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Bob Hodge: Pintail, Canada geese daily bag limits rise
Published 8/25/2012 at 7:04 p.m. 1 comment
It wasn't that long ago that shooting a pintail was a big no-no during duck season.
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Bob Hodge: Squirrel hunting on the decline with rise of other game in area
Published 8/18/2012 at 5:44 p.m. 3 comments
Don't tell anybody, but hunting season starts Saturday. For years, the fourth Saturday in August has been the traditional start of squirrel season in Tennessee. There was a time when it was the biggest day on the hunting calendar.
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Bob Hodge: More than hijinks: Tyler Bray's watercraft incident could have ended seriously
Published 8/11/2012 at 7:52 p.m. 65 comments
Current Tennessee quarterback and former boater Tyler Bray's misadventures on Tellico Lake have been met with derision and scorn … directed at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer who wrote him a ticket.
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Season should reflect soaring duck population
Published 7/21/2012 at 9:08 p.m. 0 comments
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission won't be setting the waterfowl season dates and bag limits until next month, but here's a safe bet: The season will be 60 days long and the bag limit will be six ducks per ...
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Bob Hodge: Stanley Jackson still happy to keep Mountain Music Kids Bass Tournament going
Published 7/14/2012 at 6:52 p.m. 0 comments
Twenty-two years ago and 26 boats.
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Bob Hodge: Protecting bass is paying off for Tennessee
Published 7/7/2012 at 5:56 p.m. 0 comments
Bass are a popular fish. Fishing is a popular sport. Combine the two and you have a really, really big business. And over the years that has caused biologists some pretty big headaches.
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Bob Hodge: TWRC fades into the sunset ... sorta
Updated 6/30/2012 at 7:28 p.m. 0 comments
Midnight today, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission shed this mortal coil and is no more.
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Bob Hodge: The old girl ain't what she used to be, but she's mine
Published 6/16/2012 at 10:28 p.m. 0 comments
I just celebrated my 20th anniversary — June 15 to be exact — and its time to reflect just a bit.
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Bob Hodge: Bears, other critters movin' on up .. on the east side of Tennessee
Published 6/9/2012 at 6:28 p.m. 0 comments
There used to be a time when if you wanted to see a black bear you had to drive to the Smoky Mountains. These days, it seems like all you have to do is step outside.
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Bob Hodge: Crowning high school bass champions could catch on in Tennessee
Published 6/2/2012 at 10:00 p.m. 1 comment
Tennessee awards eight different football championships, titles in three classifications for boys' and girls' basketball, three in baseball, three in softball, etc.
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Bob Hodge: Turtles are much more than food for thought
Published 5/26/2012 at 6:00 p.m. 0 comments
A greenway isn't the likeliest place to be holding a wildlife debate, but it was appropriate considering the topic: snapping turtles.
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Despite lack of success, no second guessing love for turkey hunting
Published 5/19/2012 at 6:12 p.m. 0 comments
There were two points during turkey season when I knew things weren't going to go well. The first was a morning in Union County when Mike Brown and I were sitting on a ridge top and listening to at least ...
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Bob Hodge: Talk of slow turkey season doesn't match the numbers
Published 4/21/2012 at 6:44 p.m. 3 comments
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The four guys sitting in the gun shop on West Main Street were lamenting West Virginia's spring turkey season.
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Bob Hodge: Best-laid plan accounts for turkeys, but not other hunters
Published 4/7/2012 at 5:28 p.m. 0 comments
NASHVILLE — Sometimes it's hard to explain what goes wrong with a turkey hunt.
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Bob Hodge: No bird in the hand, but some lessons learned while stalking turkey
Published 3/31/2012 at 5:12 p.m. 0 comments
CARTHAGE — Like beauty, success during turkey season is in the eye of the beholder.
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