http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:52:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Patrick Murphy of Rocky Mount, NC 6am finds me on schedule to my first listening location. The air is cool and sharp, there's no wind. The thick smoke from my breath hovers around my head as I stop to listen. It seems thick enough to convince me it's hampering my ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/20/early-morning-gobblers/ Dear SAOVA Friends, I'm temporarily filling in for Susan Wolf, who is recovering from surgery. The Humane Society of the U.S. HB538 "commercial" breeder measure passed the Virginia House on 2/12/2008. It will clear our Senate within days. HSUS is about to gain in Virginia what it couldn't in years ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/14/anti-dog-breeder-bill-passes-virginia-house/ These lines have been drawn in the sand many times, probably since the beginning of time but I think today those drawing the lines are being more vocal about it and the lines are getting deeper and bolder. These days we dare not "profile", once referred to as stereotyping, because ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/28/redblue-leftright-urbanrural-rightwrong-elitecommon-smartdumb-progressivebackward/ By A. Sayward Lamb #1 To insure a positive identification of your guns, simply remove the butt-plate and inscribe either your name or a number that would prove you are the owner of that gun. Replace the butt-plate and no one else will know that you have ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/12/gun-identification/ By Steven T. Remington We all enjoy getting out in the woods and searching for game. Our thoughts of coming up victorious are in the forefront of our minds throughout the season, but are we prepared for the worst case scenerio? Usually the times when we are ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/12/nine-survival-tips-if-ever-lost-in-the-woods/ What some are calling an ambiguous loophole in an Indiana state law, trappers who are taking wild coyotes outside of the prescribed coyote trapping season, are keeping them alive and selling them to dog trainers and using them to collect urine for use by trappers. The Indiana Department of Natural ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/12/indiana-dnr-wants-to-prevent-coyotes-from-being-sold/ With the whitetail deer population somewhere around 1 million and growing in Virginia, officials with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is considering instituting an "Earn a Buck" program in eight locales around the state where deer populations are the highest and most problematic. The so-called Earn a Buck program ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/12/virginia-considering-earn-a-buck-program/ We are at a point where it would be safe to say that this year's outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) is quite widespread. Here's a list of states that have confirmed cases of the virus that is carried to deer by biting midges or no-see-ums: Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/12/ehd-a-bit-ho-hum-in-the-deep-south/ As most hunters are aware, several states are experiencing outbreaks of EHD (Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease). To date, states involved are, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey and Montana. In those states, some are experiencing widespread outbreaks while others are sporadic. Either way, ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/12/ehd-outbreak-widespread-and-following-drought/ By Tom Remington In an article I posted the other day, I said that the state of Virginia was beginning work on dealing with hunting with hounds. I told you that I had contacted the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to get some questions answered about the hound hunting ... http://virginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/12/virginia-game-officials-want-to-preserve-hound-hunting-done-the-right-way/