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PublishedDecember 8, 2012
GUEST COLUMN: Moose check station stories: Unreal to surreal
In late September 1980, Maine's annual moose hunt resumed for the first time in 54 years, but not without controversy. The six-day hunt was preceded by several legislative hearings in Augusta in 1979. In packed hearing rooms, the Legislature entertained passionate testimonials from anti-hunters, hunters, business owners, state senators and representatives. Arguments for and against the moose hunt was great live theater, unscripted and unrehearsed.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Tough odds in muzzleloader season
Maine's muzzle-loading season in the bottom two-thirds of the state runs through this coming week and closes a half-hour after sunset on Saturday, Dec. 8. For details, check mefishwildlife.com or pages 21 and 22 in the "Maine Hunting and Trapping" booklet.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2012
OUTDOORS: Brave the cold for several highlights
December marks the beginning of the winter solstice for us in the northern hemisphere. This year that will happen at 6:12 a.m. Dec. 21. That also marks the end of the Mayan calendar, which will just start another cycle. It will flip over to a new baktun that day as it does every 144,000 days, or about 400 years. No astronomical catastrophe will occur like an asteroid or comet hitting the Earth.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2012
OUTDOORS: This might be the winter of the grosbeaks
Perhaps this winter will be the winter of the grosbeaks. In the last column, I wrote about the irruption of evening grosbeaks into central and southern Maine. Sightings continue throughout the state. Many people are seeing evening grosbeaks at their feeders for the first time in a decade or more.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2012
OUTDOORS — DEIRDRE FLEMING — More Mainers hooked on fly fishing
It’s official. A year after some of Maine’s avid trout fishermen rolled out the state’s only fly fishing show, they’re committed to make it an annual event.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2012
OUTDOORS:More Mainers hooked on fly fishing
It's official. A year after some of Maine's avid trout fishermen rolled out the state's only fly fishing show, they're committed to make it an annual event.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2012
OUTDOORS: W. Virginia hunt almost heaven
There's an old saying that you should be careful what you wish for because it might come true. Climbing into my stand on a balmy West Virginia morning I was wishing for cooler temperatures. It was already in the 60s and forecasted to nudge 80 later in the day -- hardly good weather for deer hunting. I went out just the same, and was rewarded with a nice doe.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2012
OUTDOORS: Damariscotta showcases natural diversity
The Upper Damariscotta River Region is one of immense natural beauty, a scenic landscape of bays and islands, salt marshes and mudflats, rivers and streams. Bordered by hills, fields, and forests, the Damariscotta River is a nutrient-rich tidal estuary that is home to a diverse array of marine life, birds and animals.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2012
OUTDOORS: There’s something therapeutic in November’s bleakness
The first thing I noticed crossing the New Hampshire line on my return to Maine was that the landscape had gone all Wyeth in my absence: Gray and moody -- and harsh.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2012
OUTDOORS: Around the World,In Search of a Record
THOMASTON -- Stanley Paris has his work cut out for him. The countdown has begun for his solo nonstop unassisted circumnavigation world-record attempt.
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