Outdoorsman bags both 20-pound turkey, 120-pound black bear
Mike Sawyers shot a 120-pound black bear this season, then turned around and added a 20-pound turkey to his freezer.
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Want to attract schools? Turn to these students
As the politicians and bureaucrats blather on about fixing what ails the Chesapeake Bay while farms and subdivisions continue to flush away, a group of Anne Arundel County students and teachers are doing their part to make the upper bay more fish- and fisherman-...
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BEST BET Monday Public comment session on Fisheries Service proposal to regulate preseason striped bass catch and release activity, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall at Calvary United Methodist Church, 301 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis. Details: 410-260-...
Outdoors Girl: Duck Stamp program pays dividends
Barbara Sachau of Florham Park, N.J., writes: As I understand it, the [federal] Duck Stamp sale raised $60,000 this year. Chump change. ... This program has not saved any land in the last 30 or 40 years. It is not a self-sustaining program at all. It costs general taxpayers to...
Gear Box: This luggage can take a licking
Given the state of air travel these days, I've stopped worrying so much about what a piece of luggage looks like and started spending more time evaluating its ability to take a licking.
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BEST BET Saturday Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day for licensed hunters 15 years of age or younger. All junior hunters must be accompanied by an unarmed adult at least 21 years of age who holds a valid Maryland hunting license or is legally...
Gear Box: Sportube makes hauling gear easy
Hauling elongated gear around isn't easy. Fishing rods, skis and snowboards have a bad habit of getting in the way of brute force, whether it's exerted by users of the great outdoors hurrying to load the car or airport baggage handlers hell-bent on creating more combustible material for the gear-to-...
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BEST BET Today Stop by Monkton Station on the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (formerly the NCR Trail), noon-4 p.m., to join park naturalists for storytelling, children's games and crafts, and the chance to meet some of the fascinating and...
Managing to make sense of species management
From spawning fish to deer birth control, it's all about mating. That's what drives species management, as practiced by humans on other life forms.
Gear Box: Wenger's Evolution Soft Touch 14 Knife
While not the sharpest knife in the drawer, I admire those pocket-size cutting implements that do a good job under sometimes adverse conditions with a minimum of bells and whistles.
Outdoors Girl: First steps for beginning hiker?
SuJay Johnson of Washington asks: Are there organized groups in Washington for people who want to get started hiking? I'm retired and very interested in finding a pleasurable outdoor activity with others, while getting exercise and information about nature at the same time.
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BEST BET Wednesday Guide and author Larry Coburn will discuss steelhead fishing in New York state at a meeting of the Maryland Chapter of Trout Unlimited, 7:30 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, 511 York Road, next door to Set's Sport Shop. Details:...
Search may be last for Maryland fish not seen in 2 decades
Last call for the Maryland darter. The elusive little fish, one of the rarest in the world, hasn't been seen in 21 years. Now, government and university biologists are teaming up for one more, perhaps final search for it in Harford County, where it's never been spotted more than sporadically since...
On the wing
Migrating hawks, eagles and falcons are the stars for the avid bird-watchers who gather at Pennsylvania sanctuary
Ideas to spout as Smith trail becomes national park
Candus Thomson: Get out your sharpest crayons and get ready to color outside the lines, if you like.
Gear Box: Oboz Sawtooth hiking shoes
It's hard to write about Oboz Sawtooth, the low-cut hiking shoes that hail from Montana.
Outdoors Girl: Who gets to speak at task force meetings?
Guy Salomon of Gwynn Oak writes: I read with interest your recent column about the Task Force on Fisheries Management and have some questions. I checked the August meeting summary and noted a list of attendees that included you under "Other Attendees." Can anyone attend...
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BEST BET Saturday Fundraising bull-and-oyster roast for Wish-A-Fish Foundation that takes special-needs children and their families fishing, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., American Turners Hall, 9124 Lennings Lane, Rosedale....
Gear Box: State Park Passport
Sure, you can sit inside glued to the flat screen while Ken Burns drones on about the beauty of national parks ("First, the earth cooled ..."). But it's better to go out and experience Maryland parks the way 11 million people did last year.
Ask Outdoors Girl: Should I remove fish lice?
Jim Gilbert of East New Market writes: I live on the Choptank River, and this time of year we catch a lot of 12- to 14-inch rockfish. Almost all the fish have some sort of lice-type creature in each gill. My question is, should I remove the parasite and let the fish go or...
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BEST BET Thursday The Baltimore chapter of Coastal Conservation Association Maryland will hold its bull roast and auction 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at the University of Maryland Biotechnology...
Sports Digest: Upper Chesapeake Bay site of Bassmaster event
For the second consecutive year, top professional and amateur anglers will fish the upper Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as part of the 2010 Bassmaster Open series. North East Anchor Marina in Cecil County will serve as the weigh-in station on the third and final stop of the Northern Open...
Striper madness — read all about it
For five weeks each fall since Harry S. Truman was president, thousands of addicted anglers have lined shores and jetties and propped themselves up in boats, hoping to ease the craving of striper madness by taking part in the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
Ask Outdoors Girl: Why no 'hunting' link on DNR's home page?
Vincent Grey of Abingdon writes: Has anyone else noticed the new Department of Natural Resources Web site? I find it disheartening that it fails to include a hunting link on the main page. It lists: Our Waters, Fishing, Boating, Parks, Wildlife, Trees and Site Map [in the...
