In Oklahoma, where the wind blows and generosity flows, the opportunities to help the people of Moore have multiplied exponentially since the storms hit Monday.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Horner wins local Pro Series title

You know they're good when they make it look easy but in your mind you know just how difficult it must be.

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Outdoors Editor

Kayak fly fishing for bass on a perfect day

Dripping Springs Lake spread out before us like a mirror reflecting a monotone gray-blue Thursday morning sky after a night of thunderstorms.

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Bill increasing fine for game-animal waste signed into law

By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer

A bill signed into law last week increases the minimum penalty for hunters who fail to salvage the meat or furs from game animals.

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Outdoor Briefs: Noodling contest set

By Staff Reports

The 2013 Red River Noodling Shoot Out is set for June 1 in Durant as part of the city's Magnolia Festival.

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Outdoor Tips with Jack Morris

By KELLY BOSTIAN Outdoors

Landowners and hunting property managers wanting to provide a good summer food plot or those wanting to plant crops that will be available to wildlife next fall need to get busy.

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This Week's Best Times

By McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE SERVICES

Solunar tables from U.S. Naval Observatory. Shows best times for fishing and/or hunting. Those with an asterisk are the best days.

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Outdoor calendar

By Staff Reports

Oxley Nature Center: 1:30-3 p.m. Geology Walk at Redbud Valley. Ages 8 to adult. Free. Register in advance.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Bass group partners with Folds of Honor; pro shooting competition set for weekend

GUNS, BASS AND honoring veterans; sounds like a good lineup to me.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Three tournaments later, including Evers' Elite Series victory in the Alabama Charge on the Alabama River at Montgomery Sunday, he is still King of the Hill. It is no small thing to hold that lead spot for three consecutive tournaments.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Grand Lake tournament draws big crowd, produces big bass

A lot comes together at the annual Falcon Grand Challenge bass tournament on Grand Lake O' the Cherokees - much more than the 578 boats, 1,156 anglers and well over 1,000 bass weighing a total of 3,632 pounds in this year's tournament.

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Bird Watch

By DAN REINKING

Lucky watchers visiting young forest stands or shrubby areas may see a chestnut-sided warbler. Males sing slightly different songs for different purposes: One to attract a female and another for defending its territory from other males.

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World around you

By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer

Barely visible in the sandy soil and rocks along Pryor Creek, its presence was betrayed more by a sense of movement among the rocks than that of a frog making a full-on leap to avoid being stepped on.

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Outdoors calendar

By Staff Reports

Fly Fishing 101: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The Gadget Company parking lot, 15th Street and Boston Avenue. Free. Instruction with Tulsa Fly Fishers and Trout Unlimited members.

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This Week's Best Times

By McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE SERVICES

Solunar tables from U.S. Naval Observatory. Shows best times for fishing and/or hunting. Those with an asterisk are the best days.

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Outdoors briefs

By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer

Tournament at Grand Lake: The Professional Anglers Association announced that its fourth and final tournament of the 2013 Bass Pro Shops PAA Tournament Series will take place on Grand Lake O' the Cherokees Nov. 4-10.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Wildlife art and bass tournament

Wildlife art comes first today, but please read on for a note about bass fishing and softball uniforms.

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Oklahoma lake report

By Oklahoma Department of Wildlife

Bell Cow: Elevation below normal, water 60 and muddy. Bass fair on spinnerbaits. Catfish fair on dough bait. Crappie good on minnows and jigs.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

As turkey season ends, hunting luck assessed

The pains in turkey hunting make the successes that much sweeter and the easy birds that much more remarkable.

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Bird Watch

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World Around You

By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer

Growing in patches like blue blankets under open timber canopies, blue phlox, also called Wild Sweet William, sweetens the spring air in woodland areas.

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Outdoor Tips with Jack Morris

By JACK MORRIS

Oklahoma’s turkey season wraps up Monday, but that doesn’t have to be the end of turkey hunting this spring. For some enthusiasts the best hunting is yet to come.

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Outdoors calendar

By Staff Reports

Defensive Pistol Shoot: 2-4 p.m. Tulsa Gun Club pistol range. Entry fee $5. Bring your gun, one box of ammo (50 rounds), two or three magazines and associated gear. No holsters.

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This Week's Best Times

By McClatchy-Tribune Services

Solunar tables from U.S. Naval Observatory. Shows best times for fishing and/or hunting. Those with an asterisk are the best days.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Oklahoma lakes again on top 100 bass list

Recent days brought some good news, some great fishing and a fond farewell.

