Tips for buying and using a crossbow Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | Leave a comment TIPS FOR BUYING AND USING A CROSSBOW Never use price as the deciding factor when buying a crossbow. More expensive does not always mean better. The fastest crossbow isn't necessarily the best crossbow Buy and use some form of rope cocking device If you want a scope, be sure to use one designed... Read More

Hunting with crossbow can be trickier than it seems Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | Leave a comment Crossbows will be legal for all Oklahoma hunters this fall Read More

Outdoors notes: Summer Boat Show ends Sunday; Okies in Bassmaster contention Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | Leave a comment Boat show ends Sunday Sunday is the final day of the Oklahoma City Summer Boat Show and Clearance Sale in the Travel and Transportation Building at State Fair Park. The show opens at noon and closes at 5 p.m. Admission is $4 for adults or $6 for couples. Children ages 11 and younger receive free admission.... Read More

"Songs from the Tackle Box" album proceeds help protect fishing waters Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | Leave a comment A new album from Patriot Records of Oklahoma City features 13 fishing songs and a percentage of every CD sold benefits Recycled Fish, a national non-profit conservation organization. "Songs from the Tackle Box" contains performances by Ty England, Jason Allen, Randy Joe Heavin and more. "Fishing... Read More

Oklahoma's fishing guide license rules are changing again Sat, Jul 17, 2010 | Leave a comment Requirements passed by wildlife commissioners at the beginning of the year will be gone starting Aug. 1 Read More

Outdoor notebook for Sunday, July 18, 2010 Sat, Jul 17, 2010 | Leave a comment Waterfowl stamp will feature the bluewing teal; Knot tying class at Backwoods; Fishing plans for Purcell Read More

Fishing report: Friday, July 16 Thu, Jul 15, 2010 | Leave a comment CENTRAL Arcadia: Elevation above normal. White bass fair to good on spinnerbaits at 2-3 ft. along banks in the mornings. Channel catfish good on punchbait at 5-6 ft. along north and south shorelines in the mornings. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 4-6 ft. around the fishing dock. All other fishing fair.... Read More

Catching Up: Former Bassmaster champion Ken Cook loving fishing when he 'wants to' Thu, Jul 15, 2010 | Leave a comment Ken Cook, the winner of the 1991 Bassmaster Classic, enjoys just fishing for pleasure. Cook says, "Now if it's windy or rainy and I don't want to go fishing, I don't have to. That's the beauty of retirement." Read More

Noodlers deliver the 'big catch' in Pauls Valley Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | Leave a comment Noodling tournament draws a crowd in Pauls Valley Read More

Horse show coming to Ardmore in August Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | Leave a comment The Kalpowar Futurity & Faith Performance Horses Derby begins Aug. 18 and runs through Aug. 22. Read More

IFYR notebook: More cowgirls than cowboys Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | Leave a comment The 2010 International Finals Youth Rodeo has 1,409 contestants from 31 states, including Hawaii, Idaho, New York and Minnesota. More cowgirls than cowboys Cowgirls outnumber the cowboys at the IFYR. The event with the largest number of cowgirls is breakaway roping, which is just like calf roping except the rider... Read More

International Finals Youth Rodeo begins Monday in Shawnee Sun, Jul 11, 2010 | Leave a comment The week-long International Finals Youth Rodeo begins Monday in Shawnee at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center. Called the richest high school rodeo in the world, more than 1,000 young cowboys and cowgirls from across the country are competing in the 18th annual competition. Over the years, several cowboys competed... Read More

Outdoors notebook: Women in the Outdoors visits Choctaw Sun, Jul 11, 2010 | Leave a comment Women in the Outdoors visits Choctaw; Curator to speak on invasive species; Rancher given wildlife award; Bird dog contests set Read More

Wings of change Sun, Jul 11, 2010 | Leave a comment The Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. is giving another $4.9 million to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation for building a wind farm through prime prairie chicken country. The money is for the Keenan Phase II Wind Farm in Woodward County. State wildlife officials plan to use $3.9 million of the OG&E... Read More

Winds of change for Oklahoma's prairie chicken Sun, Jul 11, 2010 | Leave a comment The state's alternative energy initiatives are the latest obstacle in the species' survival. Read More