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Hunter fined $10,000 for wildlife violations [Hidden Content] SASKATOON, May 29 /CNW Telbec/ - An American hunter has been sentenced in Provincial Court to a fine of $10,000 for three counts of violating federal wildlife conservation legislation in connection with illegally hunting waterfowl in the Cumberland Marsh area of Saskatchewan in 2003. William C. Braden III of Houston, Texas pleaded guilty to three counts of exceeding daily bag limits for ducks under the federal Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. Under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, the fine imposed by the Court is allocated to the Environmental Damages Fund. The Fund, administered by Environment Canada, provides courts with a way to ensure that financial penalties are directed to address environmental damages. The charges were laid by Environment Canada game officers, following a two-year investigation dubbed "Operation Overboard," conducted jointly with Saskatchewan Environment and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The investigation centred on illegal hunting activities conducted at Mistik Lodge near Cumberland House in 2002 and 2003. Cumberland House is located approximately 400 km northeast of Saskatoon. Fines and forfeitures totalling $85,000 have been assessed as a result of Operation Overboard. The investigation resulted in four North Carolina hunters being fined $27,000 after pleading guilty in September 2004 to nine counts of violating federal and provincial wildlife conservation legislation. Additional equipment with an estimated value of $10,500 was forfeited, including firearms, clothing, cameras, and ammunition. The North Carolina hunters also donated $4,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund. Three other South Carolina hunters paid fines totalling $2,570 for offences they committed while hunting at Mistik Lodge in 2002. In March 2005, a Cumberland House waterfowl hunting outfitter and three guides pleaded guilty to a total of 51 counts under federal and provincial wildlife conservation legislation. They were fined $30,000 in relation to their actions which occurred over a period of two years and included counselling their clientele to exceed daily duck hunting limits and to refrain from retrieving birds that were shot. The maximum penalty on summary conviction for each offence under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 is a fine of $300,000, or six months imprisonment, or both.

That is the truth, I can't wait to see all the players that everyone will know after this year.

Dayton's homecoming should be Oct. 5 against OZEN, I think. That will be our first Home District game.

I need to get a copy of the JV game video between WOS and Dayton last year, if there is one. If anybody has one or knows somebody who has one please let me know.

That is the second Warden in less than three months, crazy. They don't get paid enough.

May 30, 2007 Texas Game Warden Dies During Search and Rescue Operation [Hidden Content] GLEN ROSE, Texas — Texas Game Warden Teyran "Ty" Patterson, 28, died in the line of duty today during a search-and-rescue operation on the Paluxy River near here. Patterson apparently drowned after his boat capsized in floodwaters. Patterson and his partner, Game Warden Danny Tuggle, were attempting to recover the body of a 16-year-old suspected drowning victim when the accident occurred. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement officials are investigating. No additional details about the incident are available. Tuggle, a 25-year veteran game warden, suffered near-drowning injuries and has been airlifted to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. Patterson was the second Texas game warden killed in the line of duty in less than three months. Game Warden Justin Hurst was shot and killed on March 17 during an exchange of gunfire between law enforcement officers and a suspected poacher. Since 1919, 17 Texas game wardens have lost their lives in the line of duty, five by drowning. Patterson was a graduate of the 51st Texas Game Warden Academy in 2005 and had been stationed in Johnson County. He is survived by his parents, Viann and Joe Patterson of Seguin, Texas. "Ty died doing what he loved. He died serving a Texas family dealing with its own tragic loss," said Col. Pete Flores, TPWD Law Enforcement Division director. "We are going to miss this courageous young game warden, and our hearts and prayers go out to his parents and loved ones."

I was growing real fond of my Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels too. >

