CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Eugene E. Racey Sr., Romney, was recently honored by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources for catching a trophy sized fish.
On Jan. 24, Racey landed a rainbow trout from Larenim Lake in Mineral County that weighed 5.72 pounds and measured 23 inches.
Outdoors
March 13, 2010
Big Fish
Romney man catches big rainbow in local lake
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Worm dunkers still persona non grata
The studyWhen Bob Hilderbrand was an undergraduate student at Frostburg State University, he had a part-time job electrofishing the upper tributaries of the Savage River and reporting the results to Ray Morgan at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science - Appalachian Lab. -
Hunter education
A hunter education class will take place March 3-4 at the Petersburg VFW. Instruction will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the first day and 1 to 5 p.m. on the second day.
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Raccoon in my crockpot
When I was in college I had a friend who was an occasional coon hunter, so we occasionally had roast raccoon for supper. I have told many people about those meals and how much I enjoyed them, but have not eaten raccoon since college.
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They have their ways
“Brrrrrrrt! Brrrrrrrt!” my phone vibrates in my shirt pocket. Sometimes when that happens I think that I just burped.“Hello?” -
Md. hunt rules being formed
The Maryland Wildlife & Heritage Service, currently in the early stages of setting hunting regulations for the next two years, envisions no changes to the deer bag limits in Region A (Garrett, Allegany and western Washington counties).On the other hand, substantial changes are being eyeballed for Region B, which is all of Maryland from Clear Spring eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. - Bill Watch
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Two Bears
Gary Logsdon Jr., middle, shown beside his daughter, Abby, and Gary Logsdon Sr., both of Cumberland, bagged two bears on the opening day of the Pennslvania season. One bear weighed 305 pounds and the other 120 pounds and came from the Stringtown area. Hunters in Bedford County killed 54 bears in 2011.
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Special licenses benefit Md. Natural Resources Police
The nonpartisan Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Foundation is raising funds to support the Maryland Natural Resources Police by selling limited edition Maryland Lifetime Hunting Licenses.
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Fall gobblers harvested
There were 167 turkeys harvested during Maryland’s fall season; 72 from Allegany County, 64 from Garrett and 31 from Washington, the Wildlife & Heritage Service reports.
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Bear hunters pay fines in Garrett
Two Sykesville men, accused by Maryland Natural Resources Police Officer Brian Friend of using bait to hunt bears, prepaid fines in advance of their Jan. 26 trials at Garrett County District Court.
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