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Update on Meeting on Nitrate Levels in Cassia County

I just wanted to give an update on the meeting held in Burley today regarding the high nitrate levels in drinking water in parts of Cassia County.  The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was represented as we as the South Central Public Health District .   The discussion also adress concerns about hormones and other chemicals [...]

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Introducing Doak Worley

Doak Worley and Cory Glauner have now teamed up to bring you one of the most powerful and efficient hunting and fishing booking agency in the industry. Cory brings with him the best networking and technical skills in the business as well as a passion for the outdoors and experience as an outfitter himself. Doak brings age and experience and a passion for hunting and fishing. He has hunted all over the world and owns a very successful marketing company.

Our promise to you is to give you the best outdoor experience possible based on your particular wants and needs. We will match you up with an outfitter that will give you the most enjoyable experience possible.

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You have all known Cory for quite some time now. This post is to introduce me, Doak Worley. I was born in Farmington, New Mexico in 1956 and baited my first hook at age 4. I have been in the field hunting since I was 6, and I killed my first deer at 8. I had 40 deer under my belt by the time I graduated in 1974. I barely graduated because of my passion for the outdoors. I have been self employed for the past 35 years and I live, sleep, eat and dream Africa. So this partnership just makes sense.

I think every red-blooded American male has dreamed of going to Africa. So why don’t they go? Is it to expensive? No, it’s about the price of a good whitetail hunt. Is it dangerous? No, it’s safer than climbing your tree stand. In South Africa you’re not going to get eaten by a lion, and the whole country is Malaria free. Is it hard to get my rifle or bow in the country? Not really. We supply all the forms you need and help you with the process and always have a team member meet you at the airport to help you get through customs. You can even take your family with you. There are lots of activities for them as well. So why do most hunters never travel to Africa? I think they are afraid of the unknown. They just don’t know what to expect. They just want someone they know and trust to lead the way. That’s why we are personally escorting three hunts to South Africa in 2010.

• The first hunt will be a 7 day Rifle hunt to the Limpopo province in South Africa for a group 8 hunters starting May 6th. This is a 5 animal hunt for around $4,500. This is an all inclusive hunt (excluding air and tip).
• The second hunt is a 10 day bow hunt for 5 animals and has a cost of around $6,000 (excluding air and tip) for a group of 6 hunters starting May 13th.
• The Third hunt is a combo rifle and bow package and is a 7 day hunt. It includes 5 animals and has a cost of around $5,000 starting May 23rd.

*Any of the packages can have animals added and the additional charge will be from the trophy price list on our web site.

Check out these packages on our web site, and if you would be interested in joining Cory and myself in South Africa in 2010 Contact me.

Look for next weeks blog with the story and photos from my hunt in South Africa last May.

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S Dakota Pheasant Limit Increase

Pierre, S.D. – Due to the delayed harvest of crops this fall, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission intends to act at its Dec. 3-4 meeting in Pierre on a proposal to raise the three-bird daily pheasant bag limit to five cock pheasants daily.

Under the proposal, the current 15-bird pheasant possession limit would increase to 25 male pheasants.

If adopted, the emergency rule would take effect Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, and remain in place until the current pheasant season ends on Jan. 3, 2010. “The ability of hunters to harvest pheasants in the first seven weeks of the 2009 pheasant hunting season has been severely inhibited by lack of row-crop harvest,” said GFP Secretary Jeff Vonk. “The weather patterns that led to this situation were not anticipated by the Commission when it adopted the pheasant season back in April.”

The adjustments in the daily limit and possession limit will not hurt overall pheasant numbers in future years because only cock pheasants may be harvested, Vonk said.

“As crops are taken from the fields, the refuge that pheasants found in oceans of cornfields will disappear, and birds will be concentrated in the remaining cover,” Vonk said. “The addition to the limits will allow hunters the ability to make up for opportunities that were lost in the first part of the season.”

From South Dakota Game Fish and Parks

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Bonefishing Report from Capt. Rick Grassett

Capt. Rick Grassett, is a full-time fishing guide and outdoor writer based in Sarasota, FL. He’s a great host and a super guy, and as luck would have it he hosts a group at Andros South each year.

Here’s Capt. Grassett’s report from last week. Thanks Rick!

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I spent the last week from Saturday, May 2nd through Saturday, May 9th, hosting a group of friends and customers at Andros South bonefish lodge on South Andros in the Bahamas. Nick Reding, Bob Harness and Bob Reynolds, all from St. Louis, MO, Frank Rhodes, from Auburndale, FL, Hal Lutz, from Parrish, FL and Jon Yenari and I, from Sarasota, met in Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday afternoon, May 2nd. We had a smooth, one hour flight over on a Lynx Air twin engine Cessna 402 and were greeted by managers Rick Sisler and Kateri Clay.

The weather and fishing were near perfect! I had an opportunity to fish with each member of the group and fish a variety of areas. Some days were better than others and some days were fantastic! Anglers fishing the vast sand flats to the south fished near Jackfish Channel, the Water Cays, Curly Cut Cays, Fish Key and the “airport flat”. Some of these flats are so big they go all the way to the horizon. Frank and Jon had a great day at the “airport flat” one day catching and releasing more than 50 bones. Hal and I fished the south end one day and had a great morning wading along a mangrove shoreline on a flood tide. We caught 15 or 20 fish before noon. Frank, Jon, Hal and Kateri went offshore one day and landed more than 30 mahi mahi (dolphin) to 12-pounds on flies and conventional tackle. Their first mahis on fly!

Several creeks – Deep Creek, Little Creek and Grassy Creek all cut through to the west side, crossing the ”Devil’s Backbone” ridge and open up into large flats and salt ponds with smaller creeks feeding into them. We caught lots and lots of bonefish to 6-pounds with most of them in the 2 to 3-pound class. Some were smaller and a few were even bigger. Another angler at the lodge, John from British Columbia, landed an 8-pounder one day. Bob Reynolds and I had a great day on a huge school over on the west side one day with guide, Fredlon. We waded and doubled and tripled for more than an hour. I also landed a 30-pound ‘cuda that day! Nick and I fished with Torrie one day and learned a lot about targeting big bonefish.

Even though catching lots of fish out of a big school is a lot of fun, the most rewarding to me is stalking singles, doubles and smaller schools. A couple of the most rewarding fish I caught were tailing on a slick, calm morning when we had to wade like a “heron” and make a perfect cast to catch them! Top flies were Gotchas, Peterson’s Spawning Shrimp and variations of them. We also encountered lots of sharks and ‘cudas. Several ‘cudas, up to 30-pounds, were landed on flies and conventional tackle.

Bob Reynolds from St. Louis, Mo, with a nice South Andros bonefish
Photo: Rick Grassett

I hated to come back to the real world, but the good thing is that tarpon fishing is getting ready to take off back at home in Sarasota. I have already received several reports of tarpon being jumped and landed from Tampa Bay to Sarasota. I’ll be on the water this week hunting tarpon, which should get even better as we get further away from last week’s full moon.

Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett

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