May 29, 2007 [Hidden Content] New Texas Regulations To Protect Wild Turtles, Nongame Wildlife AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on May 24 approved a measure that will prohibit commercial collection of all wild turtles from public waters and public land in the state, but will still allow collection of three varieties of turtles on private property, including ranch stock tanks and farm ponds. The turtle provisions are part of new Texas nongame regulations that create a “white list†of 84 species which can be collected and sold and prohibit the commercial collection of all other nongame animals not on the list. The new regulations are designed to help monitor and regulate the escalating commercial collection and sale of wild turtles, snakes, and other nongame animals (species not covered under hunting and fishing regulations) in Texas. The change would protect at least 15 species of turtles and more than 200 other nongame wildlife species that are not on the white list. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff had proposed new nongame regulations in April that would have prohibited the commercial collection of turtles everywhere in the state. However, public comments during the past few months show that while about 90 percent of those who commented support turtle protection, some landowners expressed concerns about not being able to effectively manage turtles within their property. “We currently have a huge and growing demand for turtle meat, coupled with unrestricted commercial collection, and we need to move toward sustainability,†said Matt Wagner, PhD, TPWD wildlife diversity program leader, in a briefing to commissioners May 23. “It is a fact that unrestricted take of any species from the wild, including turtles, over the long term leads to population declines. If we need to further restrict activity in the future, based on ongoing monitoring, we can.†The new regulations will allow commercial collection of three varieties of turtles from private property in Texas, including the red-eared slider, the common snapping turtle and the five varieties of softshell turtles. Commercial collection of all wild turtles will be prohibited on public land and in public waters of the state, such as rivers and public lakes. Also, the revised regulations approved by commissioners include changes from the April proposal to exempt certain species from the rule, such as coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, rabbits and American bison, and to address importation and exportation of nongame species. The new regulations will take effect later this year, 20 days after they are filed with the Texas Register Besides new reporting and documentation required under the new white list regulations, Wagner told commissioners the department is contracting with Texas A&M University to begin researching the issue this fall. Starting Sept. 1, the university research team will begin a study of the nongame wildlife trade which will ultimately yield recommendations for long-term monitoring. Wildlife biologists say the new nongame regulations are needed in part because of 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. There is abundant scientific research indicating that unregulated 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. A total of 84 species are on the new white list, with annual permitting and rigorous reporting required for anyone possessing more than 25 specimens in the aggregate of listed animals for commercial purposes. (See the white list below.) “For any nongame species not on the white list, there will be a possession limit of up to six nongame animals at one time for personal use,†said Matt Wagner, TPWD wildlife diversity program director. “We want kids, for example, to be able to keep a pet turtle or two.†TPWD Nongame White List Frogs and Toads Great Plains toad (Bufo cognatus) Green toad (Bufo debilis) Red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus) Texas toad (Bufo speciosus) Gulf Coast toad (Bufo valliceps) Woodhouse’s toad (Bufo woodhousei) Green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) Bull frog (Rana catesbeiana) Couch’s spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) Plains spadefoot (Spea bombifrons) New Mexico spadefoot (Spea multiplicata) Salamanders Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) Lizards Green anole (Anolis carolinensis) Chihuahuan spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis) Texas spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis) Marbled whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmoratus) Six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus) Checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselatus) Texas banded gecko (Coleonyx brevis) Greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) Collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) Five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) Great plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus) Texas alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis) Lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata) Crevice spiny lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii) Prairie lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Ground skink (Scincella lateralis) Tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) Side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) Snakes Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) Glossy snake (Arizona elegans) Trans-Pecos rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis) Racer (Coluber constrictor) Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus) Blacktail rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus) Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) Prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) Baird’s rat snake (Elaphe bairdi) Great Plains rat snake (Elaphe emoryi) Texas rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta) Slowinski’s cornsnake (Elaphe slowinskii) Western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) Eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) Texas night snake (Hypsiglena torquata) Gray-banded kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna) Prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) Speckled or desert kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula) Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) Texas blind snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis) Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) Schott’s whipsnake (Masticophis schotti) Striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus) Texas coral snake (Micrurus tener) Blotched or yellowbelly water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster) Broad-banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) Diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer) Rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Bullsnake or gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer) Texas longnose snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) Western blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) Checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus) Western ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus) Big Bend patchnose snake (Salvadora deserticola) Texas or mountain patchnose snake (Salvadora grahamiae) Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) Pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) Ground snake (Sonora semiannulata) Brown snake (Storeria dekayi) Flathead snake (Tantilla gracilis) Southwestern blackhead snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi) Plains blackhead snake (Tantilla nigriceps) Lined snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) Rough earth snake (Virginia striatula) Mammals Texas Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres) Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami) Eastern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) Spotted Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)

May 28, 2007 Texas Ships Bass to Mississippi for Hurricane Recovery ATHENS, Texas—When two massive hurricanes severely damaged the freshwater fisheries throughout Mississippi in 2006, Ron Garavelli, Director of the Mississippi Fisheries Bureau, did exactly what anyone in a disaster situation does—he turned to his neighbors for help. Garavelli went to the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in Norfolk, Virginia, in October 2006 and appealed to the directors of wildlife agencies from other states for help. Phil Durocher, Director of the Inland Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), and Robert L. Cook, Executive Director of TPWD, were at the meeting, and they quickly agreed to help. Fast forward to May 23, 2007, the peak of the largemouth bass spawning season in Texas. Early that morning fisheries technicians and biologists at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens loaded 250,000 Florida largemouth bass fingerlings on a truck and sent them on their way to the Turcotte Fish Hatchery just north of Jackson, Mississippi. From there the fish were distributed to lakes in northern and western Mississippi. “The fish from Texas allow us to use fish from our Gulf Coast hatcheries for stocking coastal streams while maintaining our management practices in other lakes as well,†said Tom Holman, Fisheries Coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Parks. “We had offers of help from virtually every southeastern state.†Providing the fish required no special effort on the part of Texas, said Jim Matthews, Hatchery Manager at TFFC. “We raise as many Florida largemouth bass as we can every year, and we are never able to produce enough to meet all our stocking requests,†Matthews said. “We simply put Mississippi at the top of the priority list to receive fish. It’s typical to have interstate cooperation. They help us when we need it, and we help them when they need it.†The United States Fish and Wildlife Service lent a hand as well. “We got involved because we are the most convenient facility for delivering the fish from Texas to Mississippi,†said Karen Kilpatrick, Manager of the Natchitoches [Louisiana] National Fish Hatchery. “We are centrally located, and we have a big truck—normally used for stocking paddlefish—that holds 900 gallons and can carry that many fingerling bass.†While it might seem unusual for fish from Texas, South Carolina, Kentucky and Alabama to wind up swimming in Mississippi waters, it’s really no big deal, says Kilpatrick. “This is just another routine thing we do for the resource,†she said. “We do this kind of thing every single day for the public to be able to enjoy the legacy and the heritage of fishing, hurricane or not.†Mississippi anglers will benefit for years from the aid offered by their neighbors. “Our freshwater habitat took a real hit,†said Garavelli. “Massive fish kills resulted from saltwater intrusion caused by the storm surge and from oxygen depletion as debris washed into lakes and rivers decayed. This stocking will increase the chances of a quick comeback of those species lost as a result of the storms.†[Hidden Content]

