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:)Ain't that the truth.

Here are the pictures again.

I guess so..

New license rules take adopted Thursday, April 12, 2007 New license rules adopted Texas residents and nonresidents who may have been confused by temporary license rules the past couple of years can take some comfort in new rules recently adopted. To simplify things, the Texas Parks and Wildlife commission voted last week to adopt a straight one-day fishing license rule for both residents and nonresidents. Anglers may purchase as many one-day licenses as they choose. The price will be $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents. Anglers also may purchase a bonus red drum tag with the first one-day license. In addition to the fishing changes, commissioners also approved a proposal to create a senior resident hunting license and a youth hunting license. Those licenses had been the same and were called the special resident hunting license. The price will remain $6 for each license, but the change allows nonresident youngsters who are 16 and under to purchase the youth license without confusion about which license to buy. [Hidden Content]

I don't believe Texas hunters would stand for it. DNR gave permits to politically connected hunters By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer Published April 10, 2007, 6:38 PM CDT SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Politicians, judges and professional athletes were given Illinois hunting permits without having to take their chances in a lottery alongside other hunters, according to an audit released Tuesday. Article link: [Hidden Content],1,5775721.story

Wallisville Project Hunt - Public Land in 2005. 2005 was a good year for us. ;D

Everybody likes to show off their good hunting pictures, thought I would start a thread just for that. If you need help posting pictures, let me know. This picture was taken in Oct. 2005(the date stamp was wrong) in Floydada, Texas. Thats about 50 miles Northeast of Lubbock. I took this 8 point on Thanksgiving Eve 2005 in Dayton about 4 miles out of town at my Pastor's house.

Taken today at 6pm.

I think maybe the choice of words "lackluster" or "trouncing" is determined more by the way the game was won and not the score. Maybe...

Thats crazy.... My 16 yr old son has Hunter Ed req HIP Certified I will try to find out some real info on this. I called a local wardens office the other day before I posted the info about the data bases. I will call THe hunters Ed folks in Austin tomorrow. It could be clerk or issuee error that the number doesn't show up.

I say Dayton wins to pull themselves out of a slump and keep the district exciting. Oh yeah, What are the odds on a bucket toss?

My license says Hunter Ed Req. right under my address. What, specifically does it say on yours and where? Like this:

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True. I hope they both do well in college. I am ready to see what A.J. Dugat will do this coming season. Maybe this should have been titled Hall or Dugat. Its still apples and oranges...

I believe that would be a feller named Duke Walton, maybe.

It does seem like it should be pretty easy. They ask the HIP certification questions when you buy your license why can't they just verify Hunter Ed. certification. ??? Gringo - where did you take the class at?

Withdrawals are bad either way.

I have asked that question before. Currently that information is kept in 2 separate data bases. I believe they are working on that and at some point it will be merged. Not sure when but, that would be helpful. Currently when a Game Warden checks to see if someone does have their license it doesn't show wether or not they have had the course. Also, your Hunter Education certification is good nation wide and all others states HE card is accepted here. Hopefully some of this was usefull info..

In addition to the spring turkey season adjustment proposal, the commission also approved several changes designed to simplify and clarify hunting regulations and create greater flexibility for wildlife resource managers. The changes include: [Hidden Content] -Extending the statewide archery-only deer season by five days. Historically, the archery season has always closed the Sunday before the opening of the general white-tailed deer season. The change eliminates the current five-day gap between the end of the archery season and the beginning of the general white-tailed deer season. -Implementing an archery-only open season for mule deer on Managed Land Deer Permit (MLD) properties. The change allows archery-only hunting on MLDP properties during the statewide archery-only season. -Eliminating the “double tagging†requirement for antlerless mule deer. When the MLDP program was expanded to include mule deer, it was anticipated that the antlerless mule deer permits would be eliminated. However, there were landowners who preferred to continue receiving the antlerless mule deer permit, and when using these permits, no tag from the hunting license will be required. -Adjusting the requirements for management plans for lesser prairie-chicken. The change reduces the number of required habitat management practices from five to three, and increases the allowable harvest quota to 10 percent of the estimated population. The breeding behavior of lesser prairie-chickens and their large home ranges cause them to use habitat components that are typically provided by more than one landowner. This variability can be problematic for both habitat management and permit issuance, especially when birds are spending only a small portion of their time on a given habitat component. The changes allow biologists to issue permits on a more flexible and biologically specific basis. -Requiring taxidermists to maintain a wildlife resource document for two years following the time that each wildlife resource is retrieved by the owner or sold as unclaimed merchandise. -Creating a managed lands permit program that includes provisions for harvesting additional javelina above the daily bag limit on properties where surplus javelina populations have been identified as part of an overall wildlife management plan.

