Outdoors
Couple's dream canoe trip turns to nightmare
Headed to their dream wilderness lake on the first leg of a three-week canoe trip, Elaine and Dick Barber paddled into the Basswood River rapids just as they had done a decade ago.
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Keep that pooch afloat on the water
Phoebe's life vest from Ruffwear has gotten a lot of use over the past few years and it's still keeping her afloat on the West's whitewater rivers.
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Tips for dealing with ticks
Just seeing the ticks is enough to make your skin crawl, but they generally don't cause problems until becoming attached. That's especially true with deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease.
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Program gets kids off the couch and into the tent
Long before Karoline Hurd became involved with the Great American Backyard Campout, she and her young children would pitch tents and make s'mores behind the family's suburban home.
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Side-by-sides drive like a car, scramble like a bike
Side-by-sides are the biggest thing most people have never heard of in off-road motor sports. They can scramble up piles of boulders or skid through mounds of sand and carry up to four people as they do it.
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Check out some new gear for your summer fun
Now that we're past Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer, it's time to delve into some of the equipment and gear that will help make the Summer of 2013 your best outdoors season ever.
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Best times for anglers
This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones (X indicates best days).
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Fly-fishing Colorado's South Platte River: Disproving some common myths
On a drizzly afternoon, I hurled the gaudy streamer through the air, 50 feet across the river, with the help of an 11-foot, two-handed fly rod.
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Husband and wife share a common goal: a huge bass
Shortly after Lexa Alley married her husband Paul, she discovered the true secret to marital bliss: bass fishing.
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This former firefighter has a vision with video in the outdoors
About a year ago, Matt White's job was a paramedic/firefighter in Salina. He scrimped and saved his pay and free time to be in the Kansas outdoors with his two brothers and a few friends.
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Montana angler catches 12-pound walleye-sauger cross while fishing Yellowstone River
It's a walleye - mostly - but it's also part sauger.


