Bonner County Sportsmen Plan Rifle Range Work Tonight
Members of the Bonner County Sportsmen's Association and local shooters will meet at the club rifle range on Baldy Road at 6 p.m. to conduct a work party. The club reported nearly $2,300 raised last week from Moose Dinner and raffles to fund the Moose Hunt and other projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd McNeil
Bonner County Sportsmen's Association
McNeil
Lloyd Pritchett
Ted Nordgaarden
Eddie
Baldy Road
Pritchett
Ozzie Rue
Forest Service officials to address Hope Sportsmans Club
District Ranger Jerry Stern and engineer William Stockman will discuss engineering plans and problems of the Sandpoint Ranger District at the Hope area Sportsmans Club meeting on Monday September 13 at 7 30 pm in Hope School. The presentation will include slides and a Q A session on district management and resource utilization with an emphasis on fall and winter action programs as club membership grows.
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Pend Oreille
Kamloops
Forest Service
Goodnight
Trust
Nature Conservancy
Jerry Stern
U.S Forest Service
Sandpoint Ranger District
William Stockman
Hope School
Stockman
Stern
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Peterson
Bears Released In Lunch Peak To Aid Elk Calves
IFG and Bonner County officials disclosed eight bears captured along the Lochsa River drainage in central Idaho were released in the Lunch Peak area of the Cabinet Mountains to address elk calf predation. Ray Rogers said this move targets a concentrated calving zone, while stressing elk deer tag timing and future forest road closures to protect hunting and elk productivity.
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Bonner County
Department of Fish and Game
Ray ‘Rogers
Rogers
Lunch
Cabinets Mountains
Lochsa River
Idaho
IFG
US Forest Service
Granite Creek
Green Mountain Road
Schaeffer Peak
Bonner W County
Lochsa
Clearwater
National Hunting and Fishing Day highlights conservation giving
Johnny Miller notes that hunters and fishermen contribute billions to wildlife protection and research. The article cites a self imposed tax on gear funding state programs, habitat work, and duck stamp revenue supporting refuges and public hunting areas nationwide.
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Johnny Miller
Idaho hunters face October deadline on cougar hides
Idaho regulations require hunters to report all untanned unmarked cougar hides by October and present hides taken before April 1972 for marking. Department enforcement aims to validate legally taken hides and classify untanned or unmarked hides after October as illegal. All cougar kills must be reported within five days of harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Department of Fish and Game
Tag Sales Cutoff Near
The Department of Fish and Game reports 3483 nonresident deer tags and 4560 elk tags still available from a 9500 quota for each. Deer tags end September 28 north of Idaho County. deer sales stop October 12 south of Idaho County. Elk tag sales end statewide at midnight September 28.
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Department of Fish and Game
Idaho County
Beneficial bald faced hornets noted by outdoors writer
Bonner County outdoors columnist Dave Finkelnburg praises bald faced hornets as beneficial, describing their autumn lifecycle, diet of insects, and role in controlling pests. He cites Washington State University entomology professor Roger Akre on their value and notes weather as a key factor in yellow jacket populations.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Jay
Nature
Northwest
Washington State University Entomology
Roger Akre
Akre
Pullman
Environmental Protection Agency
Alre
Yellow Jacket
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Charles Kramer
Naples
Bonner County Fair
Ron Book
Leonard Cochenette
Pete Thompson
Idaho Fish and Game
Idaho Wildlife Review
Thompson
Bill Goodnight
Grouse Creek
USFS
Hope Area Sportsmans Club
Club
Chuck Peterson
Sandpoint Daily
BY Royce Williams
Idahos
United States
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