http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:53:42 +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://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/20/early-morning-gobblers/ By Blaine Cardilli ~Ever wonder why some set ups work and some don't?~ As a die hard turkey hunter and seminar speaker for both "Hunters Specialties" and "Northwoods Adventures TV", I get asked a multitude of questions each season on how to set up on turkeys. Do you use a decoy? Do ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/14/the-art-of-setting-up-on-turkeys/ News and Comment by George Dovel About George Dovel: Following several decades of close association with state and federal wildlife mangers as a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, a qualified volunteer on assorted wildlife research projects and a member of several fish and game advisory committees, George Dovel offers a unique perspective ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/a-new-solution-to-non-game-program-funding/ By Keith “Catfish” Sutton Keith Sutton 15601 Mountain Dr. Alexander, AR 72002 501-847-9643 catfishdude@sbcglobal.net On a sunny February morning, a 12-year-old kid in blue jeans walks out the back door, grabs a single-shot 410 as he goes and heads for the back forty—a field of briar patches, broomsedge and brushy ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/in-fields-alone/   By Joe Perham “To sleep, per chance to dream, aye there’s the rub” Shakespeare’s Hamlet I dream a lot and every dream I have manages to wake me up. Which is good. It used to be that I could recall my dreams with a fair degree of detail. Now that ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/night-hunting/ By Robert Lane In late March and early April, most outdoorsmen and women in Maine are tuning fishing gear, buying new tackle and anxiously waiting for ice-out on their favorite lakes and ponds. After a winter like this one, that can be several long weeks depending on what part of the ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/spring-deer-scouting/ When and How Often to Call By Scott Ellis My name is Scott Ellis. I am a member of the Crossroads Cabin (fullstrut). I am also a member of Quaker Boy Game Calls Pro Staff. The best two tips I can offer to the new turkey hunter is one: ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/turkey-hunting-tip-for-the-beginner/ By A. Sayward Lamb   To avoid getting in over your hunting boots when crossing a stream while hunting, simply carry a pair of the thin covered, nylon fabric, hip boots that fold flat and will easily fit into the back pocket of your hunting jacket. ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/how-to-avoid-getting-water-over-the-tops-of-your-boots/ 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://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/indiana-dnr-wants-to-prevent-coyotes-from-being-sold/ 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://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/ehd-a-bit-ho-hum-in-the-deep-south/