Editor’s note: This column is an excerpt from V. Paul Reynolds’ book “Backtrack.” Since this was written some of his bird gunning companions have moved on, including two of his closest: the late Wiggie Robinson, a Millinocket guide; and Reynolds’ English setter, the late Sally of Seboeis. Reynolds said the grouse coverts have never been quite […]
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Take up bow hunting for a fun, rewarding challenge
If you are a conventional November deer hunter, or even if you have not yet hunted big game, consider bow hunting. Although the November deer hunt still calls me when the leaves drop to the ground and the morning frost blankets the alders and rust-colored ferns, there is nothing quite like hunting with a bow. […]
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Society running amok with guns
Once again, V. Paul Reynolds sounded the alarm about threats to gun rights in his column: “Sportsmen lost a good friend when Justice Scalia died” (March 13). A long time hunter, the justice was instrumental in the District of Columbia v. Heller decision in 2008 which supported the right of an individual to own a […]
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D. Churchill: Ethanol doesn’t belong in gasoline
Tom Buis’ rebuttal (March 18) to V. Paul Reynolds’ column (March 15) regarding ethanol in gasoline is wrong with regard to saving people money. How many billions of taxpayers’ dollars have been spent to subsidize ethanol? To subsidize the growing of No. 2 corn? To subsidize ethanol plants? How about the subsidies to auto manufacturers […]
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A. Annable: Unrestricted passage for alewives
This is in response to V. Paul Reynolds “Outdoors in Maine: Save the St. Croix Fishery” column (Aug. 30). In his column, Reynolds makes an inaccurate reference that the Canadian government supports the assertion that the alewife was not historically present in the St. Croix Fishery prior to the existence of the fishways at the […]