Articles filed under Outdoors
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Sportsmen thanked for donation to troopsDec 03, 2012 2:00 pm - Nearly one year after members of the Northwest Towns Sportsmen's Club shipped off venison jerky from their deer hunting season to American troops abroad, they got their ...
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The state of our state parksNov 30, 2012 3:52 pm - The state of Illinois’ state parks is the topic of the Lake County Audubon Society meeting at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at Libertyville village hall, 118 W. Cook Ave. Chris Rolli...
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Outdoors notesNov 28, 2012 12:00 pm - I knew there was extreme poaching in some areas of the country, but I could barely believe my eyes when I saw a report published in the NEMS Daily Journal in Mississippi...
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Deep thoughts on a panfish hotspotNov 28, 2012 10:04 am - I would venture a guess that every angler who manages to “connect” with a decent fishing hole is hesitant in sharing the spot with someone he or she doesn’t know well. S...
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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...