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  • Many outdoor columnists denounce gratuitous, Cheney-style put-and-take hunting as barely a sport.

    Martha Rosenberg: Illinois Is Broke but Still Raising Pheasants for Cheney-Style Hunting Martha Rosenberg 2011

  • Many outdoor columnists denounce gratuitous, Cheney-style put-and-take hunting as barely a sport.

    Martha Rosenberg: Illinois Is Broke but Still Raising Pheasants for Cheney-Style Hunting Martha Rosenberg 2011

  • “It's a put-and-take world, and I try to take a little and put back a lot,” says Scott Jasion, a vice president of a manufacturing supply chain.

    A Warrior for Woodies, a Bass Conservationist, and an Estuary Enhancer 2008

  • State lawmakers and budget cutters should recognize that putting an end to this "put-and-take" hunting is not only good for animals, but also good for the bottom line.

    Michael Markarian: Recession is for the Birds 2009

  • Hatchery trout evaluations, subproject V, study I, put-and-take stocking relations, Rock Creek size experiment, Salmon River census: Job performance report, project F-73-R-14 (Fishery research) by Gregg Mauser

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: US Census Bureau 2010 Jobs Main Page 2009

  • Hunters from as far away as Australia and South Africa come to put-and-take "high-fence" hunting ranches like 2,000-acre Circle E in Bedias, TX where they can shoot exotic species like wildebeest and zebra for $6,500 a head.

    Secretary of Bloodsports and other Commerce 2008

  • Nothing else, no Kankakee, pass the garbage, put-and-take stud or high-low roll -em over.

    More Twisted Stories Vol II Deaver, Jeffery 2006

  • The change in fisheries management from the stocking of catchable-size hatchery rainbow trout, for a “put-and-take” fishery, to a fishery based on wild, native trout is an example of a changing philosophy among natural resource agencies that makes the preservation of biodiversity of native species a high priority in their management programs.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The change in fisheries management from the stocking of catchable-size hatchery rainbow trout, for a “put-and-take” fishery, to a fishery based on wild, native trout is an example of a changing philosophy among natural resource agencies that makes the preservation of biodiversity of native species a high priority in their management programs.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The change in fisheries management from the stocking of catchable-size hatchery rainbow trout, for a “put-and-take” fishery, to a fishery based on wild, native trout is an example of a changing philosophy among natural resource agencies that makes the preservation of biodiversity of native species a high priority in their management programs.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

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