Page 26 - Mar/Apr 2022 Outdoor Okahoma Magazine

Conservation

Get Outdoors! for Kids!

Grab a smartphone and head
outside to search for creepy
crawlies! Insects and spiders are
emerging as the weather warms.
Zoom in and take pictures of
creatures you come across. If you
don’t know what’s in your photo,
send it to inaturalist.org and ask Word Search:
someone who can tell you!
Insects and Spiders

Hunting Tip P O G S A T G V G L V Y J W C Y

It’s time to practice with your A S F H G E L T E E B E N U J L
box call or mouth call, because
springtime brings turkey hunting P H B I G E E J V R M F T M P F
season! this year’s youth turkey E A T R R A L L I P R E T A C E
season is April 9-10. Youths 17 and
younger may harvest one bearded R R G J O N Q G F P B X U C R S
turkey, and must be accompanied
by a non-hunting adult. An unfilled W V M R X W G Y N C I C A D A R
youth license will be valid for A E T O A L N D C O Y B S K X O
regular spring turkey season April
16 to may 16 statewide. And don’t S S E I S S P R Z G L M B R E H
forget to help our biologists by
using E-Check online to report any P T I K K Q S Q E D I Y W T H D
harvested turkey.
I E I C Y V U H Y C F F D Z S Y
H R B Q C K Z I O L L S M D P M
Fishing Tip W A Z P N P A E T P F U Y V A A

Ever heard the old saying “white bass H N Y V I N D E N O P Y S D E D
run when the redbuds bloom”? there
can be a lot of truth to that. But other A T A R A N T U L A Y E A E H S
factors play roles to urge Oklahoma’s D E A Q O N Z M Z D F Y R M A L
state fish to begin swimming up
creeks and streams to their spawning H P Y Z L O L B N X C U K U M Y
grounds. usually from mid-march
into April is when you might cast Find and circle these names of insects and spiders found in Oklahoma:
from a stream bank and enjoy some
furious fishing action for “sandies.” Brown Recluse Caterpillar Cicada
tip: Wait until the river or stream is Daddy Long Legs Grasshopper Harvester Ant
flowing after a springtime storm and Horse Fly June Beetle Mayfly
you might have better success.
Mosquito Paper Wasp Tarantula

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