TPWD Approves Early Opener in South for Spring Turkey AUSTIN, Texas — Rio Grande turkey hunters in the southern parts of Texas will get a two-week jump on gobblers next spring following changes in hunting regulations adopted here April 5 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The alteration to the South Zone spring turkey season framework is among several changes to the 2007-08 Statewide Hunting and Fishing Proclamation. “Two years ago, we simplified the season by combining the North and South Zones and added a week to the overall length,†Mike Berger, TPWD Wildlife Division Director explained. “After re-evaluating this move, we’ve opted to move the South Zone opening up to the Saturday nearest March 18 and leave the North Zone to open the Saturday nearest April 1. Both zones retain a 44-day season length.â€

New ‘White List’ Proposed To Regulate Nongame Wildlife AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on March 28 authorized seeking public comment on a proposal to change the way nongame wildlife species are regulated. The proposal would create a “white list†of species that could be collected and sold, with all other nongame animals not on the list to be protected from commercial collection and sale. The proposal is designed to help monitor and regulate the escalating collection and sale of wild turtles, snakes, and other nongame animals (species not covered under hunting and fishing regulations) in Texas. The change would prohibit commercial use of all Texas turtle species, protecting at least 20 types of turtles currently subject to collection and sale. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff had recommended keeping the red-eared slider on the proposed white list, which would have made it the only Texas wild turtle subject to continued commercial collection and sale. (The species is generally common and abundant in Texas.) However, commissioners instructed the staff to remove the red-eared slider from the list, effectively protecting it as well. The intent was to publish a more restrictive proposed regulation for public comment, with the understanding that it could be made less restrictive when finally adopted. The proposed new regulations will be published this month in the Texas Register for public comment. The proposed regulations will be available on the TPWD website Public Comment page the week of April 9. The TPW Commission will consider final adoption of the new rules at its May 24 meeting. If adopted May 24, the new rules would take effect in early summer, 20 days after they are published in the Texas Register. Wildlife biologists cite increased pressure from out-of-state collectors and dealers, fueled in part by a growing demand for turtle meat sold to China and other Asian markets. In recent years, an average of 94,442 turtles per year were collected or purchased by at least 50 Texas dealers, mostly for export from the state. Wildlife experts are expressing particular concern about the turtle trade. Affected species include box turtles, diamondback terrapins and freshwater turtles such as map turtles, softshells, common snapping turtles and others. At least 12 recent scientific research reports indicate that commercial turtle harvest from the wild is not sustainable. At least four southeastern states in the U.S. have prohibited commercial collection of turtles from the wild, and most others are more restrictive than Texas. Since 1999, the department has published a list of 42 wildlife species or subspecies covered under nongame permit regulations. The list includes mostly turtles (20 species), but also includes 10 species of snakes, five frogs and toads, four lizards, two mammals and one salamander. A number of other nongame species not on the list are currently collected and sold in Texas, with no permitting or reporting requirements. Currently, anyone who possesses more than 25 specimens in the aggregate of any animal on the list must have a nongame (collector’s) permit, which costs $18 for Texas residents and $60 for non-residents. Commercial operators who buy and resell listed animals must have a nongame dealer’s permit, which costs $60 for residents and $240 for non-residents. Nongame permit holders must maintain a daily log showing the date, location, and number of specimens collected or sold. Nongame dealer's permit holders must maintain a current daily record of all purchases and sales, and they are required to submit an annual report summarizing their activities to TPWD. To develop the new white list proposal, department biologists met with a variety of user groups, including seven herpetological societies and various nongame dealers, involving approximately 300 participants total representing a wide range of interests. All parties agreed that sustainability of wildlife populations is the goal, and that there is currently a lack of population data. Under the proposal, 84 species would be on the new white list, with annual permitting and reporting required for anyone possessing more than 25 specimens in the aggregate of listed animals. Instead of the current list regulating collection of 20 types of turtles, the new list would not allow commercial collection and sale of any native turtle species. Commercial collection and sale would also be prohibited for all other nongame species not on the white list. (See the proposed white list below.) “For any nongame species not on the proposed white list, we’re still proposing to allow people to keep a limited number of nongame animals for personal use—the current proposal is six,†said Matt Wagner, TPWD wildlife diversity program director. “We want kids, for example, to be able to keep a pet turtle or two; we think that sort of thing is important.†Wagner said a number of species currently being collected and sold, including several turtles, are identified as priority species of concern in the recently completed Texas Wildlife Action Plan. He believes prohibiting collection of these species will help their populations rebound. “There are lots of other threats out there to these reptiles and amphibians, including habitat loss and fragmentation,†Wagner said. “When you have these types of species with slow reproductive rates, it’s not sustainable to have commercial collection in the wild.†Wagner said prohibitions on commercial collection will give TPWD an opportunity to survey local populations of priority aquatic species, including turtles, to assess their status in Texas. Many of these species are tied to specific watersheds and river systems. “We’re never going to have enough resources to do all the surveys we’d like to do,†Wagner said, “but we can focus on priority areas identified in our Wildlife Action Plan. Reporting data from dealers shows us which counties these animals are coming from, which provides another means of targeting monitoring within ecoregions already identified as priorities.†Comments on the proposed rules may be made via the TPWD website or to Robert Macdonald by email at [email protected] or by regular mail to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744. For specific questions concerning the proposed regulations, anyone may contact Matt Wagner by email at [email protected] or by regular mail at the address above. [Hidden Content]

