Duck Shooting Memories At Iowa Game Fair And Beyond
The author recalls trials with steel and lead shot at the Iowa Game Fair near Cedar Falls, detailing pheasant and duck shoots. He notes missed targets, rules about hen and cock clays, and recalls first duck memories on Shell Rock River, with plans for opening duck season and dog work in the marsh.
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Jim Mayer
Gazete Outdoor
Duck Marsh
Iowa
Cedar River
Tom Roster
Department of Natural Resources
Roster
Shell Rock
National Hunting and Fishing Day Event At Ikes Park
Linn County Izaak Walton League hosts a free outdoor day at 5401 42nd St NE featuring rifle pistol and trap ranges open noon to 5 pm with instructors. Archery demonstrations by Waltonian Archers, plus displays from Cedar Rapids Bass Masters and others. Boy Scouts camporee morning on site. Food drinks available. call Dale Braun or Bob Manchester for details.
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Mis Vane Pare
Linn County
Izaak Walton League of America
42Nd St
Edgewood Road
Ikes
Cedar Rapids Bass Masters
Pheasants Forever
Iowa Wild Turkey Federation
Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association
Gary Bowen
Iowa Wetlands
National
Braun
Bob Manchester
Douglas Wood concert tickets remain for Ballantyne Auditorium
Suit tickets are available for the Douglas Wood concert at Ballantyne Auditorium Kirkwood Community College with an eight dollar door price. An environmentalist singer songwriter Wood resides in Sartell Minnesota and performs tonight.
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Douglas Wood
Ballantyne Auditorium
Kirkwood Community College
Sartell
Minn
Iowa 1988 habitat trout and duck stamp winners named
Middle Amana artist Jack Hahn and two Des Moines designers won 1988 habitat duck and trout stamp contests. Hahn's mourning doves earned the habitat stamp. Doug Sampson won the trout with a brookie. Mark Cary claimed the duck with pintails. Stamps cost 3 to 8 dollars and support wildlife programs.
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Jack Hahn
Middle Amana
Des Moines
Hahn
Doug Sampson
Brookie
Mark Cary
Ian
Duck Smp
Ampson
Iowa
Rifled deer slugs and copper coated steel shot legal in Iowa
The Gazette reports rifle slug barrels may be used for deer only and rifled barrels come in several grades for popular shotguns. Copper coated steel shot is now legal for waterfowl, replacing plain steel after lead was banned, with manufacturers claiming increased accuracy from rifled slugs.
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Towa
Rick McGeough
Law Enforcement Bureau
Department of Natural Resources
the Gazette
Osterberg to Speak at Wildlife Federation Meeting
Rep. David Osterberg D Mount Vernon opens the Town Wildlife Federation annual meeting at Stouffer s Five Seasons Hotel with a talk on groundwater legislation at 1 30 p m Ben Van Gundy of the National Heritage Foundation discusses Iowa wetlands at 2 30 p m and William Hamilton of the Black Hawk County Conservation Board covers roadside habitat management at 3 30 p m The Iowa Wildlife Federation is aligned with the National Wildlife Federation.
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David Osterverg
Mount Vernon
Town Wildlife Federation
Stouffer’s Five Seasons Hotel
Osterberg
Ben van Gundy
The
National Heritage
Iowa
William’ Hamilton
Black Hawk County
CITYLINE News Quiz Challenge Call 3637000
City residents can test knowledge via CITYLINE News Quiz with category 4600 by calling 3637000 for questions and scoring.
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Cityline
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Anamosa
Izaak Walton League
Highway 181
Pam
Eastern Iowa
Ducks Unlimited
Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Larry's Archery
66Th Ave
Coralville
Coralville Lake Visitor Center
Joe Goodson
Omer
Tw Arenson
Habitat
Amana Baker
Vuex
Main
Wark Dannewitz
Garner
Gary Tweet
Osceola
Jane Beck Stoner
Peterson
Craig Carlson
Davenport
Buzz Balzer
Milton
Mike Dunbar
Bettendorf
Sheila Christiansen
Onawa
Trout
Dan Seward
LeGrand
Dan Damjarnovic
Waterloo
Ed King
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Bill Folkers
Amery
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