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Outdoors Editor

Grand Lake crappie making comeback after down years

With a FEW, and I mean just a few, crappie in the live well, Brent Davis reflected on the history of crappie fishing at Grand Lake O' the Cherokees.

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Outdoors bird watch

By DAN REINKING

Solitary Sandpipers move through Oklahoma each spring and fall from Central American wintering grounds to the Canadian boreal forest bogs in which they nest.

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Outdoors notebook: Fly-fishing film tour

By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer

A fly-fishing film tour coming to Tulsa will help raise money for a fishing program that honors military service members and veterans.

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Outdoor tips with Jack Morris

By JACK MORRIS

With just eight days left in the turkey season, it's time to get serious - and get on the move - to fill turkey tags. It's time for run-n-gun tactics.

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Outdoors calendar

By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer

Intro to archery Q&A: 9, 10 and 11 a.m. sessions. Tulsa Archery Association hosts an introduction to archery for beginners. Club members are on hand to answer questions, provide safety information, teach shooting styles and more. Youth bows will be available to shoot. Adults also are welcome. Contact: 918-633-2295.

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This Week's Best Times

By McClatchy-Tribune Services

Solunar tables from U.S. Naval Observatory. Shows best times for fishing and/or hunting. Those with an asterisk are the best days.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Fishing, hunting bills signed by governor

BETWEEN THE turkey calls, crappie fillets and bass casts, checking the progress of wildlife legislation is an entertaining endeavor this time of year.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Oklahoma's Jason Christie fishing at another level

He's going to the Bassmaster Classic again and on Monday he won a major bass tournament - again.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Spring storms spur flow of active fish

Coming into mid April, my email lights up with requests for reports on crappie, sand bass and spoonbills, but given the weather this past week, the outlook was a big unknown - until Thursday morning.

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Bird Watch

By DAN REINKING

One of the most eye-catching of shorebirds in Oklahoma, the American Avocet has many visually striking features. Its long legs and long neck give it stature, and its long, thin, upward-curving bill, cinnamon head and neck, and black and white wings give it elegance.

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Outdoor tips with Jack Morris

By JACK MORRIS

Now is the time in turkey season when it can get fun. Some anxious gobblers are more willing because the hens are moving off earlier, and some gobblers have become educated and are more wary of man-made calls and decoys.

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Outdoors calendar

By Staff Reports

Tulsa Bird Dog Association: 7-9 p.m. at Zarrow Regional Library, 2224 W. 51st St. Monthly meeting features guest speakers. Contact: 918-694-5693 or see tulsaworld.com/tulsabirddogclub

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This Week's Best Times

By McClatchy-Tribune Services

Solunar tables from U.S. Naval Observatory. Shows best times for fishing and/or hunting.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Claremore noodling tournament set for June

THE 2012 OKIE Noodling Champion summarized Oklahoma's noodling phenomenon well with one simple statement.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Oklahoma angler Jason Christie on a roll after Arkansas win

OKLAHOMA BASS pro Jason Christie slapped Beaver Lake on Saturday with an eye-popping bag over 20 pounds to pull into the lead in the Walmart FLW Tour event there - and he never looked back.

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Kelly Bostian
Outdoors Editor

Paddlefish mortality in catch-and-release program is researched

ON HIS fourth hookup of the day, Arizona angler Mike McCracken began to settle in like an old Oklahoma paddlefish catchin' pro. "Fish on!" he said, smiling and yanking back on his heavy surf rod.

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Outdoor bird watch

By DAN REINKING

As large as many gulls, the Caspian tern is the largest tern both in Oklahoma and in the world.

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Outdoor tips with Jack Morris

By JACK MORRIS

Some who filled their first turkey tag opening weekend may now be on the hunt for the monarch of the ridge, that big trophy turkey that maybe outsmarted you a time or two before.

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Outdoor world around you

By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer

Tulsa bird watchers have found a thrill this week in Judy Garmaker's front yard - a small flock of visiting red crossbills. And least one of the birds was a first for Oklahoma.

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Outdoors calendar

By Staff Reports

Eastern Oklahoma Duck Hunter Club: 6 p.m. Club Room at Bass Pro Shops, Broken Arrow. Meeting with speaker Brett Freeman of the Three Rivers Hunting Retriever Club on "Summer Drills for Retrievers."

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