Articles filed under Outdoors
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Devouring a winter ritual with fare-weather friendsDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Ice fishing season is a very special time of the year for me. I vividly remember the late Chuck Kempf scooting across the ice on his snowmobile during a bone-chilling wi...
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A sad sign of the times out westDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Times certainly have changed, and I'm not sure it's for the better. A teenage hunter in Montana is facing a school hearing in a few days that could derail her college pl...
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Paradise lost can be found in NicaraguaNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - RIO MAIZ NATIONAL PARK, Nicaragua -- Because I travel quite extensively throughout the year, both here in the states and out of the country, I am committed to not enter...
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Just try to resist these alluring namesNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Paul Melchior and I were into our last forkfuls of lunch when we started discussing fishing lures and how important it was years ago to have the right names assigned to ...
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Despite absences, Outdoor Show should be memorableOutdoor Show should be memorablememorableNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - I'm already psyched for the “big event” coming January in Rosemont. The event, of course, is America's Outdoor Show, opening its doors Jan. 26 at the Stephens Convention...
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Illinois man caught fishing illegally in Ontario watersNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Not knowing the name of the mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, proved to be the downfall of an Illinois man who was posing as a Canadian while fishing illegally in northwest...
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New Mexico investigates mysterious pikeNov 09, 2010 10:00 pm - There are many amongst this newspaper's loyalists who treasure a battle with the great northern pike. We even go to great lengths by traveling hundreds of miles into th...
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Illinois' outdoor future isn't necessarily brightNov 09, 2010 10:00 pm - The blood-letting has nearly come to a halt, and the summit meetings of beer and hotdogs may have taken a hiatus. Some of us are scratching our heads and wondering wher...
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A muskie experiment in Lake GenevaNov 02, 2010 11:00 pm - We're going to experience some hair-raising angling in several years on Lake Geneva. Well, make that a half dozen years, and that's if this plan works in the way it's in...
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Fishing creates family bond that can never be brokenFishing creates family bond bondNov 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The old man pushed himself back away from the polished mahogany. The high barstool made a noise like a buzz saw when it scraped on the floor. He reached over and picked...