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Keeping Your Pets Safe From Predators.

Dogs, especially small dogs are vulnerable to predator attacks, coyote, hawks, owls, bobcats… These incidents generally involve coyotes who are accustomed or habituated to people usually due to wildlife feeding, or coyotes who are protecting their territory and pups during breeding season. Coyotes are smart and they will learn the schedule of your dogs outdoor routine. If your dog goes out every morning and every night around the same time, a coyote will lay in wait and will grab your dog...

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The new world record striped bass was caught on the night of August 4, 2011

The new world record striped bass was caught on the night of August 4, 2011 in Connecticut waters. The striper was boated by Greg Myerson and weighed in at 81.88 pounds, which edges out the previous record of 78.8 pounds caught in 1982. Myerson caught his huge striper drifting a live eel near a submerged boulder, near the Outer Southwest Reef off the coast of Westbrook, Connecticut. His striper measured 54 inches in length. Greg Myerson said he’s sorry to take...

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Dead goose falls from sky, knocks hunter unconscious in ‘freaky accident’

A hunter in Easton, Md., was knocked unconscious by a goose that that had been shot out of the sky by a member of his hunting party, WBAL reports. Robert Meilhammer, 51, was out with three other hunters shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday when they noticed a flock of Canada geese overhead. The group fired at the flock from a blind, striking one of the geese and sending it plummeting directly into Meilhammer.

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You Don’t Get Poison Ivy Because It’s On Your Skin

You get it because you don’t know how to get it off of your skin. Let’s back up a bit. You’ve probably all had poison ivy at least once. You’re out in the woods having a great time. You get back to camp and it starts. That wretched itch. It’s terrible. It feels like it’s coming from the marrow in your bones and nothing you do seems to help.

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HOW TO TELL IF A SQUIRREL HAS RABIES

If you’re walking through the park or even just going about your day it’s very likely that you’ll see some cute squirrels! These fluffy friends are common in cities, and sometimes people keep them as pets. Whether you’re interested in training a squirrel or maybe you want to know how to feed an orphaned baby squirrel, you should definitely learn how to tell if a squirrel has rabies.

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We should expect a statement allowing for shed collecting

Basically, in Massachusetts wildlife law, there is the presumption that you can’t do anything unless there is a statement that says you can. Read the Abstracts. If they don’t give you the go-ahead, you can’t do it. So it’s technically questionable whether we can even legally collect deer sheds. (Don’t worry about this. Nobody is out looking to arrest shed collectors.) We should expect a statement allowing for shed collecting.