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Hunting for whitetail deer

High Plains Public Radio | By Angie Haflich

Published December 16, 2016 at 7:02 PM CST

This week on High Plains Outdoors, Luke Clayton goes on a whitetail hunt with Larry Weishuhn (Mr. Whitetail) and Steven Ray, inventor of Rattling Forks. The deer are in full rut right now and coming in to the horns.

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3 tribes sue Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma wildlife officials in hunting license fight

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Kansas wildlife agency could lose millions of dollars amid fight over deer baiting

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A bill in the Kansas Legislature that would cut millions from the state’s wildlife department comes after a lawmaker threatened to defund the state agency for considering deer-baiting restrictions.
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A Kansas lawmaker threatens the wildlife department over deer baiting, raising ethics concerns

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A Republican lawmaker sparked ethics concerns after he threatened to cut at least a million dollars from the agency if it bans deer baiting. And he said another lawmaker that owns a hunting lodge would help him.
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High Plains Outdoors: What Constitutes A Trophy Buck?

Luke Clayton

So far, this has been an awesome year in Texas for harvesting trophy class whitetail bucks. Today, a buck that makes the Boone and Crockett book with the…