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		<title>Bear license drawing results posted; leftover licenses on sale in July</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2013/06/bear-license-drawing-results-posted-leftover-licenses-on-sale-in-july-2.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Results of the 2013 bear hunting license drawing have been posted at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings.  A total of 7,906 bear licenses were available during the bear application period (May 1 &#8211; June 1).   &#160; A total of 267 leftover bear licenses are available in the Bergland Management Unit (Sept. 25 &#8211; Oct. 26) and will be sold on a first-come, first-served]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Last chance to purchase 2013 bear and elk hunting applications</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2013/05/last-chance-to-purchase-2013-bear-and-elk-hunting-applications.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the application period to purchase a bear or elk hunting application ends June 1.   Hunters can apply online at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings, at any authorized license agent or at a DNR Customer Service Center. A nonrefundable $4 fee is charged at the time of application. Hunters may purchase only one application for each]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apply for elk and bear licenses now through June 1</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2013/05/apply-for-elk-and-bear-licenses-now-through-june-1.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that applications for Michigan elk and bear hunting licenses are available now through June 1. There will be 200 elk licenses and 7,906 bear hunting licenses available for the 2013 hunting seasons. Only Michigan residents are eligible to apply for an elk license. Bear licenses are available for both residents and nonresidents; however,]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Burned Black Bear Needs a Home</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/08/burned-black-bear-needs-a-home.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A bear nicknamed, Boo Boo, still needs a temporary home after being rescued from the Mustang Complex fire in central Idaho last weekend.  He&#8217;s eating and healing and the rest of the story is here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Man Wakes Up from Dream and Lands in Real Nightmare Facing Bear</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/08/man-wakes-up-from-dream-and-lands-in-real-nightmare-facing-bear.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“In my dream, I was playing with a dog. The dog was jumping on me, scratching me, licking my face — the playful puppy thing” said John Steitz of Minneapolis.  “I opened my eyes, and there was a bear on top of me with its face in my face,” Steitz said.  “I kind of opened my eyes and gave a, ‘What-the-expletive?’]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Annual cooperator patches now available from Michigan Bear Hunters Association</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/08/annual-cooperator-patches-now-available-from-michigan-bear-hunters-association.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Michigan’s black bear season approaches, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the 2012 bear management cooperator patches are available from the Michigan Bear Hunters Association (MBHA). Cooperator patches were once given to successful hunters at bear registration stations, where DNR staff collect teeth and other research data from harvested bears. In 2008, faced with limited resources, the]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World Record Griz Taken With CVA</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/06/world-record-griz-taken-with-cva.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Steve West, of Steve&#8217;s Outdoor Adventures TV, reported to the staff of CVA that he has taken what should be a new muzzleloader world record grizzly bear with his CVA Accura V2 muzzleloading rifle. Steve shot the bear in British Columbia on June 1st, but just reached civilization on June 9th where he was able to report the kill via]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alaskan Bear Hunter Kills Bear Then Gets Attacked</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Faribanks hunter, Rodd Moretz, had killed a bear and then came too close to a bear den and was attacked from the den but was fortunate to escape.  More here&#8230; Rodd Moretz&#8217; description of the encounter is here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Pleads Guilty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I would never knowingly break any game laws,&#8221; said Ted Nugent. &#8220;I&#8217;m  afraid I was blindsided by this, and I sincerely apologize to everyone for  this.&#8221; Said Magistrate Judge Michael Thompson &#8220;It (the &#8220;one-strike policy)  probably is not widely known, and if there is a side benefit to the  agreement reached here today &#8211; since apparently newspapers are interested in]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uncle Ted in Trouble in Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;They&#8217;ve got apparently some crazy law in Southeast (Alaska) that says if you even touch an animal with an arrow, it becomes your animal,&#8221;attorney Wayne Anthony Ross said by phone Friday. &#8220;He looked to see if he had hit it and didn&#8217;t believe that he&#8217;d hit it fatally.&#8221;  So, when Uncle Ted killed another bear, he was in violation of the relatively new]]></description>
		
		
		
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