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Contents

Off the Beaten Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

There’s Quail in Them Thar Hills! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Timberland Research Hunt Yields Clues on Bobwhite Behavior
By Don P. Brown, Information and Education Specialist

World-class Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
U.S. Youth Fly Fishing Team Visits Lower Mountain Fork River
By Don P. Brown, Information and Education Specialist
Hunters Lucky with These Odds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Forget the Lottery! Controlled Hunts Drawings Offer
Much Better Chances
Cooper WMA: Where Buffalo Roamed
12,000 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
By Jena Donnell, Wildlife Diversity Information Specialist
When Nearly Everyone Was a Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
By Tom Keer, From Sporting Classics Daily
Watchable Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The North American Beaver
By Whitney Jenkins, Information and Education Technician

THIS PAGE: A hunter’s heart quickens when a flock of Canada geese flies by to
check out the decoy spread. Oklahoma’s 2018-19 dark goose hunting season is open
statewide through Feb. 17.
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winner of the 2019-20 Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp Art Contest. See the other
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