Articles filed under Outdoors
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Outdoors notes: Yellow perch on Lake MichiganJun 19, 2013 8:31 pm - We’ve gone from high water and practically nothing happening to calm seas with “miners” striking gold. I am referring to Lake Michigan yellow perch fishing. It’s getting...
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In fishing, confidence comes in all shapes and sizesJun 19, 2013 11:04 am - To the best of my knowledge, there isn’t a manufacturer in the fishing tackle business that has an item in its product line called a “whacky-worm”. In fact, there aren’t...
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Man mauled by bear in WisconsinJun 18, 2013 5:58 pm - SHELL LAKE, Wis. — A man who was attacked by a black bear in northwestern Wisconsin is recovering at a hospital in the Twin Cities. The Wisconsin Department of Natural R...
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One more smartphone app: Finder of fishJun 15, 2013 9:54 am - MADISON, Wis. — Before Brian Jensen’s mobile app showed up in the sporting goods sections of hundreds of Wal-Mart stores, the Sun Prairie native got all but skunked on a...
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Happily, the big lake’s demise has been greatly exaggeratedJun 12, 2013 11:04 am - On a calm day, I would feel very safe in my new 17-foot fishing boat working the shoreline of Lake Michigan. And a 17-footer is the minimum length I would use for the bi...
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Two crazy stories involving deer crashesJun 05, 2013 1:31 pm - Police in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, report a deer dashed into rush-hour traffic Tuesday and leapt onto a moving motorcycle, knocking the cyclist off — while the animal c...
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Unwinding, with a simpler life in the NorthwoodsJun 05, 2013 11:04 am - I know close to a dozen guys who dream — often while working — of being someplace else, like the Northwoods. Schaumburg angler John Plaza, for instance. He retired, sold...
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Crabtree Nature Center hosts ‘biggest event ever’Jun 04, 2013 1:56 pm - The Cook County Forest Preserve District is inviting families to “Explore the Forest” from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Crabtree Nature Center, 3 Stover Road, Barrington Hil...
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Hoffman Estates fishing derby June 8Jun 04, 2013 12:23 pm - The annual Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce/Sears Holdings Corp. Community Fishing Derby is back. Prepare to cast at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 8 at South Ridge Lake, 1450...
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Sweet surprises keep birding fun and interestingMay 28, 2013 12:00 pm - In my first column back in 2004, I had the “Gumption” to say that birding is like a box of chocolates. It wasn’t the most original thing to say, perhaps, but it still ap...