as 698 pounds of ground venison, but we're guessing the man who donated it feels that great about it.Jack W. Orth was ordered to hand over the meat after he was caught [...]
