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Sydney Carson of North Liberty, Ind. (lower right) poses with the USA Womens Skeet Team.John Glenn High School Junior Sydney Carson won the silver medal in the Junior Womens Skeet Division at the USA Shooting Spring Selection event in Kerrville, Tex. recently.
As a result of her high finish, she earned a spot on the USA World Championship Skeet Team and the USA Junior Cup Team.
The 17-year-old North Liberty, Ind. resident will travel to Germany for the World Cup in May and again in September to Spain for the World Championship as member of the USA Junior teams.
Carson is a member of the Kosko Dust Devils youth shotgun team affiliated with the Kosko Conservation Club in Warsaw. The club is part of the Scholastic Clay Target Program sanctioned by the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation.
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A drawing for the Reynolds Creek Game Bird Habitat Areas turkey hunt will be held at the Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife Area office at 10 a.m. CDT on April 12.
Reynolds Creek GHA is 1,250 acres near Chesterton with agricultural fields, two small woodlots and several wetlands.
To be eligible, hunters must present their 2014 turkey license, after which they'll be given a numbered badge. A computer-generated random draw will select hunters for choice of hunt period. Hunters will be drawn as individuals only.
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Hoosiers interested in preserving Indianas bowhunting heritage can attend an Explore Bowhunting workshop July 19 at Pine Knob Park in LaGrange County.
The target audience is adults who work with children, ages 11-17. This includes school teachers, after-school teachers, outdoor educators, parks and recreation program leaders, scout leaders and camp counselors.
Explore Bowhunting workshops are designed not only to help adults teach bowhunting skills but also to instill a respect for and comfort with the outdoors to preteens and teenagers. It is offered through the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlifes Hoosier Outdoor Heritage Program.
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Anglers are invited to a Lake Michigan yellow perch summit in Chicago on March 22.
Participants can attend in person or via webinar.
The goal of the summit is to provide a forum where anglers from Lake Michigan states and fishery managers can exchange information.
Fishery managers from the Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan and tribal jurisdictions will present the public with the latest information on yellow perch in Lake Michigan and efforts to improve and manage perch fishing. Anglers and anyone else with an interest in Lake Michigan can comment on the information and offer input.
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Owners of shallow ponds and lakes, especially in northern Indiana, should watch for fish kills this spring.
Considering the record or near-record snowfall and ice up to 20 inches thick on lakes and ponds, Indiana fisheries biologists anticipate numerous reports of fish kills once the bodies of water thaw.
The most common cause of fish kills in Indiana ponds is lack of oxygen.