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Outdoors: Taking stock of pheasants (with Outdoors calendar)

11/12/10 For Worcester County bird hunters, Mass Wildlife technicians Mike Morelly, Bob Chapin, Scott Kemp, and Jessi Manty are critically important, stocking thousands of pheasants in our wildlife management areas. They go about their business largely unnoticed. Many hunters, however, would like to know more about their necessarily secretive activities, especially their stocking schedules.

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Ardent effort spawns action

01/19/10 Mass Wildlife's Bill Davis and I were reminiscing about our old friend Joe Michniewicz. Bill remembers Joe often complaining, "the three hardest things about being an outdoor writer are January, February, and March." It's true. Many sportsmen go into semi-hibernation now, but that's a needless, self-inflicted misery. There's much to stir the adrenaline now. Ice fishing, rabbit, coyote, and sea ...

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Ruffed grouse are worth the search Outdoors Calendar

11/13/09 Mass Wildlife has been conducting grouse surveys in Ashburnham and Gardner. The ruffed grouse, or partridge, is arguably the finest upland game bird in America, both in the field and on the dinner table.

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