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Outdoors
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The majority of wild hogs are harvested at night. This Zeiss Duralyt riflescope and Hawg Lite are
great tools for hunting hogs at night. Luke Clayton
By Luke Clayton
I’ve know for a long time
that wild hogs are smart. I’ve
learned this from firsthand ex-
periences hunting and trapping
them. Wildlife biologists that
tell us swine rate very high on
the intelligence scale when com-
pared to dolphins and primates.
If you’ve hunted them much, you
are aware of the fact that they
are highly intelligent. You might
have noticed they have become
entirely nocturnal in recent years.
About twenty years ago
when wild hogs began to become
plentiful in Texas, it was common
to see them up and moving dur-
ing daylight hours. Today, wild
hogs are becoming almost en-
tirely nocturnal. Dr. Robert Mc-
farlane, who owns the 7,500 acre
Big Woods Hunting Ranch in
Anderson County concurs. “Our
hunters annually harvest between
500-600 wild hogs each year on
the Big Woods.” Says Mcfarlane
“Just a few years ago, we could go
out just about any time during the
day and shoot a hog. Now, 99%
of the hogs taken here are shot
at night. They’ve become almost
entirely nocturnal.” Mcfarlane
could not be sure if, through the
years, pigs were taught the ways
of survival by their parents, one
generation passing along survival
traits to the next, resulting in a
much more wary animal than we
hunted a couple of decades ago.
“Hunting pressure has to
play a role in this nocturnal trend.
During summer months, when
fewer people are in the woods, it
does seem hogs move around a bit
more during daylight hours but
not nearly as much as they used
to.” added Mcfarlane. It seems
likely that this trait to move most-
ly at night might be passed along
from older hogs to their young.
While it’s not impossible to
see hogs during daylight hours,
night time has become prime
time for hunting them. Hunting at
night requires specialized equip-
ment, some of which like night
vision and thermal imaging night
scopes and goggles come with a
hefty price tag. While doing ar-
ticles for magazines through the
years, I’ve hunted with manufac-
tures of this state of the art night
vision but I’ve also learned that a
fat bankroll is not necessarily a
pre requisite to a successful night
hunt for hogs.
I hunt with a bow or rifle
mounted light called the Hawg
Lite (www.hawglite.com) that is
highly effective in illuminated
porkers at night. Hogs are not
spooked by the light emitted by
the red or green lens on the light.
The lights are very strong and it’s
possible to spot hogs as far out as
150 yards but most that I’ve shot
at night have been much closer.
I’ve found these lights to be high-
ly effective when stalking hogs
at night or, shooting them over
bait. Around permanent feeders
and stands, I’ve used a unit called
the Feed Light (www.ultramat-
icfeeders.com) which mounts to a
nearby tree or post and comes on
automatically when the sun sets.
The LED lights can be directed to
shine directly under the feeder to
illuminate hogs when they begin
feeding. With the use of the bow/
rifle mounted light system, hogs
on the periphery of the illuminat-
ed area can be spotted and shot.
Actually seeing the hog at
night solves only half the problem.
It’s necessary to get the porker in
the crosshairs of the rifle scope or
to put the appropriate sight pin on
the hog in order to shoot. “Sight-
ing” the hog at night also requires
some specialized equipment. A
sight mounted light that illumi-
nates the fiber optic sight pins on
the bow solves the problem when
bow hunting. When rifle hunt-
ing, actually putting the scopes
crosshairs on the hog can be more
challenging. I recently mounted
a new Zeiss Duralyt scope on my
.270 and found it to be the most
practical and effective method
of ‘aiming’ a rifle at night that
I’ve found. The scope has a red
dot in the center of the crosshairs
that can be adjusted from very
faint to very bright, depending
upon the amount of ambient light.
This scope, coupled with the red
or green lens on the Hawg Light
makes seeing, sighting and shoot-
ing a porker at night a relatively
easy task.
I’ve come to enjoy hunt-
ing hogs at night. It’s exciting to
listen to the sounds in the night
woods. I’ve had packs of coyotes
startle me when they opened up
with their nighttime serenade a
scant few yards from where I was
hunting. I once had a big male
bobcat walk by under the lights
10 yards from my ground blind.
