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PublishedSeptember 21, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: SAM will host coyote-hunt workshop
The Sportsman's Alliance of Maine (SAM) hosts a Coyote Hunting and Trapping Workshop on Sept. 29 from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at SAM's headquarters on 205 Church Hill Road off Route 3 in Augusta. For info, please call (207)-623-4589 or check www.sportsmansallianceofMaineÂ.org.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2012
OUTDOORS: Worth the Trip
WESLEY -- Tommy Henley has spent close to $3,000 each year for the past six years coming to Maine's Downeast woodland from Tennessee to hunt bear. And Henley, a traditional bowhunter, has never bagged a bruin. But the southern firefighter keeps returning to Maine because the silent, dark woods draw him back.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Black racers, while rare, do exist in Maine
Recently, Tom Seymour of Waldo spotted a 24-inch black snake on bare gravel by his home and assumed it was a black racer, rare in Maine, so rare that state official's have placed it on the Endangered Species List.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Fall grand time for cycling
Back in the heart of summer, myriad bicyclists caught my eye in the Belgrade Lakes region week after week, and all the pedalers often prompted me to whisper in genuine awe, "Wow."
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2012
OUTDOORS: Birds eyes the best of any animal
I've been looking at a lot of shorebirds recently, now that migration has commenced. Have you ever seen a shorebird bob its head up and down rapidly? That behavior is the way that a bird with monocular vision can measure distance.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2012
OUTDOORS: Get to the Point
Although on many trips Down East we had noticed the signs for the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge on Petit Manan Point a few miles past Steuben on coastal Route 1 between Sullivan and Milbridge, it was only recently on the way back from a few days' camping on Campobello that we journeyed down Pigeon Hill Road on Dyer Neck to the refuge for a closer look.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2012
OUTDOORS: Bear Pond offers serene feeling
Put in at the small boat launch site located on Route 35 about halfway down the eastern shoreline of Bear Pond in Waterford. Look across the road and you will see a jumble of gigantic boulders strewn about under the towering vertical cliffs of Bear Mountain. These majestic cliffs will tower over you throughout your 3-mile circuit of the pond.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD Knowing Latin helps catch salmonids
In late summer and autumn, skilled fly rodders in Maine often choose two vastly different categories of flies for trout: 1. Large, dark nymphs and baitfish imitations or 2. micro mayflies and caddises to imitate specific bugs.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2012
ALLEN AFIELD: Apple time just around the corner
Apple-picking time in Maine normally starts around Sept. 9, but the season has begun already this year. When apples ripen, Jolie, my intrepid companion, and I spend part of an afternoon, picking Cortland, McIntosh and sometimes Golden Delicious.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2012
OUTDOORS: Chain of 5 ponds idyllic for kayaking, catching fish or not
Some 45 miles up scenic Route 27 from Kingfield lies a magical unit of the Maine Public Reserved Lands comprised of five interconnected ponds ideal for kayaking and fishing.
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