I will post them pretty soon. We need more pictures, ya'll get the word out.

Best Prices that I know of: Wing Supply [Hidden Content] The Sportsmans Guide [Hidden Content] Natchez Shooters Supply [Hidden Content]

No doubt, Mr. Hussey is a hoss, he will be a factor to contend with this year as well.

That looks like something out of Jurassic Park. Dang!

He knew what we had last year. If you are refering to Green he was a sophmore QB last year, if he surprised teams last year it won't be any different this year. He is bigger and more poised this year. Dejohn is a good athlete and so is Green but the proof is in the puddin. We really won't know how they compare until mid-district 07-08. Thats what is great about football there are some kids that none of us have discussed, by Oct they will have everyone's attention.

The pictures are coming in, deadline is June 8th. Keep'em coming.

The pictures are coming in, deadline is June 8th. Keep'em coming.

Anybody know of any good Bowfishing spots for Gar or carp?

In what?

Catmaster's Catfish Tournament is June 2 From sports staff reports Baytown Sun Published May 21, 2007 The Chambers County Pachyderm Club (Pachyderms) announced the date for its first Catmaster’s Catfish Tournament, which will be Saturday June 2 at Fort Anahuac Park. The park is one mile south of Anahuac on FM 563. â€We wanted to be able to continue the tradition of this great local fishing tournament for our communities,†said Tony Sims, Pachyderm president and chairman of the Catmaster’s Catfish Tournament. “Our Pachyderm Board decided to fund this activity. In past years, this tournament drew more than 200 entrants and was the largest informal Chambers County fishing tournament. This year, we will formalize this historically informal tournament and the sign in and weigh in has been moved to Fort Anahuac Park. The tournament still coincides with the Texas Parks and Wildlife designated Free Fishing Day.†The funds will be used to help pay for the tournament prizes and expenses. Remaining funds will be used to support the Pachyderm Club, a 501 © 3 not-for-profit organization that promotes citizen involvement in local, state and national government. The Pachyderms’ motto is “Free government requires active citizens,†Sims said. At least 50 percent of the net funds collected will be provided as prizes for the largest 15 blue and channel catfish caught and submitted for weigh-in as per the tournament rules. Registration is $20 per person. Cash prizes will be awarded for the 15 heaviest blue or channel catfish weighed in and caught on June 2 by an official entrant under the tournament rules. The rules are available at www.ccpachyderms.org. Participants can register at Fort Anahuac Park on Friday, June 1 from noon to 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 2 from 5 to 8 a.m. Participants can preregister at Anahuac National Bank-Barbers Hill Banking Center, 11402 Eagle Drive in Mont Belvieu, Jimmy’s Paint and Body Shop, 4510 N. Main St. in Baytown or Lazy Pelican Bait Camp, Highway 563 in Anahuac. Entrants will be provided a hot dog lunch and refreshments and deserts will be available for purchase. The fishing boundaries are between the Trinity River on the east and the NRG Energy, Inc. Spillway (formerly known as the HL&P Spillway) on the west. A raffle will be held for a Heritage Fisherman Pro- 14 ft. Kayak. Tickets are available for $2 each and can be purchased from any Pachyderm member, Jimmy’s Paint and Body in Baytown; Barbers Hill Bank in Mont Belvieu or The Lazy Pelican Bait Shop in Anahuac. Additional prizes from sponsors will be awarded. For more information, call the Chambers County Pachyderm Club at 281-795-3600 or e-mail ccpachyderms(at)aol.com. [Hidden Content]

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You don't have to upload them, you can just email. How can I help? PM me and I will give you my phone number.

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Anybody going to the Bayou Bowl? I will be there.

I think you are right about that, all the 22-4A teams ahould make it into the second round at least.