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Conservation for Kids
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Conservation

Get Outdoors! for Kids!

Wintertime is a great time for a nature
scavenger hunt! Ask Dad or Mom
to create a list of items that can be
found outside in the area around your
house or in a park. Then it’s your job
to find one of each item on the list and
collect it. Once you complete your
hunt, take some time to study about Word Search:
the things you’ve collected.
Oklahoma’s Furbearers

Hunting Tip F D Z I C M I B O B C A T P T X

Many hunting seasons begin to wrap F X H Y X X U K T O Y H X I X C
up in January and February, but
there are still plenty of opportunities. Q B E A V E R S P R E D F O X S
Archery deer, elk and turkey seasons M R X L J U L C K P D V C R M M
close Jan. 15. Duck season is open
through Jan. 30 in Zones 1 and 2. E A V S D C B E O R T Q O E U W
Pheasant and squirrel hunting will
close Jan. 31. Light geese and dark U Q K P J W H K S B A C Y F S C
geese (except white-fronted) may Q V K M Y A J J U A S T O U S X
be hunted through Feb. 13. Quail
season continues through Feb. 15. Q Z W F W O L L V L E N T W O G
And furbearer seasons will close
Feb. 28. Rabbits are fair game all Y J K F V J A A Y K A W E K P H
through January and February.
K N U K S D E P I R T S E W O L
V E L V H R O V R R U X V N R X
Fishing Tip F R Z V Z H C D J E T L N I M U

When the fishing action cools A O Z N H T M E B N G U U Q H K
down in the winter, why not spend
some time organizing your tackle N O O C C A R L Y H W D N Z N N
box? Empty out everything and O K U W X T V D Q Q B N A K S I
sort things that are similar into
various groups. If baits or lures are I H N S L T I B L P C T P B I M
dirty, clean them up. Maybe some
need to be touched up with paint. Find and circle these names of furbearing animals in Oklahoma:
Then decide on how to arrange
everything in your tackle box. Put Badger Beaver Bobcat
the most used items where they Coyote Mink Muskrat
will be the easiest to access. Now Nutria Opossum Raccoon
you’re ready for some fishing fun!
Red Fox Striped Skunk Weasel

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