Outdoors in Maine: Seeing the good in a spring bear hunt

The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine supports a modified spring bear hunt that would target specific big woods areas that encompass major deer wintering areas, writes columnist V. Paul Reynolds

Outdoors in Maine: A close shave and a cold save

Columnist V. Paul Reynolds tells a tale of a deer hunt that turned into a fight for survival.

Outdoors in Maine: Watch out for unsafe ice conditions

Ice conditions vary greatly throughout the state, and while ice conditions may be safe in some spots, conditions can be very dangerous in others.

Outdoors in Maine: The good and the bad of snowmobiles

The machines can get you to camps on unplowed roads, like columnist V. Paul Reynolds remembers fondly. But he also cautions about the dangers associated with piloting them.

Outdoors in Maine: A record deer harvest goes against the grain

On the national level, there has been a longstanding consensus — backed by accumulated statistics — that the sport of hunting is not as popular as it once was, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Interestingly enough, both Maine and Vermont are generating recent anomalous statistics when it comes to numbers of hunters and annual deer harvests.

Outdoors in Maine: Sleepless in the Rockies, but why?

V. Paul Reynolds has never had one good night’s sleep during more than 25 years of elk hunting in the Colorado Rockies.

Outdoors in Maine: Learning from a lost-person scenario

If you don’t know where you are, you are lost, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Admit it. Sit down. Think, Observe and Plan. 

Outdoors in Maine: Gifts for sportsmen and sportswomen this holiday season

In most cases, the bottom line at Christmas time is this: sportsmen and women can be tough to shop for because if they needed it, they more than likely already went out and bought it.

Outdoors in Maine: Walking the tightrope of discussion about taking running shots

At the end of the day, the essence of hunting ethics is how the hunter feels about himself when he leaves the deer woods, all of which makes the running shot question a deeply personal choice, writes V. Paul Reynolds

Wildlife art project activity held by the Outing Club