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43362
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In this article the author is discussing how one student, Davis, began teaching fly-fishing. Davis’ gained her passion for fly-fishing from her great uncle had been fly-fishing for a majority of his adult life. Davis states when they moved to Colorado their great uncle gave them a crash course in fly-fishing and they have been fly-fishing ever since. Davis was attracted to fly-fishing do to the creativity involved in the sport. They love to build their own fly-fishing rods and also the lures they use. Davis states that their favorite fish to catch is trout and goes on to describe that they are starting to get into catching largemouth bass and that catfish love to put up a fight when trying to catch them. The conservation education class was started by Matt Rieger which consisted of him sitting in front of a class with a HD camera focused on his work bench which had tools to attach different material to hooks to create lures for different fish species. The camera was hooked up to different TV screens throughout the class room. Now Alisa Davis a former student now teaches this same class.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 3, May-June 2022,
p34
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43205
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In this article the author discusses the accomplishment of Ray Sugg fly fishing in 1,000 streams in North Carolina. At the age of 59 Ray Sugg have achieved his goal of fly fishing in 1,000 streams in North Carolina and this whole journey took him roughly 43 years. Ray discusses that he was inspired to start this journey when learning that Bobby Kilby had achieved the very same goal. Ray Sugg started this journey when he was in high school and he only had a nine dollar K-mart fly rod. Ray Sugg is a high school civics teacher and is also a soccer coach. The author then goes on to talk about three stories titled Best Days, Favorite Streams, and Accessing Streams that are related to Ray Sugg.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p10-11
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43276
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In this article the author is discussing their expectations when hunting as a child and how their father handled this as well. The author states that when they first started hunting they had no expectations of having successful hunting trips. The author states that no matter if they was able to catching anything or just watched the animals while hunting their father still was happy no matter. The main focus of this article was how the author’s father helped manage their expectations.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 1, January-February 2022,
p27
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43263
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In this article the author discusses the important of safety gear while hunting. The author talks about how it is common place for hunters who they have talked neglect the use of safety equipment. The author talks about their own experiences of not using ear protection while going to the range and while working concert security and now has to deal with tinnitus. The author lately lists certain situations where specific safety gear would be needed or at least should be used.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 1, January-February 2022,
p24
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43285
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In the article the author discusses how technology has changed the hunting profession and this article is how it has changed scouting. The author discusses that you can scout public land with the use of website before you even go to the area you plan on hunting on. Some of the resources the author discusses are state and federal websites, Google Earth, Google Maps, Avenza, and onX Hunt.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 5, September-October 2021,
p27
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43339
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In this article the author discusses what decoys to use depending on the season. The types of decoys talked about by the author are for turkey hunting. The author discusses using three feeding hen decoys in early spring. The author states that this represents a content flock because if the decoys was upright it would be perceived as the flock is alarmed. In mid-spring the author recommends using smaller number of decoys because this is around the time flock break up. The author states that in late spring that hens are nesting and hunters should use hen decoys but also have a Jake and strutter, male decoys, because a male would react to them because it will be seen as competition.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 2, March-April 2022,
p28
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43274
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In this article the author wants to emphasis that your observations for bird watching does not have to end with just identifying what bird it is. There are many different observations that one can make during bird watching which would include behaviors, particular song the bird sings, how many birds are there, and do you see a nest. The author lists a website where you can find a list of these different types of observations.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 1, January-February 2022,
p47
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43234
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In this article the author is discussing her 30 year long career as a photographer for the N.C Wildlife and Resources Commission. The author discusses the many places their career has taken them in North Carolina. As a Wildlife Resources Commission photographer the author has visited certain sites multiple times to on once and they have had to visit farms, shaded streams, mountain bogs, mines, caves, lakes, and game lands. Some days the author would have to travel from the coast to the mountains of North Carolina. The author says that the best time to take pictures is early morning to when the sun is setting because of the lighting.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p23-24
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43264
