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PublishedDecember 24, 2011
BOB HUMPHREY: Hunting is safer thanyou think
I was at a postseason get-together for one of my kids' soccer teams recently when a parent approached me and asked, "When is hunting season over?" They were most concerned with when it would be safe to go outside without wearing orange.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2011
A way of living
PALMYRA -- If trapping and fur trade are not topics that interest you, the story of the Palmyra Fur Auction won't impress. But the reality of this truly age-old event in the heartland of Maine is bigger than even the average Maine trapper considers.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2011
The permit that nods to a culture
It's a long way from happening and certainly no guarantee, but after six years of uncertainty, lawsuits and questions, Maine may become the first state to be given an incidental take permit for trapping by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2011
SKIING: Have mountain to yourself
Lift lines. Crowded slopes. Tracked-out powder. As important as a bustling community of skiers is to the feel of the sport, haven't you ever wished you could have a mountain to yourself?
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PublishedDecember 22, 2011
OUTDOORS: A wish list, with a twist for those who love the outdoors
Anyone who enjoys the outdoors loves new gear, and the holidays truly are yet another "opening" day. While some years may bring that "must-have" item, this year, outdoor shoppers are going back to the future.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
KEN ALLEN: Ancient, honorable tradition
All my life, Maine's varying-hare season has run from Oct. 1 to Mar. 31, one of the few hunting-season constants when some reaches my age.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
OUTDOORS: Putting it on film
It's just plain cold at dawn near the Canadian border as two filmmakers haul their high-tech cameras out on a frozen pond to capture an ice fisherman landing whatever bites.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
BOB HUMPHREY: Snowshoe hare not a bad meal
I sometimes joke that I'll be the first to admit when I'm wrong, if that should ever happen. It finally did, and I must humbly disclose that I owe the snowshoe hare an apology.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
OUTDOORS: Proposed regulations needed to help wild brook trout thrive
Ice fishermen might not like it, and anglers in general may roll their eyes at another set of regulations, but if Maine grows more wild brook trout waters with the proposed fishing regulations, how can this be bad?
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
OUTDOORS: : Trappers hold out hope permit will be granted
GORHAM -- A lightly attended meeting Thursday on Maine's request for a federal permit for a trapping program was an anticlimactic chapter in the long effort.
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