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PublishedNovember 17, 2011
FOR THE BIRDS: This guy is having a really ‘Big Year’
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.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2011
OUTDOORS: End-of-summer scenic tradition
Over many summers of outdoor fun in Maine, the Christie family has developed a few annual, and never-missed traditions that have survived year after year.
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PublishedNovember 17, 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.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2011
KEN ALLEN — Amateur naturalists love 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.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2011
BOB HUMPHREY: Land of Lincoln offers 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.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2011
MARK LATTI: Fresh snows adds to the 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.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011
UNE students track gray squirrels to gather information
BIDDEFORD -- Rocky and Bullwinkle would be so impressed.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011
ON HIKING: Hidden Valley Nature Center is a hidden gem
Tucked into the rural countryside east of Randolph and the Kennebec River, the Hidden Valley Nature Center surely lives up to its name. Only a nondescript dirt parking lot, a small sign and a gate mark the entrance to the property on quiet Egypt Road in Jefferson.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2011
OUTDOORS: Got yer deer? Now what?
With opening day out of the way, the most popular greeting in Maine now changes from "How's it going?" to "Git yer deer yet?" Once your reply becomes "yes," the next question becomes what to do with your deer.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2011
HUNTING: Hunters earn respect after shooting same buck
SIDNEY--Within minutes of entering the woods last Saturday, fortune shined on hunter Gregory Rabe.
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