Japanese Shigenori Goto said he found the 13ft long squid swimming in one of his fixed nets off the island in Niigata Prefecture when he hauled it in early on Wednesday morning. The squid, later found to be male, reportedly died […]
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Two tourists could have avoided an attack by an elephant in the Kruger National Park if they had known how to read its body language, an animal behaviour expert has said. Les Hes, a wildlife guide with 35 years’ experience
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Texas Parks & Wildlife Department officials are currently scoping for potential regulation changes for speckled trout and flounder on the Texas coast. What is the status of these fisheries? Here is some interesting data on the trout fishery. What bay
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Wetland loss along the Gulf Coast accounts for a staggering 71 percent of the coastal wetland loss in the United States each year, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report. “Louisiana’s coastal land loss is the greatest
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Lawmakers in Missouri are once again trying to nullify federal gun laws within the Show-Me State, and this time around they hope Second Amendment advocates elsewhere will join in their fight. The Republican-controlled State Legislature came up one vote shy
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So, how big is the SHOT Show? The TF&G staff has attended for decades and for years we have returned shocked at just how big the show has gotten. The following graph from the National Shooting Sports Foundation breaks down
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After his 1902 trip to Yemen, scholar and naturalist Wilhelm Hein returned with a variety of plants and animals, which he donated to the Vienna Museum. One of these specimens, a shark, sat unnoticed for more than 80 years. In
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A deer named Vinny will be removed from a Tampa Bay-area wildlife sanctuary where it gored a woman in the eye. Officials said Vinny will be removed from Survival Outreach Sanctuary in Spring Hill on Monday by the Florida Fish
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Lake Fork produced its third Toyota ShareLunker of the season Sunday night. Randall E. Claybourne of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was fishing by himself in 15 feet of water in the east arm of the lake when the 13.86-pound bass took his
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Scary but true: Youtube has become the world’s second-largest search engine. The good news is that no matter what you’re into, you can find some pretty awesome Youtube videos about it. And yes, that includes boating. Here are three of
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If you have a crankbait fisherman in your family here is an affordable gift that will help their fishing immensely.
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The eyes of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are upon Texas this weekin an effort to urge the Panhandle town of Turkey to change its name to “Tofurky” in time for Thanksgiving. In a letter to Turkey mayor Pat Carson, PETA
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In striking down the City of Chicago’s 2010 ordinance banning the sales of firearms within city limits, U.S. District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang in his ruling released Monday provided important recognition that the right of Americans to keep and
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The 36th edition of the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade ShowTM (SHOT Show®) will take place January 14-17 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. More than 60,000 industry professionals are expected to attend. Owned and sponsored
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The eyes of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are upon Texas this weekin an effort to urge the Panhandle town of Turkey to change its name to “Tofurky” in time for Thanksgiving. In a letter to Turkey mayor Pat Carson, PETA
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A permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino sold Saturday night for $350,000 at a Dallas auction held to raise money for conservation efforts but criticized by wildlife advocates. Steve Wagner, a spokesman for the Dallas Safari Club, which
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Saxet Gun Shows have been held nearly every month since 2010 at an Austin, Texas-area exposition center, but that’s ending after this month. Travis County commissioners voted not to renew Saxet’s lease for the county’s expo center, ending weeks
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A woman suffered a broken leg and wrist after she was attacked in Woodland (UK) by a 600lbs pig Mary Smith, 74, was feeding pigs at her friend’s smallholding when the wild rampant porker suddenly crashed through the wire fence.
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The icon on the GPS shows his dog is on the move. For Michael Crippen, it provides hope his radio-collared bear hound has survived the wolf attack that had taken her hunting mate. It is a gray morning here in
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Three years to the day that she was critically wounded in a mass shooting that left six dead, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords called for persistence in the fight for gun control, and revealed for the first time that she now
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