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HIP Hip Hooray! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
JANUARY/FEBRUARY • VOLUME 76 • NUMBER 1 Hunting Buddies Find Success In Quest for All
Birds on Harvest Information Program Permit
12 By Don P. Brown, Associate Editor

Hunting for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Stack the Odds in Your Favor
For Getting a Controlled Hunt
Boom & Bust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Longtime Quail Hunter Recalls When Full Limit
Was a Sure Bet
By Don P. Brown, Associate Editor
Diamond Anniversary! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Outdoor Oklahoma’s 75th Naturally Worth Celebrating
By Don P. Brown, Associate Editor

20 30 Going with the Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Research Projects Show Water Flow Vital
to Stream, River Conservation
By Kurt Kuklinski, Research Supervisor, Oklahoma
Fishery Research Laboratory
Watchable Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
The Ring-necked Pheasant by Don P. Brown,
Information and Education Specialist
ON THE COVER: Hunting buddies Aaron Milligan and Anthony Mackey
36 48 watch over their decoy spread, hoping to get a shot at one of the birds
for their HIP quest. See story, Page 12. (Photo by Don P. Brown/ODWC)
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