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	<title>Moose Droppings &#187; Predators</title>
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		<title>Everybody Likes a Turkey Dinner</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2010/03/18/everybody-likes-a-turkey-dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many of us turkey season is just about here and then for others turkey season never ends.  
From the time an egg is laid, there is a predator looking for a ready-made omelet. Snakes of all descriptions, skunks, crows, ravens, opossums, raccoons, rodents, dogs and coyotes, to name a few, are on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bears  Moving Into Central North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/12/29/bears-moving-into-central-north-carolina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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The expanding bear population from either end of the state and dropping down from Virginia has not escaped the notice of the local media.  News and Observer on Christmas day ran a story about how more and more bears have moved into the Piedmont portion of the state.   As we have discussed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolinian Johnny Morris Wins Bid For Idaho’s  First Wolf Tag</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/10/20/north-carolinian-jonny-morris-wins-bid-for-idaho%e2%80%99s-first-wolf-tag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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Johnny Morris ,the founder of Bass Pro Shops, bid $8000 to be the first to get a wolf tag for the state of Idaho.  Idaho is allowing 6 tags to be auctioned off by sportsman / conservation groups with the proceeds going to wolf restoration. The first tag was auctioned off by the Congressional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bear Population Soars In Mountains So Does Conflicts</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/10/13/bear-population-soars-in-mountains-so-does-conflicts/</link>
		<comments>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/10/13/bear-population-soars-in-mountains-so-does-conflicts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Appalachian Bear Study Group reports a record year for bears in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.   
  Frank Van Manen, research ecologist with the University of Tennessee and chairman of the study group, said one indication of the expanding population is that bears have moved out of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coyotes Are Problematic For Farmers In Cape Fear Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fayetteville Observer is reporting an ever increasing conflict with farmers and coyotes in their area as the coyote population solidifies its presence in the state. 
 Cumberland County farmer Tracy Gardner figures that coyotes have killed as many as 30 of his calves in one winter.
Clifton McNeill Sr. said that over a period of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moose Vs. The Wiley Coyote</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/08/30/moose-vs-the-wiley-coyote/</link>
		<comments>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/08/30/moose-vs-the-wiley-coyote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[My Hunting Trips]]></category>
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About a week ago I promised to tell a story about coyotes.  My father in law was having something stealing figs off his trees and I suspected deer.  He set  up a game camera and to our surprise it was coyotes.   We knew they were around because they have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Chase and Senator Feinstein</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/08/25/fair-chase-and-senator-feinstein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antis & Wackos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So are we to believe that the Senator is going to take up hunting with her concern over fair chase when it comes to Alaska wolves?   Somehow I doubt it but I did get a kick out of a recent editorial on the subject in Juneau Empire 

 Feinstein did so, at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Downside Of Building Wildlife Habitat</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/08/23/the-downside-of-building-wildlife-habitat/</link>
		<comments>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/08/23/the-downside-of-building-wildlife-habitat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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In my post earlier this morning I talked about constructing backyard habitat to encourage wildlife but I failed to mention the potential downside to encouraging wildlife.  A story hit my mailbox about the town of Ardmore NC and coyotes moving into residential areas.  
 A Triad resident spotted a coyote in his back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Might Not Otter Be Swimming Here</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/08/14/you-might-not-otter-be-swimming-here/</link>
		<comments>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/08/14/you-might-not-otter-be-swimming-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Brigitte France an Austrian on vacation in Wisconsin had a rather unusual wildlife encounter the other day.  It seems that Brigitte was out for her customary morning swim when a trio of otters seemed to take exception to her morning swim.
 “For 14 years, I swim in that lake,” Brigitte France said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuisance Critters And NCWRC</title>
		<link>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/07/29/nuisance-critters-and-ncwrc/</link>
		<comments>http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2009/07/29/nuisance-critters-and-ncwrc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel "Moose" McLaughlin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>
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Most people like wildlife until it becomes a nuisance or a threat to them or their property.  A couple of stories in the news today with foxes terrorizing Wake County and a bear with cubs in the mountains doing the same thing.
 Nancy Nau has felt like a hostage for the last six weeks, [...]]]></description>
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