Trickery pays off in early goose season ambush
In Delaware County a group of hunters used a reverse deception trap to drive flocks of giant Canada geese into their line. Pat Mescher Dan Toale and Jeff Mescher coordinated hidden blockers and a circling driver to surprise four dozen geese, yielding a dramatic success as the flock approached.
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Delaware County
Pendence
Pat
Jeff
Independence
Pat Mescher
Toale
Jeff Mescher
Orlan Love
the Gazette
Dundee
Hawk Watch 2004 and local outdoor events on Saturday
Hawk Watch 2004 runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at MacBride Nature Recreation Area and Stainbrook State Preserve with hawk watching, ident seminars, live raptor program, and songbird banding. Also on tap are East Iowa Ski Club fall kickoff at Squaw Creek Park and DNA hunter education class registration in Linn County. Cavernous listings of deer hunt licenses at F.W. Kent Park and Fall 3-D Archery Shoot plus top results from Cedar Rapids Bassmasters and Angler of the Year standings.
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Macbride Nature Recreation Area
Stainbrook State Preserve
North Liberty
Solon
Sugar Bottom
Iowa City
East Iowa Ski Club
Red Cedar
Squaw Creek Park
Eastiowaskiclub.com
Rarest Hawaiian Poo Uli Birds May Face Captivity Plan
The po o uli population drops from a few hundred in 1973 to three birds two females and a male living separate forest areas. Attempts to move a female failed as she returned home. Biologists plan to capture all three to breed in captivity to save the species and learn for future efforts.
Allamakee trout revival on its way
Allamakee County near Dorchester prepares a prairie backed restoration of Brook Creek and its watershed. Mike Osterholm plans a 98 acre farm with three streams Waterloo Creek Duck Creek and the reborn Brook Creek to restore 1850s prairie vegetation and soft armor bank stabilization with prairie cord grass. Volunteers planted prairie grass plugs and Luther College biology students inoculated the stream as planners expect wild brook trout will be stocked in Brook Creek in spring 2006 with partners Trout Unlimited US Fish and Wildlife Service Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association Luther College Prairie Enthusiasts Iowa Prairie Network and local conservation groups.
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Dorchester
Allamakee
Brook Creek
Mike Osterholm
Waukon
Luther College
University of Minnesota
Waterloo Creek
Duck Creek
Osterholm
Jesse Bennett
Glen Haven
Wis
Bennett
Iowa
Waterloo
Duck
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Luther College Biology
South Pine Creek
Winneshiek County
Partners
Trout Unlimited
The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association
Prairie Enthusiasts
Iowa Prairie Network
Northeast Iowa Rc&d
Allamakee County Conservation Board
John Beard
Tom Murray
Decorah
Allamakee County
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Linn County
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42Nd St. NE
Johnson County Deer Hunt
F.W. Kent Park
Vation Education Center
Hitaga Archery Club
C.R. Bassmasters
Thad
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Jason Brecht
Dean Miller
Bob Heath
Mueller
John Helm
Bear Creek
Bassmasters
Garrett Smith
Lansing
Zach Cassill
Shaun Nelson
John Kuhn
Brian O’dean
Smith
Nelson
O’dean
Shane Powers
United States
David Allen Sibley
Chris Elphick
John B. Dunning Jr
New York Times Syndicate
Sibley Guide To Birds
Sibleyguidetobirds.com
Golf Shops
Ellis, Jones, Twin Pines & Gardner
Cedar Rapids Golf
Sibley
Bill Kalishek
the Gazette A
Marc Morehouse
Tyler Lechtenberg
Mike Hlas
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