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Small game, weather permitting

There are a lot of reasons why I’d be perfectly content to get through this North Country winter without much beyond a dusting of snow here and there to whiten things up a bit, notably

Presenting your ice offering properly

First let’s chat about bobbers. A bobber is great because it allows us to immediately check the mood of the fish. The size of your bobber, which is a strike indicator and depth setter, is

A quick check on deer

Another firearms deer season is in the bag. My little group had a pretty darn good year, but that, of course, is a small sample size. Statewide, the numbers show a deer season that was

Man forfeits $1,300 in hunting gear

London, Ohio – A Columbus man forfeited $1,300 in archery gear and lost hunting privileges for a year after pleading guilty on Monday, Dec. 5, to multiple state wildlife violations, stemming from a Nov. 12

Sunday hunt sausage being made right now

I remember three decades or so ago, as a young newspaper reporter, asking a veteran state representative from my hometown district about the “negotiations” behind a solid waste disposal bill that was moving in Harrisburg.

Christmas list-lessness

After almost 25 years, it’s become almost impossible come up with the “perfect” Christmas gift for Steve. You know, the one that you can’t wait for someone to open? The one that make Christmas special?

The actions of some

The actions of some people never cease to amaze me. Their gall, ignorance or lack of respect for other people defies logic. For example, handicapped parking at malls, movies, sporting events, grocery stores and just

But I don’t Want to Stop!

This time of year the cold north winds blow and it seems that everyone has hard water on his or her minds. Hard water is fun, but I would rather put it in my cooler

How deer harvests are calculated

It’s that time of year again when hunters begin to wonder how the state’s deer harvest is going. If a hunter has shot a buck, seen a few deer and heard lots of shooting, he

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