National Outdoors Scene



    Illinois man bags 92-pound carp with bow and arrow Darin Opel is allergic to fish. If he eats one or something that has been fried in the same grease, the reaction swells his throat shut.

"That's why my buddies like to go fishing with me," said Opel, a 40-year-old operations manager from Worden. "I can catch them and handle them, but I can't eat them. They're the ones that get to take the fish home."

By ROD KLOECKNER
09:48:51 AM Thursday, May 8, 2008


Snorkel into a real-life aquarium full of rich marine life, colorful corals off the white-sand beaches of St. JohnSt. John is one of the best places in the world to go snorkeling, but snorkeling gets little respect.
By BOB DOWNING
03:00:29 PM Monday, May 5, 2008

Maine sails: A briny breeze and way too much good foodWe've been stuffed with fresh blueberry pancakes and perfectly-crisped bacon, tempted with salads and pork in barbecue sauce and home-baked focaccia, sated with all the steamed lobster and corn-on-the-cob we can manage in a single sitting.
By JANE WOOLDRIDGE
03:00:27 PM Monday, May 5, 2008

Gettysburg park pulls plug on huge electric Civil War mapFor decades, visitors willing to shell out a few extra dollars at Gettysburg National Military Park could be entertained - or bored - by an electric light display showing troop movements in that pivotal Civil War battle.
By MARTHA RAFFAELE
09:25:00 AM Monday, May 5, 2008

Confident Texan takes National Guard OpenSean Hoernke couldn't help but be confident on the final day of the FLW National Guard Open.
By KEVIN CARY
02:56:50 PM Tuesday, Apr 29, 2008

Off endangered list, wolves face new pressure from huntersTony Saunders stalked his prey for 35 miles by snowmobile through western Wyoming's Hoback Basin, finally reaching a clearing where he took out a .270-caliber rifle and shot the wolf twice from 30 yards away.
By MATTHEW BROWN
03:50:54 PM Sunday, Apr 27, 2008

Big Bend National Park blends desert, mountains and history"Excuse me, did you see a lion?"
By ALLEN HOLDER
12:09:27 PM Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008

Mountain bike trails, not the water, attraction in Southeastern OhioWithout a doubt, Lake Hope is Ohio's Fat Tire Capital.
By BOB DOWNING
12:09:27 PM Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008



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