April 9, 2007 New TPWD Rules Streamline Licenses AUSTIN, Texas — A series of changes to the state’s hunting and fishing licenses adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission here April 5 eliminates unnecessary redundancy, simplifies complicated temporary permits and clarifies senior and disabled citizen licenses. The license changes are being implemented in response to an extensive internal assessment of the state’s hunting and fishing license system, which uncovered several opportunities to simplify the licensing process. The changes take effect with the 2007-2008 licenses, which go on sale Aug. 15. Probably the most significant change involves streamlining what had become a complex and somewhat confusing set of temporary fishing licenses created originally to provide additional licensing options for a variety of situations. Variations of the resident and non-resident temporary fishing options known as “Day-Plus Fishing Packages†have been consolidated into “One-Day Fishing Licenses†at a cost of $10 for residents and $15 for non-residents. Anglers may purchase as many one-day licenses as they wish. No additional freshwater or saltwater stamp endorsements are required with the one- day licenses and one Bonus Red Drum Tag will be available for free with the purchase of the first one-day license. The commission also created a “Senior Resident Hunting License†and a “Youth Hunting License†from what had been the Special Resident Hunting License. The fee remains unchanged at $6 for these licenses. Both resident and non-resident youth under 17 qualify for the new Youth Hunting License. Along those same lines, the commission adopted "Senior Resident Fishing License Packages," which will allow resident senior citizens to fish in freshwater for $11, saltwater for $16 or any Texas public waters for $21. The current "Special Resident Fishing License" will be available only to individuals who are legally blind and will cost $6. Freshwater stamp and saltwater stamp requirements are waived. Establishing these licenses will provide the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department with better demographic and effort data among seniors and youth. The commission also adopted a $3 fee for anglers wanting to purchase a second Bonus Red Drum Tag (the first one comes with the annual and single-day licenses) to allow harvest of an oversized red drum. This fee allows TPWD to recover the cost of administering the tag issuance. With the creation of the “One-Day Fishing License†the commission also eliminated the temporary Resident July-August Fishing License Packages. They currently allow individuals to fish in the freshwater and saltwater only during the months of July and August. These licenses created considerable confusion for the customer and complicated the agency’s electronic Point-of-Sale system. The commission also revised several commercial fishing licenses for simplification purposes, including: Resident and Nonresident Commercial Fishing Boat Licenses: Created one Commercial Fishing Boat License authorizing the current activities of the two licenses in a single license; for $25. These licenses are currently required of each boat that must be registered under federal or state laws and is used in taking aquatic products except menhaden, finfish, oysters, crabs and shrimp from the public waters of the state or for boats unloading within the state such products taken outside the states waters for pay, barter, sale, exchange or any commercial purpose. Resident and Nonresident Freshwater Fishing Guide Licenses: Created one Freshwater Fishing Guide License, authorizing activities of the two licenses in a single license for $125. These licenses are currently required for individuals who operate a boat for anything of value in transporting or accompanying anyone who is fishing in freshwater of this state. Resident and Nonresident Saltwater Fishing Guide Licenses: Renamed the licenses as Resident and Nonresident All-Water Fishing Guide Licenses, respectively. The new name more accurately describes the authorized activities of these licenses. They are required for individuals who operate a boat for anything of value in transporting or accompanying anyone who is fishing in freshwater and saltwater of this state.

Having more Seniors will definitely help or it should. I know in Daytons case we had a lot of Juniors on the field and several sophmores. Our starting QB and leading receiver were sophmores and some of the starting defense were sophmores. We were pretty young last year as well.

The Varsity game is still on for tonight. Dayton by at least 4. I am not sure who is pitching but, if it is Smesny he is due. Get'em Boys!

:oThat must be the same computer they use for the BCS bowls. ;D