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West Texas muley Mule deer season continues with December 11, 2009 Texas’ Premier Outdoor Newspaper Volume 6, Issue 8 successful hunts. Page 6 Inside ❘❚ FISHING Squaw Creek fishing The lake at a North Central Texas nuclear power plant will reopen to anglers. Page 30 Lighter four strokes Yamaha recently lightened its outboard motors, which makes for faster boating. Page 8 LOOKING FOR A FIGHT: A new study confirms that whitetail bucks respond more to aggressive — loud — rattling techniques. Photo by Lili A. Sams for Lone Star Outdoor News. ❘❚ HUNTING Woodcock ways Pump up the volume A migratory bird gives East Texas hunters a chance to test their dogs. Institute. quences randomly tested during the pre-rut, rut Page 6 Study: Bucks respond In what is being described as the first defini- peak and post-rut periods. tive research into the effects of attracting bucks “Each rattling sequence was tested at one of 17 ❘❚ CONTENTS best to loud rattling by clicking antlers together, sequences involving observation stands and included two people,” Classifieds . Page 30 “long and loud” and “short and loud” sessions Hellickson wrote. ”One person watched deer re- Crossword . Page 23 By Ralph Winingham brought out more bucks than any other method. spond to the rattling from the top of the stand, Fishing Report . Page 29 FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Mickey W. Hellickson, a wildlife biologist at the recorded data and videotaped each buck with a For the Table . Page 23 King Ranch, reported on the findings in the De- camera. The second person performed the rat- Game Warden Blotter . Page 10 Kicking up the volume by putting a little elbow cember edition of the institute’s Deer Associates tling upwind of the stand in the nearest clump of Heroes . Page 15 grease into rattling horns appears to be one key to eNews. Hellickson wrote that the three-year study brush.” Hunting season dates . Page 27 success for Texas deer hunters, according to a re- was conducted at the Welder Wildlife Foundation Outdoor Datebook. Page 27 cent study by the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Refuge, just north of Sinton, with four rattling se- See RATTLING, Page 14 Outfitters . Page 18 Products . Page 12-13 Sun, Moon and Tide Data . Page 23 ❘❚ LSONews.com Mexico hunting, fishing Outdoors from an armchair, in PAID PLANO, TX PRSRT STD PRSRT PERMIT 210 US POSTAGE US lodges take another hit front of a screen Group of dove hunters New video games bring assaulted and robbed hunting, fishing to living By Craig Nyhus rooms, pockets LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS By Thomas Phillips Mexican hunting and fishing lodges were LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS dealt a blow over the past few seasons from tourists’ fears of border violence, the economy When the weather is too ugly or other plans in- and the H1N1 virus. terfere, a host of new video games that came out But crimes against the 17,000 or so hunters, in 2009 can fill the outdoors void in a hunter’s or many from Texas, who travel south each year angler’s life. were virtually unheard of — until this year. Many new games are available for the big-hitter This fall, a group of 20 whitewing hunters, nine home systems such as Nintendo’s Wii, Xbox 360 Time Sensitive Material • Deliver ASAP Sensitive Material • Deliver Time from Houston, were attacked by about a dozen and PlayStation 3. But more and more games with armed gunmen. The hunters were forced to the HUNTER SAFETY: Quail are still abundant in Tamaulipas, a hunting or fishing angle are being published for Mexico, but hunters are not. Fears of violence are keep- See MEXICO, Page 24 ing them home. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News. See VIDEO GAMES, Page 16 Page 2 December 11, 2009 Lone✯Star Outdoor News LSONews.com LSONews.com Lone✯Star Outdoor News December 11, 2009 Page 3 Page 4 December 11, 2009 Lone✯Star Outdoor News LSONews.com NATIONAL Kellogg’s out as sponsor DEER DEBATE: Although usually in favor of expanding opportunities for hunting, Whitetails of FLW tour and team Unlimited opposes Wisconsin’s plan to have Wendlandt, Tutt a 16-day firearm season for deer during 2010. looking for Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News. a replacement BACKER WANTED: Clark Wendlandt of Kellogg’s is ending a 10-year re- Leander, left, gives lationship with FLW Outdoors, an interview in an leaving four anglers, including two FLW Outdoors file Texans, scrambling to find a title photo. Wendlandt sponsor two months before a new and other pro anglers recently season. Whitetails Unlimited against lost Kellogg’s as a One of the top names in bass sponsor. fishing and reigning FLW Tour An- Wis. deer season expansion gler of the