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Ross Carter would probably appreciate Drymax socks
Published Wednesday, July 28 2010A couple of decades ago, long before "The Pacific" or "Band of Brothers" or even "Saving Private Ryan" reacquainted Americans with the wartime sacr... -
Beetles, beetles, everywhere
Published Tuesday, July 13 2010If you've been reading our weekly Fishing Reports, you should be aware that terrestrial patterns -- particulary beetle patterns -- have been workin... -
Grayson Highlands weather a little fickle
Published Thursday, July 8 2010I recently re-visited Grayson Highlands State Park after an absence of well over a decade only to discover that all the thunder and lightning had p... -
Death toll climbs as love-crazed gobblers succumb to ambush
Published Thursday, May 6 2010The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency informs us that as of Thursday the 2010 spring wild turkey harvest has already surpassed last year's state... -
Leonard, Ratkuff take top prizes in BFL South Holston event
Published Monday, May 3 2010Joe Leonard of Bristol, Virginia won the boater division while Dennis Ratkuff of Jonesville, Va. took the co-angler top trophy in this weekend's ... -
FLW coming to South Holston
Published Saturday, April 24 2010The FLW Bass Fishing League will compete on South Holston Reservoir next Saturday for the third of five qualifying tournaments in the Volunteer Div... -
Niswonger bass tourney raises money for sick kids
Published Friday, April 9 2010Bass anglers from throughout the region will have the opportunity to put serious goodwill in the livewell when the Niswonger Children's Hospital Ba... -
Of Fudds and Tactifools
Published Thursday, March 18 2010I was at a popular Tri-Cities sporting goods store earlier this week looking at various and sundry hunting items. I suddenly became aware of mys... -
New Rapala balsa bait builds on legend
Published Friday, February 12 2010Rapala P.R. guy Kip Lindman has just dropped us a line about a new variation of the old classic Rapala floater. I've got to admit, at this point ... -
Muskies being radio-tagged at Melton Hill
Published Saturday, February 6 2010Perhaps some area anglers remember a story I did several years back about fisheries biologists tracking smallmouth bass in the Holston river via r... -
"Who dat?" Avoid the snow goose gumbo, y'all
Published Wednesday, February 3 2010A recent release by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries gratis The Outdoor Wire caught my attention. It would appear that wildlife b... -
Deer Zombie Plague: CWD officially crosses into Virginia
Published Friday, January 29 2010Disappointing news from the Old Dominion. According to a recent release by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Chronic Wasting D... -
Popular fishing program returns to Higher Ground Baptist
Published Thursday, January 21 2010It looks like more miserable winter weather may be headed our way soon. For some reason, getting out in the cold isn't as much fun as it seemed jus... -
The Kiffin Bandit: Howl, fans, howl!
Published Wednesday, January 13 2010This subject is off-topic for my blog. UT isn't my beat. I own no Vols paraphernalia, with or without Lane Kiffin's image on it to deface or set a... -
Japanese bass officially ties Perry's record
Published Friday, January 8 2010The International Game Fish Association has finally accorded world record status to Japanese angler Manabu Kurita, who caught a 22 pound, 4 ounce l... -
Kitten Mittens: Man collects bobcat with Wolverine
Published Thursday, December 31 2009My brother, Eke -- who became semi-famous for shotgunning a rabid bobcat in some woman's basement several years ago -- collected a bobcat with his ... -
Hip Hip Hooray for Christmas Vacation
Published Wednesday, December 9 2009A little off-topic blogging. Thanks to having a few leftover vacation days, I'll be having a little bit of Christmas Vacation this year, at least ... -
Ix-nay on the Oyote-cay
Published Saturday, December 5 2009If you're hunting anywhere near or adjacent to Bays Mountain this week and happen to spot the biggest, handsomest dang coyote you've ever seen in y... -
Ungoverned sexual urges result in death
Published Wednesday, December 2 2009Well, instead of a doe I took a small 5-pointer on the second day of the Virginia general firearms deer season. I've got some of him in my freezer ... -
Deer movements limited by warm temperatures
Published Sunday, November 15 2009The lease in Virginia I'm hunting with my brother has been crawling with deer all fall. I know. I've seen the scrapes. I've seen the rubs. I've see... -
Pursuit Channel not headed for bankruptcy
Published Sunday, November 8 2009All of Uncle Ted's fans have been getting pumped up about the the "Ted Nugent Tooth, Fang & Claw" show set to air on the PURSUIT Channel in 2010.... -
Tennessee elk hunt: 100 percent success rate
Published Thursday, October 22 2009Five hunters. Five elk on the ground. And it took exactly two days to do it. Now Tennessee is officially elk hunting country. Franklin's Tami Mil... -
Winchester Model 94 returns -- sort of
Published Wednesday, October 21 2009Many an old-timer sighed when U.S. Repeating Arms announced the end of the famous Model 94 lever action rifle when it closed its Connecticut manufa... -
West Virginia won't ban deer urine products
Published Monday, October 19 2009According to the Charleston Daily Mail, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has no plans to ban the use of commercial deer lures that c... -
World Record bass contender under review by IGFA
Published Tuesday, October 6 2009George W. Perry's longstanding all-tackle world record largemouth bass hasn't exactly been eclipsed, but a massive Florida-strain largemouth bass c...
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