Outdoors

Most sportsmen are heavily committed to some variety of big or small game gunning or upland birds or waterfowl during October and November, completely ignoring late-season fishing options.

Duck hunting season for our northern zone runs through Dec. 3. It’s been a great nesting year and puddle ducks of every species are prominent on every size waterway from mud puddles and creeks to huge lakes and rivers. 

It’s difficult to believe that 30 years ago the federal government outlawed all use of lead pellets in shotgun shells used to hunt waterfowl.

The memories of a moose hunt will last a lifetime, especially if it’s a family event, and the delicious meat is a wonderful reward.

Hunting season for native Canada geese runs Sept. 1-24 and attracts a growing number of waterfowlers.

There’s no question brook trout and salmon are favorite finned quarry for most Aroostook anglers, especially fly fishermen.

Black bear hunting begins Saturday, Aug. 27, with youth day.

Across the state or across the world, a GPS will help a traveler get exactly where they want to go, and more importantly, back home.

In over 60 years of fishing in Maine, a bunch of other states and half a dozen countries, until last summer I’d never been in a fishing tournament. It was all the fun of a regular outing plus the excitement and challenge of perhaps boating a fish that might qualify for a prize. To top it all off, after the weigh-in all the competitors were treated to a huge fresh fish fry and a wide variety of delicious dishes.