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How to maintain temperature

Look to layers to keep you warm when you're moving

Ask the Outdoorsman: How do you get your dog ready for a hike?

What goes in the first aid kit?

Wildlife Report

Hunters reminded not to bring deer carcasses into state

Bountiful hunting after the rut

Stand or still, but best be quick about it

Looking for return ticket

Seth Wescott could train anywhere in his bid to secure a berth on the U.S. Snowboard Team. He picked Maine.

Get gear

Head to the Expo for deals on ski equipment

Deals you'll flip for

Early openings bode well for ski season

Casablanca comes to Saddleback

Ski Guide

This is it?

Shannon's Trail & Error: Moose on demand? Ma Nature laughed in my face

Russyeaton found a hawk & fox

JDgrant22 has an interesting view

From the Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

Looking for a return ticket
Seth Wescott could train anywhere in his bid to secure a berth on the U.S. Snowboard Team headed for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He picked Maine.
November 22, 2009

Moose on demand? Ma Nature laughed in my face November 22, 2009

HEATHER BURKEEarly openings bode well for ski season in Maine November 22, 2009

It'll be a sweet new place to play November 22, 2009

Look to layers to keep you warm when you're moving November 22, 2009

Quick thinking adds to snowboard park
5 questions for Jeff TarlingNovember 22, 2009

Head to the Expo for deals on ski equipment November 22, 2009

Bountiful hunting after the rut November 22, 2009

DEIRDRE FLEMING / WILDLIFE REPORTHunters reminded not to bring deer carcasses into state November 22, 2009

Stand or still, but best be quick about it; the window's closing November 22, 2009

Game on ...
Southern Maine is blasting expectations of a bad deer year, hoisting whitetail after whitetail at bustling tagging stations.
November 15, 2009

DEIRDRE FLEMINGMaine's state park system turning 75 with slate of special outdoor activities November 15, 2009

HERB WILSON / BIRDINGTaxonomy: Birds of a feather pigeonholed together November 15, 2009

With the proper gear, comfort in woods is no sweat November 15, 2009

An honor for Owen
Long a champion of the Maine outdoors, Bucky Owen wins the Lee Wulff Conservation Award for his efforts to protect wild salmon and the Penobscot.
November 15, 2009

KEN ALLEN / ALLEN AFIELDFacing a sensitive soul's aversion to hunting November 15, 2009

CARL NATALE / ASK AN OUTDOORSMANToughen up Fido for that long trail a-winding November 15, 2009

Bradbury past, present and future November 15, 2009

When deer multiply, bowhunter subtracts
5 questions for outdoorsman Jerome RichardNovember 15, 2009

Up in The County, deer season's a downer so far November 15, 2009

Dispatches November 15, 2009

CAREY KISHGOT GEAR? November 15, 2009

Not your average Joel
Maine's Warden Service faces real challenges – luckily, Col. Joel Wilkinson, the man at its helm, has an unusual mix of skills with which to tackle them.
November 8, 2009

DEIRDRE FLEMINGHunters can help state get to heart of EEE November 8, 2009

CAREY KISHTime to plan for winter, and for warmer weather, too November 8, 2009

KEN ALLEN / ALLEN AFIELDDiscerning long-held beliefs from reality is tricky business November 8, 2009

BOB HUMPHREY / HUNTINGBest time to go hunting? Deer know November 8, 2009

MICHAEL PERRY / CANOEINGNovember a fine time for a paddle
Seize one of those bright, mild late-autumn days and guide your canoe around the two-pronged southern end of Damariscotta Lake, home to eagles, loons and a McMansion of a beaver lodge.November 8, 2009

DEIRDRE FLEMING / WILDLIFE REPORTDeer season slow so far, except in southern Maine November 8, 2009

ON TWO WHEELS
An outdoors writer and his former teacher meet again after 17 years, this time on bikes.
November 1, 2009

WENDY ALMEIDA / KID TRACKSOff-street trails keep family bike trips stress-free November 1, 2009

TRAVIS BARRETTMoose hunt takes more than luck November 1, 2009

BOB HUMPHREY / HUNTINGWhitetails: common yet elusive November 1, 2009

KEN ALLEN / ALLEN AFIELDWeather offers clues for hunters November 1, 2009

HERB WILSON / BIRDINGBirds creative at getting sleep and staying warm November 1, 2009

CARL NATALE / ASK AN OUTDOORSMANBest bet: Don't get lost in the first place November 1, 2009

BERNIE REIM / WHAT'S UP IN NOVEMBERLeonid meteor shower: An out-of-this-world show November 1, 2009

TRAVIS BARRETTA duck hunter gives it his best worst shot October 25, 2009

China Lake's West Basin still pretty wild October 25, 2009

Moose hunt healthy, but bird season's robust October 25, 2009

An outdoorswoman you should know
Five questions for Denise MurchisonOctober 25, 2009

Biofuel use on the rise at Sugarloaf October 25, 2009

GOT GEAR? October 25, 2009

Anticipation high as big day nears October 25, 2009

Wonders, large and small, await October 25, 2009

Calendar October 25, 2009

Lucky Days
One, two, three, four: The Day clan of Porter draws an astonishing number of moose permits and – one, two, three, four – proceeds to rack 'em up.
October 25, 2009

Carl NataleA first aid kit for basic injuries, then think outside the box October 25, 2009

Carey KishIt's orange time for everyone in the woods October 25, 2009