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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - For the first time, adventurists of all ages can zipline from almost three stories high and soar over a 25,000-gallon kayak lagoon Jan. 23-25 at the Coliseum's first large consumer show of the year - the 6th annual Outdoor Sports, Lake & Cabin Show.
Showgoers will be able to take flights and fish in two stocked ponds as part of a fundraiser set up for the Honor Flight Northeast Indiana chapter - a nonprofit that raises money to honor World War II military veterans by sending them on a one-day all expense paid trip to Washington D.C. to visit the war memorials, with each flight costing around $60,000.
And for the first time in Fort Wayne, official Bass Pro Shop products like Polaris snowmobiles, all-terrain and utility vehicles, Tracker and Nitro Performance fishing boats, and Sun Tracker pontoons will be available for purchase and on display through Schnelker Marine Focus PowerSports. A team of professional anglers will present winter bass fishing seminars in addition to a health and fitness, and disaster survivalist speaker series.
Among the return of boat rides, youth archery lessons and an air rifle shooting range, are new show features including chainsaw woodcarving demonstrations (and auction for the honor flights), fly-fishing instruction, bicycle test rides, inflatable BB gun range, solar-paneled log cabin and vintage military vehicles on display from the National Military History Center.
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Coyotes adjust to landscape, including urban areas.Personal experiences shape our attitudes toward most wildlife. This is especially true for coyotes.
Thoughts range from worthless varmint that should be removed completely to a beautiful creature deserving of protection.
One thing for sure - Indiana is coyote country.
Coyotes are a native species once limited to the prairie regions of western Indiana. Reports of coyotes in Indiana began to increase in the 1970s.
They have adjusted to the landscape changes and now are common in all Indiana counties, including many urban areas. For some Hoosiers, this is old news. For others, the sight of a coyote is new and little is known about how to live with this species.
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Select Indiana state parks will close temporarily to allow for controlled deer reductions in the coming weeks.
The dates for the temporary closings are Nov. 17 and 18, and Dec. 1 and 2.
The state parks affected are Brown County, Chain O'Lakes, Charlestown, Clifty Falls, Fort Harrison, Harmonie, Indiana Dunes, Lincoln, McCormick's Creek, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shakamak, Spring Mill, Summit Lake, Tippecanoe River and Whitewater Memorial.
These state parks will close to the general public the evening before each of the two efforts and reopen the morning after each two-day reduction.
Only individual hunters drawn last September and those hunters they listed on their applications may participate at Brown County, Chain OíLakes, Charlestown, Clifty Falls, Harmonie, Lincoln, McCormickís Creek, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shakamak, Summit Lake, Tippecanoe River and Whitewater Memorial. There will be no standby drawings at those parks.
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Less than 1 percent of Indianaís nearly 400,000 hunters are found to be violating the law while hunting.
Finding those violators often requires the input of law-abiding hunters and other citizens who see violations taking place.
Now that Hoosier hunting seasons are in full swing, the Indiana Conservation Officers charged with enforcing the stateís wildlife laws ask concerned citizens to keep two phone numbers handy and enter them on their cell phones. The 24-hour Central Dispatch number is (812) 837-9536. It documents the callerís name. The Turn in a Poacher (TIP) hotline number is 1-800-TIP-IDNR (4367). It allows the caller to remain anonymous.
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A new DNR Web page makes it easy to find everything you need to know about white-tailed deer in Indiana.
Deer.dnr.IN.gov, is a one-stop-shop for information on deer hunting, deer biology, how to respond to nuisance deer, the stateís deer management strategy, scientific reports on topics such as harvest trends and disease, and more.