Year, Clark Wendlandt of Leander, will be coming off a career years, and a survey of Whitetails Un- year without one of his top spon- Observers not limited members showed a large gap sors. Jim Tutt of Longview, who between opinions of Wisconsin hunt- was with Kellogg’s for all 10 years agreeing on ers and the opinions of policymakers. during the company’s affiliation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Kellogg’s. He said he is not sure yet It wasn’t a surprise, but the num- with FLW, is also left looking for a leaving many anglers and fishing which FLW tournaments he will herd numbers bers still are eyebrow-raising: Hunt- title sponsor, along with Dave Lefe- tours concerned about the future. fish this season. ers during the nine-day gun season bre of Pennsylvania, Alvin Shaw of FLW spokesman Jeff McCoy said Lefebre issued a statement on his Whitetails Unlimited recently sent killed 195,647 deer, a 29 percent de- North Carolina, and Greg Bohan- the company does not comment Web site titled “I’ll Miss Kellogg’s.” a letter to members of Wisconsin’s cline from last year. The numbers are nan of Arkansas. on its corporate negotiations, and In the statement, Lefebre praised Natural Resources Board opposing preliminary and based on deer regis- When reached by phone, Kel- FLW is looking forward. Kellogg’s for the relationship that an expanded 16-day gun deer hunt in trations and included 86,251 bucks logg’s corporate communications “Kellogg’s has been a longtime was and announced that he will Wisconsin in 2010. and 109,396 antlerless deer. did not comment on why the com- sponsor, and we were proud to be be sticking with the FLW. But like “There is always tension between DNR officials said they anticipat- pany terminated its relationship affiliated with them for several many, Lefebre is on shaky ground hunters and DNR regulators, and we ed the decline because of changes with FLW. It said in an e-mail, “We years and proud of the relationship with his sponsors. understand that,” said Whitetails Un- in season structure that reduced the have enjoyed our partnership with we had with them through corpo- “Usually I have all my contracts limited President Jeff Schinkten. “But antlerless deer harvest. They also said the FLW, and wish the team and rate and the anglers,” McCoy said. signed by now, and I’m going over the results of the 2009 gun deer sea- there was lower fawn production and players continued success.” “We’re continuing to market our final graphics for my next boat and son show that hunter numbers were tough weather conditions. Kellogg’s is the most recent cor- tournaments and promote fishing RV, this year I haven’t signed a sin- down in Wisconsin, and the number “... we don’t want to see the num- poration that has bowed out of the to the world.” gle contract, everything is word of of bucks killed was at a 25-year low for ber of hunters drop, and when those FLW. Land O’Lakes and Pure Fish- Wendlandt was in Mexico fish- mouth, but I have faith,” the state- the second straight year. Until we can numbers drop in Wisconsin, where ing ended their sponsorships earli- ing and was not reachable by ment said. “Almost everyone is in get a handle on the true deer popula- deer hunting is a passion, we get con- er this year, and Castrol reduced its phone. Tutt told BassFan.com it the same boat. All we can do is wait tion in Wisconsin, we need to hold cerned,” Schinkten said. “DNR policy role with the fishing tour. was a “huge disappointment” and and see what happens.” off on the 16-day gun season.” can have a huge effect on hunter satis- All this is happening in the same that “it feels like losing your job.” The FLW Tour’s first event in 2010 Schinkten also pointed out that faction, and we just want a common- year that Genmar, the country’s But he mostly had good things is Feb. 10-13, in Shreveport, La. car-deer accidents have had a dramat- sense approach.” second largest boat manufacturer, to say about his relationship with — Staff report ic and steady decline for the last five — Whitetails Unlimited report LSONews.com Lone✯Star Outdoor News December 11, 2009 Page 5 CONSERVATION nization of their choice. my muzzleloader,” Hass said. “I’ve • Sometimes “Buck” is More Than a Four up for Bud’s “Volunteers can have a power- seen lots of deer, but I’m waiting for 4-Letter Word — with Larry Wei- ful impact on conservation efforts. a monster.” shuhn top Conservationist By recognizing outstanding individu- The Bo Phillips Band of Stillwater, • South African Hunting — with Pe- Publisher/Editor Craig Nyhus Budweiser and the National Fish als each year through this program, Okla., also made up of hunters, took ter Flack News & Graphics Editor Thomas Phillips and Wildlife Foundation recently we hope to inspire others to follow in the stage before Kershaw.