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This isn't Porky Pig you'll be going after
I have no idea what precipitated the action, but the Pennsylvania Game Commission's executive director Carl G. Roe has rescinded all protection for feral swine found in the wild.
Beware of what animal rights group is planning
Whenever we hunters and fishermen feel a little down and don't have a lot to be cheerful about, here comes PETA and delivers a comedy routine worthy of any night club in Las Vegas.
Anti-fishing segments hope to defy president
Anti-recreational fishing segments in the U.S. seek to ban fun angling in pending Pacific Ocean Marine Protective Areas.
Emotion overrules science in wolf case
What happens when a judge allows emotion to overrule sound science?
More on Maryland's cougars
The director of the Eastern Puma Research Network, John A. Lutz, takes issue with our late September blog concerning the lack of proof that mountain lions exist in Maryland.
This Carolinian is the ultimate outdoorsman
Don't bet the rent on your outdoor skills just yet because the man from Marion, N.C., Paul Thompson, has shown that over the past three years he's been impossible to beat.
Chesapeake Bay pelicans and other newcomers
Please, don’t tell me that pelicans have been a common sight forever and ever in Chesapeake Bay country because it wouldn’t be true.
Mountain lions in little old Maryland?
In an article in the Maryland Natural Resource magazine, Therres mentions that reports of cougar sightings come from every sector in the state -- as if we’re overrun with the big cats.
Ah, the wonderful dogs I've known
Over a lifetime of living in rural areas, much of it spent among self-sustaining "can-do" farmers, wood cutters, and hunting or fishing guides, some of my best memories concern dogs.
Deer advice most people already are aware of
The residents in my home area, Charles County, Md., are so cognizant of the presence of large numbers of whitetailed deer that some of them are beginning to give them nicknames.
Watch how our money is spent, Mr. Governor
You would think that during wallet-emptying days of $3.65- to $4-per-gallon gasoline, constantly rising prices at the local grocery store, and calls for state budget cuts, the governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley, would have enough sense to put the needless spending of taxpayers' money on the back burner.
Mysteries
Strange sights and happenings in local waters
