Category Archives: JIM MATTHEWS

The DFG Budget: Is anyone out there paying attention?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by TC

The DFG Budget: Is anyone out there paying attention? By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService. Do you know someone who has quit hunting or fishing in California in the past decade? We all do. I like to say that fish and wildlife … Continue reading →

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SHOT Show has lots of innovation for the new Gun Culture 2.0 crowd

Posted on January 27, 2012 by hunt

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Evolution rather than revolution was the theme of the 2012 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOW) Show held here last week, stuffing the Sands Convention Center to capacity with the latest products … Continue reading →

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Predator hunting affirmed on the Mojave Preserve

Posted on January 13, 2012 by TC

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Small game and predator hunting will continue in the Mojave National Preserve. A federal court in Washington D.C. upheld a decision by the National Park Service to reject a petition from PEER, Public Employees for Environmental … Continue reading →

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Possible world record bighorn sheep taken by Riverside archery hunter

Posted on December 30, 2011 by TC

By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com For the second time in less than a month, a record bighorn sheep was taken by one of the handful of hunters drawn for 2011-12 season tags in Southern California. Bret Scott, an avid 51-year-old archery … Continue reading →

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Is a limit your goal when you go hunting?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by TC

By JIM MATTHEWS http://www.OutdoorNewsService.com Once upon a time I blew up a shotgun barrel shooting at a mountain quail that would have given me a limit of those difficult, beautiful birds. Karma. I took it as a sign and decided … Continue reading →

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Little upland bird stamp money comes back to benefit on-the-ground projects

Posted on October 28, 2011 by TC

By JIM MATTHEWS http://www.OutdoorNewsService.com Where does our upland bird stamp money go? It seemed like a good question to ask at the beginning of our long quail and chukar seasons here in California. Karen Fothergill with the Department of Fish … Continue reading →

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What? Department of Fish and Game doesn’t have any more biologists?

Posted on September 29, 2011 by TC

By JIM MATTHEWS http://www.OutdoorNewsService.com There are no longer any biologists working for the Department of Fish and Game. That’s not a surprise to the sportsmen (who fund these jobs) who haven’t seen much biology being done over the last decade … Continue reading →

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CIBOLA NWR ISLAND UNIT CLOSED

Posted on September 29, 2011 by TC

CIBOLA NWR ISLAND UNIT CLOSED: A wildfire that began Aug. 28 and burned well into September charred over 95 percent of the Island Unit on the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge on the Colorado River south of Blythe. The fire destroyed … Continue reading →

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Are humans choosing an evolutionary path that ends in extinction?

Posted on September 23, 2011 by TC

By JIM MATTHEWS http://www.OutdoorNewsService.com Humans are a myopic species when it comes to the environment and species evolution through the sweep of time over millions and millions of years. When I watched a scrub jay in my backyard swoop down … Continue reading →

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Good dove hunting reported opening day in most areas

Posted on September 2, 2011 by TC

LAKEVIEW – There were at least seven limits of dove reported by hunters at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area by 10 a.m. opening morning on Thursday, and while most hunters didn’t bag limits, most got a bird or two and … Continue reading →

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