The sound of migrating geese
overhead on a cool winter’s night
is the essence of everything wild.
It’s important to be prepared to
take care of the meat when night
hunting. I pick out a tree to hang
the hog and if the weather is cool,
field dress the animal and hang
him overnight. It’s much easier to
come back and do the butchering
the next morning.
LAUGH FOR THE WEEK-
Did you read my recent column,
“You might be an outdoor red-
neck if...? Well, I wish I had in-
cluded this one: You might just be
an outdoor redneck if you bring a
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Education
CRANDALL HEAD START IS NOW ENROLLING
for the 2012-2013 school year. Do you have a child that will be 3 or
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IF SO, CRANDALL HEAD START IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOK-
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call the Site Facilitator, Debra Smith at 972-472-6020 x5118
After spring break, parents will have the opportunity to find
out more about their child’s progress in school by participating in
parent conferences from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the following dates:
• March 19 - high school
• March 20 - middle school
• March 21 - elementary school
Parents also can request a conference any time of the year by
calling to schedule a meeting.
Plan, provide feedback and offer recommendations.
The purpose of the District Improvement Plan is to guide dis-
trict and campus staff in the improvement of student performance
for all student groups to attain state standards.
The latest draft of the District Improvement Plan is available
on the Web site http://www.dallasisd.org/Page/12690 .
DISD Calendar
Mar. 12 - 16 Spring Break
Mar. 19 High School Parent Conferences, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Middle School Parent Conferences, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Elementary School Parent Conferences, 4 p.m. - 8
Mar. 20
Mar. 21
Community Is Invited To The Next Listen And
Learn: A Community Conversation Meeting
Meeting is taking place Tuesday, March 27, at W. T. White
High School
DALLAS-Staff, parents, students, and community members
are invited to the next Listen and Learn: A Community Conversa-
tion meeting, scheduled at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, March 27, at W. T.
White High School, 4505 Ridgeside Dr.
Listen and Learn: A Community Conversation meetings are
a series of open conversations
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Mar. 22 Board of Trustees meeting, 5:30 p.m., Administration
Building, 3700 Ross Ave.
Mar. 24 FAFSA/TASFA Super Saturday, 10 a.m., Moises E.
Molina High School, 2355 Duncanville Road
Mar. 27 Listen and Learn: A Community Conversation meet-
ing, 7 p.m., W. T. White High School, 4505 Ridgeside Dr.
Mar. 31 3rd Annual Sunset Feeder Community Health Fair, 9
a.m., Sunset High School, 2120 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Mar. 31 13th Annual Students Pow Wow, 12 p.m., Raul Quin-
tanilla Middle School, 2700 Remond Dr.
Mar. 31 Engineering Fair, Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center,
3 p.m., 1201 E. Eighth St.
between the Dallas Independent
School District and the commu-
nity, to help the district deliver
the best education to every stu-
dent. Also, the Listen and Learn
events provide the community
an opportunity to offer input to
some of the biggest challenges
facing the district.
The topic of the meeting at
W. T. White High School will be
Collaboration and Partnerships.
The meetings are hosted by
Leadership DISD.
Dallas ISD Students and Staff to be off for Spring
Break starting March 12
DALLAS-A11 schools and administrative offices in the Dallas
Independent School District will be closed from Monday, March
12, thru Friday, March 16, for the spring break. Classes for stu-
dents will resume on Monday, March 19.
Leah
Gardner
1
Walker Elementary
Crandall
1st Grade
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Leah is the daughter of Jason and
Melissa Gardner. Leah has 3 sib-
lings, Andrew, Evan and Caleb. Her
favorite subject is reading and art
and her hobbies include playing the
piano, painting softball and cheer.
She also enjoys church activities.
When she grows up, Leah wants to
become an artist.
If Leah had a super power, it would
be to fly. If she had the ability to
fly, she would fly to Louisiana and
to watch the Saints play football!
