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An Oregon man bugles his way to become the world’s elk calling champion
Your browser does not support the audio element. Hearing an elk bugle in the wild can sound otherworldly: high pitched, but also guttural, sound, sometimes even seeming to have a metallic resonance. These vocalizations are used to attract mates, locate other elk, establish dominance or warn of danger. It’s a sound hunters often replicate in order to bring a herd closer to them, and it’s a skill that is on display each year at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s World Elk Calling Championships.
Bookmonger: Refugee stories foster readers' empathy
Two recently published story collections reflect on the direct and cross-generational impacts of strife and violence, especially on the young. These tales bring to mind the all-too-true poster of the Vietnam War era that proclaimed “war is not healthy for children and other living things.”. The peace activist who...
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