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In this article the author is talking about safe hunting for children. The author discusses staring children on dove, rabbits, and squirrel hunting. The author discusses that we are seeing children first getting introduced to hunting with turkey and deer hunting. The author discusses it is important to start children off on smaller game as well as on short hunting trips.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 1, January-February 2022,
p24-25
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43275
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In this article the author is discussing the detail about the Barn Owl Project. The author is discussing the historical changes of where barn owls nest which was silos and barns which are becoming fewer. The author states that hunters have been helping out with creating new nesting areas for barn owls without even knowing through the installation of permanent deer hunting boxes. This is what started the Barn Owl Project in which started the creation of original nesting boxes. These nesting boxes would be installed on private properties but this lead to another question which was how could they tell if a barn owl population was present. The Barn Owl Project think had the idea that the nest boxes were too small for North Carolina barn owls which preferred larger nesting boxes. The Barn Owl Project also learned that just installing nesting box on a property does not mean that barn owls will use it unless there is already a barn owl population present.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 1, January-February 2022,
p30-33
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43235
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This article is discussing how the author got into photography and who inspired them to do so. The author discusses that their love of nature had come from their mother who was an artist. The author says they studied fiddle crabs and searched the beach for shells when they went with their mother. The author’s first experience with photography was when their grandmother gave them a Kodak instamatic camera after some talk with their mother. The author pursued a degree in photography in college and started their career as helping an advertising photographer. The author found that advertisement photography was not their passion and their mother helped introduce them to a friend that knew the photographer for the Wildlife in North Carolina Magazine. The author said after beginning this new careers they found their passion in wildlife photography and their experience in commercial photography helped them climb the latter in their field.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p24-26
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43273
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In this article the author is talking about in importance and emphasis on the processing of an animal after the kill and how to bring new hunters into this process. One thing the author emphasizes in this article to paying respect to the animals that you kills. The author talks about wiping away blood before taking pictures as well as not sitting on or disrespecting the animal’s body. One point the author makes is that when taking his daughter out for hunting that she wanted to hold the gun and be involved but if she said that she could not do it that would also be okay. The author discussed that their son knew that any animals they hunted would be eaten and knew that including him into the hunting process.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 86 Issue 1, January-February 2022,
p25-27
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25950
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There is a widespread notion that wildlife in North Carolina is rapidly disappearing. But 23 years of protection, management, and research have kept many species abundant in the state thanks to the efforts of state and federal programs and hunters and fishers themselves.
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43287
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In this article the author is discussing the practice of the brown-headed cowbird laying its eggs in other bird species nests. The practice of a bird laying its eggs in another birds nest is called “brood parasitism” and is a common practice in other bird species. The cow bird will lay their eggs in the nest of another bird and that other bird will raise the chicks till they are ready to fly and leave the nest. Other species of animals also use “brood parasitism” like the cuckoo bee which will lay its eggs in another bees hive. There is a difference between the practices of “brood parasitism” between the cowbird and cuckoo bee which is that he cuckoo bees young hatch emailer then the young of the original bees and would steal the other young’s resources. In some cases the cuckoo bee’s larva will kill the other larva. Since the cuckoo bee takes the recourses like pollen and nectar from the hive they are placed into the adults do not pollen catching hairs.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 4, Jul-August 2021,
p38
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43208
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In this article the author is discussing his reputation of being called the “bowfin guy.” He discusses that in 2007 he had submitted his first of six different applications to the North Carolina Angler Recognition Program and in the end he was recognized as a “Master Angler.” In 2014 he was contacted by a TV producer for a reality TV show and later on he was awarded a grant to finish a book he was working on. In an attempt to be able to travel to other places to catch bowfin fish he used tournament fishing under the guise of research. The author considered this to be a failure because he spent the last three years traveling North Carolina but had not won any money from said completions. This lead to the author putting in more work during the years of 2016 and 2020 by going to tournaments in Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana and Arkansas. Through these competitions he was able to fund his “foolish idea.” The author talks about how in these other states he did not catch one Bowfin like he would have while in North Carolina. During the year of 2020 the author said that they were in a state of “panic” and “stubborn denial.” During this time he did not go to any out-of-state event but made the one exception for the KBF National Championship. The last part of the article the author discusses that he had finally caught a Tennessee River Bowfin which was the first he had caught while being outside of North Carolina.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021,
p18-19
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