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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Side Hunt and the Christmas Bird Count
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:26
	Publish Date:		2018-12-24 06:00:00
	Description:		Do you have a special holiday tradition that includes the outdoors? The Masked Biologist shares the history of the side hunt, and the Christmas Bird Count, in this week’s Wildlife Matters . Every family has Christmas or holiday traditions of some kind. Most traditions form around religious activities, or maybe home decorations, maybe special family get togethers or something relating to food. I can tell you my own family has traditions in every one of those areas. Natural resource activities have not been at the heart of any of our traditions—possibly because we are always on the road under pressure to visit family. However, there are a couple of very interesting holiday traditions that incorporate wildlife and the outdoors. The side hunt was a holiday tradition in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A group of men would come together and choose sides, then head afield and hunt for whatever wild game they could find. Whichever side harvested the most wildlife was the winner. Today, this
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