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    November 13, 2011

    Kid Tracks: It’s a nice peek before peak

    BROWNFIELD — The Burnt Meadow Mountain trail is a great way to take in the fall foliage. My family has hiked this trail quite a few times, but it seems for one reason or another we have never made it to the northern peak. The mileage of 1.4 miles (one way) and an elevation gain […]

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    November 13, 2011

    Deirdre Fleming: It’s either feast or famine when it comes to deer herd

    The stories statewide the past two years about the harsh winters of 2008 and 2009 and the toll those aberrations in weather took on the deer herd are starting to play out at tagging stations. In Ashland, once the place to go for trophy bucks, the reports are of diminutive deer after the first two […]

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    November 13, 2011

    Birding: On way to a record for sighting species

    Perhaps you saw the movie “The Big Year” earlier this fall. Starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson, the movie is adapted from a book by Mark Obmascik of the same name. The book describes the efforts of three birders to see as many species as possible in North America in a calendar year. The […]

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    November 13, 2011
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    Fly fishermen hear call of the bamboo

    Bamboo fly rods have a long and cherished history in Maine, respected by the craftsmen who lovingly make them and a clientele that respects the work that goes into producing them.

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    November 13, 2011

    Allen Afield: There’s still much to see in the woods in late fall

    November woods and fields look so drab now compared to summer, but curious eyes see plenty, beginning with deer signs such as heart-shaped tracks, buck rubs (bark “rubbed” off small trunks) and scrapes in soft earth. Using their front feet, bucks scrape leaves or moss away and make 3-foot circles beneath chest-high conifer boughs, or […]

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    November 6, 2011

    Deirdre Fleming: Maine’s first fly fishing show casts net for like-minded addicts

    Massachusetts and New Jersey have two of the largest fly fishing shows on the East Coast, despite the fact Maine has far and away the better trout waters. So it’s about time Vacationland got its own fly fishing show. And the folks putting on the first Maine Fly Fishing Show today in South Portland said […]

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    November 6, 2011

    Allen Afield: With tourists gone, roads open wide for Maine cyclists

    My passion for bicycling across November’s brown and gray landscape grows, and in the Belgrade Lakes region, a huge plus strikes me as obvious, particularly on weekdays. Traffic proves so much lighter compared to summer and leaf-peeping time. Our country byways offer safe solitude now with mood scenes right out of Down East magazine, so […]

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    November 6, 2011

    Mark Latti: Fresh snow adds to thrill of the hunt

    There are iconic images associated with the outdoors in Maine. A large brook trout sipping a fly. A burly bull moose feasting, chest deep in water. A landlocked salmon leaping, and of course, a large buck, slipping silently through the forest on fresh snow. If you are a deer hunter, last week’s snowstorm came either […]

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    November 6, 2011

    Hunting: Land of Lincoln, and solid hunting

    I was settled in my tree stand awaiting the dawn’s early light when I heard the distinct sound of a deer’s hooves approaching on dry oak leaves.  It was still quite dark and though the deer walked nearly underneath me, I could barely make out its dark, ghostly shape against the forest floor.  Still, I […]

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    November 6, 2011

    Outdoors Calendar

    TODAY Steamer Dig 2 p.m. in Freeport Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park offers nature programs year-round every weekend. Today a clam digger will teach about the life and times of the soft-shell clam. Bring mud sneakers or boots. Meet at the benches at the end of the second parking lot. No reservations needed. Free with […]