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Register Now for a Chance to Bow Hunt Alabama's Little River State Park

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Alabama --(Ammoland.com)- For the first time in 80 years, Little River State Park in Atmore, Ala., is offering a three-day controlled archery hunt Jan. 26-28, 2012 for just $500 per hunter. Proceeds from the hunt benefit Ironmen Outdoor Ministries, which manages the state park.

Ironmen Outdoor Ministries is a not for profit organization that commits itself to compassionately reach out and bless those who are in need; particularly those who are handicapped, children in need, the impoverished and the abandoned.

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for a chance to take part in this hunt package, which includes food and lodging. Each hunter and one non-hunting guest will stay in a modern (2BR, CHA, full kitchen) handicap-accessible mobile home with a beautiful view of the lake and spillway.

A hot breakfast and dinner will be provided each day with a sandwich lunch. Southern cuisine will be featured including southern fried chicken, fried catfish, T-Bone steaks and baby back ribs along with all the trimmings.

The hunting terrain includes more than 900 acres of prime long-leaf pine plantation and hardwood bottoms surrounding a pristine 25-acre lake. Food plots are scattered throughout the property.

Hunters can arrive as early as noon, Jan. 25. Orientation to the park and staff will be scheduled at 2 p.m. the same day. Hunters will be made familiar with the property boundaries, food plot locations and non-hunting areas. Hunters will then be free to scout the property at 3 p.m. Hunting will not start until the morning of January 26 and will conclude at the end of legal hunting times on January 28. Hunters and guests will be required to check out by 10 a.m. on January 29.

Each hunter will need to bring his/her own climbing stand, ladder stand or ground blind (no stands or blinds will be furnished by LRSP). Four wheelers, side-by-side ATVs and golf carts are welcome for the hunt

LRSP personnel will be more than glad to assist the hunter in the processing of the harvested deer (bring coolers for meat). Hunters can donate any unwanted meat for distribution through local charities to those in need.

ALL hunters will be required to meet all regulations stipulated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division. These regulations can be found in the Alabama Hunting and Fishing Digest 2011-2012.

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CA Department of Fish and Game Completes Bay Area Deer Capture Project

California Department Of Fish And Game

California --(Ammoland.com)- The Department of Fish and Game has successfully completed the first phase of the deer capture project along Interstate 280.

“Our goal was to get in and out with minimal disturbance to the deer and the neighborhoods, and our teams successfully accomplished that,” said David Casady, Environmental Scientist for DFG.

As part of a two-year project, the 18-month study focuses on the capture of deer along a 13 mile stretch of the freeway from Millbrae to Woodside. The purpose is to collect information and data that will help experts reduce the high number of automobile/deer collisions on this stretch of highway. The project is being funded by Caltrans and executed by UC Davis and DFG.

Using tranquilizer darts fired from a rifle, 14 female deer were sedated by trained biologists. Blood and hair samples were taken, length and weight measurements were recorded and an overall health inspection was conducted on each animal.

The captured deer were also fitted with GPS collars that will record their location and send the information to researchers via satellite. The researchers will use the data to track the deer as they move along the areas adjoining the freeway or onto the roadway itself. Automatic release mechanisms will cause the collars to fall off the deer after six months.

“All of the deer captured appeared to be healthy and many of them had fawns of all ages at their side,” Casady said. “I look forward to assisting UC Davis researchers with the next capture phase of this project.”

The next phase of the project is set to be conducted in six months using the same techniques with deer in the same vicinity.

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