Articles filed under Outdoors
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Wisconsin residents upset over shooting of rare white deerNov 23, 2012 2:58 pm - LELAND, Wis. — An out-of-town hunter broke an unspoken agreement by killing a rare white deer in Sauk County this week, angering residents who say the animals are so bea...
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Solution for expanding your river range is plane to seeNov 21, 2012 10:04 am - Think about this. You’re standing on one of banks of a fairly narrow river, and you see surface action created by fish on the shoreline across from you. That opposite sh...
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Local color, and the fishing trip that wasn’tNov 14, 2012 10:04 am - LAKE TOMAHAWK, Wis. — I keep pressing my head up against the side of Wisconsin’s aquarium of life. As much as it beckons me to wade in and anchor my well-traveled bones ...
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Illinois deer harvest tops 41,000Nov 14, 2012 9:00 am - After an optimistic report from the IDNR a week ago regarding the latest preliminary figures for the 2012 archery deer harvest, word now comes from Springfield that the ...
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Enough fakery — live bait is the real dealNov 07, 2012 10:04 am - St. Charles angler Kyle T. objects to the way artificial lures and various other fishing gear is promoted and subsequently pushed on fishermen. “My weekend routine consi...
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Another cougar sighting in IllinoisOct 31, 2012 12:20 pm - Ever since Chicago police chased a cougar through the city’s neighborhood several years ago, residents in the metro area have been on a mountain-lion vigil. It was in 20...
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A smallmouth adventure worth shouting aboutOct 31, 2012 11:04 am - CRIVITZ, Wis. — Today’s column will contain numerous quotes and notes from a local angler that even to this day has trouble controlling his adrenaline levels while in pu...
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Outdoors notes: Deer deaths climb in MichiganOct 24, 2012 4:31 pm - Here’s a statistic that’s a sobering sign of the times regarding disease-ridden wildlife. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reports 10,430 whitetail have died...
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Dogged pursuit spells doom for wolfOct 17, 2012 8:31 pm - One never knows what might happen by simply stepping into the woods. A ruffed grouse hunter shot and killed a wolf that charged him and his dog during a hunt recently ne...
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Why not share? For panfish, the Mini-Mite is topsOct 17, 2012 11:04 am - I haven’t met a soul who can explain why some fishing lures are exceptional in creating a feeding frenzy while others do nothing more than scare them away. I know the dr...