Grandiose delusions are not unknown to me. As a young man, the challenges of a Navy carrier pilot appealed to me — until I joined the Navy and saw how inherently dangerous it is to land a jet aircraft on the pitching deck of an aircraft carrier on a dark and stormy night. No thank […]
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Outdoors in Maine: 20 years of fly fishing mentorship
This month the Penobscot Fly Fishers (PFF) celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Bangor-area fishing club held a banquet for members and guests at a local events center. Following dinner and a social hour, PFF President Ed Dailide offered some opening remarks. Charter members of the organization were recognized as well as past presidents. The anniversary […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Outlook is good for fall game bird hunting
Truth be known, the bloom is off the rose for me when it comes to upland bird hunting. It just isn’t the same when your favorite gun dog is no longer of this earth. But my memory still works, and the intense pleasure of breathing cool fall air against a color-coated autumn backdrop, while watching […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The pre-baiting issue in deer hunting
Maine outdoor writer Steve Carpenteri, in a recent article in the Northwoods Sporting Journal, posed a number of questions related to the baiting of deer by hunters. He then answered those questions in an informative and useful way. While many states allow the hunting of deer over unnatural bait, including neighboring New Hampshire, Maine is […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Even hunters find joy in birdwatching
For some reason, there is a popular misconception that anyone who hunts — say a grouse hunter who kills and eats a game bird — would not also be a bird watcher. Not necessarily so. Hunting and bird watching are not mutually exclusive. Take me, for example. Like most dedicated hunters, I hunt partly because I am […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Missing — The deer man
Make no mistake about it: When it comes to Maine’s most important wildlife game species, our whitetail deer are at the very top of the list. There are a number of reasons, not the least of which is the enormous impact that deer have on Maine’s overall economy, as well as the budget and income […]
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Rangeley, Maine a gem in the outdoors
Whether you are a Maine resident or a regular visitor, you know that you can count on one thing: Maine is a special place this time of the year. Once most of the bugs have gone by and the weather systems settle down, Maine really shines. No matter how many Maine summers stir my soul, […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Fishing during Hex hatches is a special experience
This article first appeared in “The Maine Angler’s Logbook” by the author. A Hex, or if your Latin is good, a Hexagenia limbata, is a bomber-size Mayfly that shows up on Maine trout ponds in mid-summer, usually early July. For a trout, they are a turkey dinner with all the fixin’s — a chance to […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Food for thought this graduation season
This is the month that eager, full-of- hope young adults graduate from institutions of learning. Whether high school or college, these graduates are always subjected to one final round of advice from a commencement speaker before they toss their hats in the air and bolt for the door. To tell you the truth, I have […]
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Outdoors in Maine: As the grey retreats, time to again explore the outdoors
Those of us who winter over in the South get spoiled in a lot of ways. For one thing, we tend to take the sun for granted. Day after day, that big bright orb comes up in the eastern sky in the morning and then drops below the western horizon late in the day. When […]