Articles filed under Outdoors
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Summer continues to bear downAug 01, 2012 8:31 pm - If it’s not the major drought that has kept Illinois and the rest of the Midwest reeling from a lack of rainfall, the current dilemma of wildlife mixing poorly with huma...
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Gear affordability crucial to fly fishermenAug 01, 2012 1:45 pm - I was treated to a very encouraging scenario the other day. My schedule was ultra-light so I decided to drive around the western and northwest suburbs looking for fly fi...
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Rock bass deserve more than a sneerJul 25, 2012 2:37 pm - It all began when I lived in Madison, Wis., but kept my fishing boat moored on Lake Geneva. I was a live bait aficionado most of the time, especially when I was chasing ...
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A cougar at large, a goat man and a bear in a mallJul 25, 2012 8:35 am - Editor’s note: You can click on the links in this report to see a photo of the mountain lion in Wisconsin, a video of a bear on the loose at a mall, an a man wearing a g...
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Outdoors notes: local fishing reportJul 18, 2012 2:35 pm - There has been a major muskie kill on North Spring Lake, near the Jake Wolff hatchery outside of Manito in central Illinois. I received several reports of jumbo muskie f...
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Sharing an outdoorsman’s perspective from the trenchesJul 18, 2012 1:55 pm - My warm-weather sleeping bag was ready to go up on the storage shelf, as was the pad that normally goes under the bag. The two-burner stove was cleaned and put in a box....
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Have you sampled Asian carp at Taste of Chicago?Jul 11, 2012 6:26 pm - I am interested to hear from any reader who went to the Taste of Chicago and “pigged out” on Asian carp samples. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) team...
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For anglers, this little worm a great catchJul 11, 2012 11:40 am - It takes some big bucks to push a fishing product across the counter into the hands of the angling consumer. The “madness” began many years ago when a European fisherman...
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Outdoors notes and area fishing updatesJul 05, 2012 11:45 am - I’m wondering what the thermometer read as the arguments unfolded in Utah. Following a 1½-hour, closed-door session between legislative leaders and Utah Gov. Gary Herber...
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Time for Illinois anglers to launch a revoltJul 05, 2012 11:43 am - I recently had a long meeting with a half-dozen concerned local fishermen. “Are you going to take a stand, or just sit back and write fluffy columns,” one guy asked in a...