Articles filed under Outdoors
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Outdoors notebook:Jun 26, 2013 8:31 pm - It almost happened to me on Bangs Lake many seasons ago. It may come as a total surprise that between 2006 and 2012, more than three times as many people died from light...
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Go deep to avoid the dog daysJun 26, 2013 11:04 am - The coffee was good recently at the little diner. The conversation was even better. Ralph Neeley called me when he got in to town and suggested we meet and talk fishing....
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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...