Ed Tumavicus claims he is not clinically insane, and he should know. He’s a physician. Yet on Friday morning, when the air around Back Cove hovered around minus 10, and before the sun could burn off the last tendrils of sea smoke, there was Tumavicus, 54, defying common sense to get in the first half […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Is closing caribou hunting in Canada political or biological?
Given the fact that the native communities in Quebec and Labrador apparently have not had their caribou harvest quotas decreased by government closures, some are questioning whether the sport hunting ban is as much political as it is biological. Starting the first of next year, the sport hunting of migratory caribou will be indefinitely suspended […]
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Greg Hutchinson
CHAIN OF PONDS – Greg Hutchinson, 51, died Monday, Dec. 11, at Chain of Ponds from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He resided in Carthage. Born in Rumford on June 11, 1966, he was a son of Lee and Elaine (Clark) Hutchinson. He was a graduate of Dixfield High School where he was a member […]
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Outdoors in Maine: A success story of the 'comeback' variety
When it comes to the quality of the sport fishery, once-fabled fishing lakes like Branch Lake, Green Lake and Beech Hill Pond have had their ups and downs. When I was a kid, Branch Lake was a red hot game fishery. Beech Hill gave up a record lake trout that has never been bested. In […]
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Marie Beaule Therrien
BIDDEFORD — Marie Beaule Therrien, 86, of Biddeford, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 21. Family came from miles away to pay their last respects. Marie was born Jan. 29, 1931 in Lewiston, a daughter of John and Yolande (Dostie) Beaulè. On Oct. 25, 1952, she married Normand F. Therrien at St. Mary’s Church in Lewiston. They spent […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The low-budget elk hunt
Author’s note: This is part three of a three-part column series about my recent Colorado elk hunt. Let me be up front: Even a low-budget elk hunt involves expense. But if you are one of the many deer hunters who have dreamed about an elk hunt in the Western US, it may be within your […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The moose hunt
For many Maine moose hunters lucky enough to get drawn, a moose permit is a once-in-a-lifetime affair. Such was the case with my middle-aged friend Greg Goodman, who has been trying for that permit since he was a young man. Knowing that I had had some experience in the moose woods (and perhaps that I […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Leeman's the name, outdoors writing has been the game
Maine fishing writer Bob Leeman, alias “Mr. Trout,” has decided to put away his pen. Leeman has been writing a fishing column for the Northwoods Sporting Journal for almost two decades. His debut as an outdoor writer was a half century ago, he recalls, when he started writing an outdoor column called Wildlife Corner for […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Avoid the cardinal sin of boat safety
How does that saying go? “Fool me once shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me?” Why is it that some of us never learn from our mistakes? In my book, “Backtrack,” chapter four is titled “The Lightning Thing.” Here is an excerpt: A few years ago, in early September, I tried to outrun […]
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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 […]