Steve Vantreese
FeaturesSeptember 3, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: DOVE SEASON DESCENDS ON AREAHunters across the land Friday set out for the year's opening volley at the most populous, most shot-at and most frequently missed game birds, mourning doves. The outlook for the traditional Sept. 1 season opener and the first few days of the season was mixed. On o...FeaturesAugust 27, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: MOONLIGHT FISHING BEATS HEAT, GREETS FISH WHEN FEEDING LAMP IS LITWhat does it tell us when, in the doldrums of summer, the best fishing of the day is during the first light of dawn and the fleeting minutes of dusk? It should be fairly obvious that bright sunshine is the fisherman's staunch enemy, especially at this scorching tim...FeaturesAugust 20, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: BOWHUNTING CAN GET THE JOB DONEBowhunting appears to be an efficient means of deer management -- more efficient than may have been earlier thought, according to the results of a study. While hunting deer with bow and arrow is clearly seen as a greater challenge than firearms hunting, one charge ...FeaturesAugust 13, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: NEWEST LURE PROVES IRRESISTIBLE TO BASSYou could invent a new lure and spend the national budget on promotions and not get the popularity burst that the Bomber Fat-Free Shad received in a single sweep. Before hitting tackle shelves, Arkansas angler Mark Davis used the deep-diving crankbait in winning th...FeaturesAugust 6, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: FISHING SMALL WATERS A BIG TREATThere's a special attraction about water in linear form that speaks. Lakes, ponds and big rivers all have their own allure. Small creeks are something else again. Like baby animals, their upstream adolescence makes them cute. Toy waters. A creek that's far enough o...FeaturesJuly 30, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: AFTER STINT OF HARD TIMES, THE TOOTHY ONE IS BACKThe difference between summer sauger and summer sausage? They're both good to eat, but summer sausage won't bite you. Despite a set of needle-sharp teeth that makes lip-landing a painful error, sauger are back in area waters in force after a period of near-banishme...FeaturesJuly 23, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: DUCK HUNTERS FACE POSSIBILITY OF A FEASTIf duck hunting were food, waterfowlers could have been considered on half rations for the past several years -- but now face the possibility of a comparative feast. The basis of what is coming is two back-to-back high-success duck reproduction years after almost t...FeaturesJuly 16, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: BLACKBERRIES CAN BE A BLESSING AND A CURSESince prehistoric times, man has both praised and cussed a couple of hundred members of the Rubus genus -- the blackberries of the world. The wild shrubs of the blackberry family are both a blessing and a curse. They provide a bounty of some of the sweetest wild fr...FeaturesJuly 9, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: BIG, BROWN BASS AVAILABLE IN LITTLE RIVERSThe upper West Prong of the Little Pigeon River is trout water that yields to brown bass downstream. When the throngs of visitors to the Smoky Mountains area think fishing, they focus on trout -- and consequently overlook one of the richest stream-stalking options ...FeaturesJuly 2, 1995
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: CATCH AND RELEASE AN IMPORTANT PART OF FISHINGThere's good sense in recycling such commodities as aluminum, cans, newspapers...and fish. In a time of growing angler numbers and increasing pressure on wild resources, fishing remains as good as it is at least in part because of the practice of catch and release....Advertisement
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