Two Boone and Crockett bears mark Eddie Bridges’ record
Eddie Bridges of Greensboro tournaments and Camp Bryan on Lake Ellis Simon scored a second Boone and Crockett trophy in three years with a 480 pound black bear taken last November. Skull width 7 5/8 inches and length 13 1/2 inches yielded a 21 1/8 score matching his prior 1991 bear. Bridges, founder of the North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation, once opposed a bear season but now hunts it.
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Boone and Crockett Club
Boone and Crockett Records
Boone and Crockett
Craven County
North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation
Down East Archery Association
Great Swamp Archery
Vanceboro
Havelock
Grifton
Plymouth
Jacksonville
Edenton
Camp Lejeune
Cherry Point
Turkey photography for practice as hunting opens
Wildlife enforcement officer Steve Long and Mike Fan in Trenton have turned camera work into turkey practice along the Trent and Lower Neuse rivers. They note turkeys are wary, with hunting expanding in Craven and Jones counties in 1996 and all of Jones County in 1997. The group, including the National Wild Turkey Federation, monitors Restoration areas, warns about illegal shooting, and offers a 500 dollar reward for reports. Hasell plans a Neuse chapter banquet March 16 in Kinston as pictures of gobblers and courting displays illustrate local turkey behavior.
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Trenton
Trent
Neuse
Steve Long
Mike Fan
Long
Craven
Jones Counties
Jones County
National Wild Turkey Federation
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
The
Wildlife Commission
Turkey Federation
Federation
Joe Doe
Beaucoup
Hasell
Kinston
Amazing but True Fishing Stories sampled from a new book
A reader shares snippets from Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo’s Amazing but True Fishing Stories. Highlights include Bob Ploegetz’s epic 37 hour fight for a 100 pound salmon, Cindy Caperton’s cold water swim to reach the weigh in, Bob Crupi’s catch and release near the world record, Fred Couples vs Steve Rajeff distance duel, and Bob Wofford’s disqualification over a missing tournament hat. Tommy Bray and Eddie Whitford post local wins, while Paul Wachter pursues the pro circuit.
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Bruce Nash
Allan Zullo
T.V
Lake Fork
Texas
Cindy Caperton
Caperton
Fred Couples
Steve Rajeff
Couples
Rajeff
Bob Wofford
Wofford
Tommy Bray
New Bern
Pamlico
Eddie Whitford
Neuse
Trent
Paul Wachter
Outdoorsmen value family. survey finds higher parenting emphasis
ATLANTA AP an Roper Starch Worldwide survey for Field & Stream and Outdoor Life shows outdoorsmen eight one percent rate being a good parent as the key to success versus 75 percent for all men. The study notes 41 million outdoorsmen, 30.23 million participate in other outdoor activities, 18.48 million sideline.
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Atlanta
America
Field & Stream
Outdoor Life Magazines
Roper
Backyard habitat program brings wildlife to a North Carolina yard
Gibsonville AP report on Bill and Dottie Hurd turning a three acre tract on NC 61 into a wildlife habitat. They host 14 bird feeders two feeding stations a salt lick for deer and a butterfly hotel while aiming to attract deer rabbits squirrels woodpeckers bluebirds hummingbirds and bats. The National Wildlife Federation counts 397 NC participants in the backyard habitat program and the Hurds spend time daily and about 60 dollars monthly on feed as they expand their wildlife-friendly landscape.
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Mountain
N.C
S&d
National Guard
NC 11
Greenville
Call
Cape Lookout
Shoreline
Fairfield
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
Sheratonial
Research Triangle Park
Jim Graham
N.C. State Fairgrounds
Raleigh
Operation Bass
Kerr Lake
Henderson Point
Sun Journal
P.O
New Bern
Gibsonville
Bill
Dottie Hurd
North Carolina
National Wildlife Federation
Shila Tee Sodaitlon
McLeod
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Eddie Bridges
Greensboro
Camp Bryan
Lake Ellis
Simon
Terry Lewis
Terry’s Archery Plus
Don Lee
Arapahoe
American Camping Association
United States
Turkey
Mike
the Sun
Bob Ploegetz
Minnesota
Bass Report
Bob Crupi
Crupi
Hurd
Nancy McLeod
Washington
Gallo Ceramic Tile
Middle St
New Berr
Mike's Jewelers Raed
Bennie Sla
Neuse Bivd
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