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ATF deploys its best & brightest Labs to Super Bowl

Not everyone participating in this year’s Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have fielded their best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIV. These pros include ATF K-9 explosives detection teams that have been deployed to Miami from around the country. The K-9 teams are working side-by-side with other federal, state and local law-enforcement officers to keep the football teams and fans safe throughout this event.
 

http://www.atf.gov/press/events/super-bowl-xliv/

Posted by: agweekfarmer on 2/09/2010 at 8:21 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

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Encounter with two cougars closes Bay Area park

SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) ? Wildlife officials have ended the search for two mountain lions after two hikers reported a confrontation in a San Mateo County park.

Personnel from the California Department of Fish and Game and the San Mateo County Parks Department, as well as San Mateo County deputies, responded to Pescadero Creek County Park Sunday night after two brothers said they had encountered two aggressive mountain lions while hiking.

http://cbs13.com/wireapnewsca/Officials.end.search.2.1469182.html

Posted by: agweekfarmer on 2/05/2010 at 8:19 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

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Endangered species-themed condoms from enviro group

Sometimes here at the Outdoor Life Newshound, the blog just writes itself. And this week we have received an especially wonderful gift from a highly unlikely source—one of the country’s most radical environmental organizations, the Center for Biological Diversity.

http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/newshound/2010/02/free-condoms

Posted by: agweekfarmer on 2/04/2010 at 8:20 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

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It's official: Deer is new Ohio black powder record

A southwestern Ohio hunter has set an Ohio hunting record.

Brian Stephens’ 18-point, non-typical (non-symmetrical antlered) deer was certified with a score of 232 5/8. It becomes the largest non-typical rack ever taken with a muzzleloader in Ohio history, beating out the 2004 record of 225.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife announced the record on Monday.

Stephens harvested the deer on Nov. 30 in Highland County.
 

http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x231968365/It-s-official-Highland-County-deer-sets-state-record

Posted by: agweekfarmer on 2/03/2010 at 8:22 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

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Lab shoots duck hunter

A hunter trying to retrieve duck decoys got a surprise when he was accidentally shot by his own dog.

The accident occurred Saturday when the female Labrador retriever stepped on her owner's loaded shotgun, causing the safety to disengage and the weapon to fire, according to the Merced County Sheriff's Department.

The 53-year-old victim was hit in the upper left back with No. 2 shot.
 

http://www.fresnobee.com/406/story/1804155.html

Posted by: agweekfarmer on 2/02/2010 at 8:17 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

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