Articles filed under Outdoors
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Firm ice, solid opportunities up northJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - If your patience is short while your desire to fish is smoldering like BBQ coals, you had better head to northern Wisconsin for good ice fishing action. Word out of Lan...
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A heartfelt rebuttal in defense of flyfishingJan 12, 2012 12:00 am - As I was pondering whether to strip old lines from my reels or just relax and tie flies, I opted to check my e-mail. Ben sent me one of his many opinions that triggered...
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Man charged in hunting death of Inverness manJan 06, 2012 11:00 pm - A northern Illinois man was indicted Friday in the death of John Hanlon, of Inverness, a father of four who was fatally shot while deer hunting last November. Kelly G. J...
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Mike Jackson's outdoors notesJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Someone possibly could wind up with a poke loaded with the shiny, colored stuff. An Alaskan miner is offering an ounce of gold for information leading to the conviction ...
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Mike Jackson on the outdoors and gimmicksJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - I never claimed to be an expert, but rather a lucky individual that has been tutored by some of the best in the fishing and hunting areas of the outdoors. My late father...
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Outdoors notes: Snowy owl sightingsDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Reports of snowy owl sightings are spreading across the nation’s northern tier this winter, with large numbers spotted around the Great Lakes as well as the East Coast a...
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Mike Jackson on the outdoors: A dog's taleDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - I am a relentless sentimentalist. I'd like to keep everything how it was in 1951, or sometime thereabouts. I want to come home and find my mother there. I'd race to the...
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Getting a healthy start on a little holiday dreamingDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - I stood on the front lawn decked out like a sanitation worker, garbed in tan and brown. My magic wand was my trusty 6-weight fly rod and reel. My upper chest region was ...
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Outdoors notesDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Those December hallucinations are still driving me nuts. With the non-typical area weather we've encountered, I keep expecting we will get dumped on to the tune of 2-3 f...
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Mike Jackson on the outdoors: Lindner's talesDec 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Right now I feel as if I'm part of a group of youngsters sitting in front of the fireplace listening to a relative read stories from the past. All of us "kids" hunger ...