Leah's favorite food is strawber-
ries and Kylie is her best friend.
972-286-8500
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Dallas ISD Seeks
Community Input
DALLAS-Dallas Indepen-
dent School District teachers,
principals, staff, and the com-
munity, are invited to review the
2012-2013 District Improvement
Getting Ready for STAAR
By Nancy Bingham, District 4 Trustee
Each spring, Dallas Inde- Also, for the first time
pendent School District stu-
dents participate in a variety
of tests. This month marks the
launch of the State of Texas As-
sessments of Academic Readi-
ness, or STAAR, designed to
replace the Texas Assessment
of Knowledge and Skills. The
new tests are more rigorous and
will focus on readiness for suc-
cess in subsequent grades and
courses and, ultimately, for col-
lege and career.
Students will be tested in
the core subject areas—reading,
writing, mathematics, science,
and social studies. Students in
elementary and middle school
will take tests on the same sub-
jects they did in the past, de-
pending on the grade level.
For high school students,
the STAAR will be divided into
12 end-of-course exams— Eng-
lish I-III writing, English I-III
reading, biology, world geogra-
phy, Algebra I, chemistry/phys-
ics, world history/U.S. history,
Algebra II/geometry—that they
will take during high school.
Students in grades three
through nine will take the new
STAAR for the first time at the
end of March.
Students currently in 10th
through 12th grades will con-
tinue to take the TAKS test un-
til they graduate. Also, TAKS
will be given to students who
are repeating the ninth grade.
From March 26-29 and
April 23-27, students in third
through eighth grade will take
the first of the new STAAR
tests to determine how well they
know the state curriculum for
certain subjects on their grade
level. Students who are in ninth
grade for the first time and
middle school students taking
courses for high school credit
will take the STAAR end-of-
course exams from March 26-
29 and May 7-18,
since the state began its stan-
dardized testing program, the
tests will have a time limit of
four hours to complete each as-
sessment. The Texas Education
Agency established the time
limit based on feedback from
school personnel. The time
limit will prepare students for
other state and national assess-
ments, which are usually timed.
The TEA will review the four-
hour time limit after this first
administration and determine
if the policy needs to be recon-
sidered or adjusted for specific
grades or subjects.
The STAAR test includes
a number of accommodations
that address needs of English
language learners and students
receiving special education ser-
vices who meet particular par-
ticipation requirements. The ad-
mission, review, and dismissal
(ARD) committee for a student
who receives special education
services will determine the ap-
propriate test.
The district is offering prep
sessions to help students get
ready for the new state exam.
Prep sessions for STAAR end-
of-course exams have been
scheduled at North Dallas High
School, Skyline High School,
and Nolan Estes Plaza on the
following dates and for the fol-
lowing subjects:
March 24
9 a.m. - noon
English I Reading, English I
Writing
April 14 and 28
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Algebra I, Biology,
World Geography
Limited slots are available
at each location.
For more information about
testing, visit www.dallasisd.
org/Page/3126 or www.tea.
state, tx.us/student. assessment/
staar/.
p your
on the state exams, have a dis-
cussion about the importance of
all of his or her academic skills
and personal attributes. To find
out more about your own child’s
progress in school and how you
can help, participate in parent
conferences from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m. on the following dates:
• March 19 - high school
• March 20 - middle school
• March 21 - elementary
school
Remember, parents also
can request a conference any
time of the year by calling to
schedule a meeting.
Other news in District 4:
Congratulations to Seago-
ville Elementary for being the
winners of a Lowe’s Toolbox
for Education grant from the
Lowe’s Charitable and Educa-
tional Foundation to benefit the
school’s garden.
Hats off to Seagoville High
School for being featured on
School Zone Dallas. If you
missed it, check out this link:
http://vimeo.com/37254712.
As always, I look forward
to continuing to update you
on events and activities tak-
ing place in Southeast Dallas,
Pleasant Grove, Balch Springs
and Seagoville schools. It is
a pleasure to serve you. Your
comments and suggestions are
welcome at nbingham@dalla-
sisd.org or (972) 925-3722.
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