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For the record, I considered taking this column off. I figured I’d get the editors to hang a sign in the spot where they normally put me: “Andy Thompson is out of the office. His column will resume when he comes down from a tree stand in Fluvanna...
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November 08, 2009
Performed properly, a deer hunt is a portal into another world
For the record, I considered taking this column off. I figured I’d get the editors to hang a sign in the spot where they normally put me: “Andy...
November 06, 2009
OUTDOORS: White nose syndrome affecting state bats
This past spring, the game department announced that it had found white nose syndrome in bats at two different caves in western and southwestern Virginia....
Try This
The 75th Running of the Montpelier Hunt Races will take place tomorrow on the grounds of James Madison’s home in Orange County. This year’s...
November 01, 2009
Frank Hollis: man, friend like no other
Is it a curse or a blessing to know the sunlight is fading, that you can count your last moments on Earth on one hand? Your body is failing, wracked by...
October 30, 2009
OUTDOORS: To draw a buck, smell like a doe
Like it or not, every deer hunter worth his fox urine cover scent must also be a scholar of chemical attraction. Of course, I aspire to be worth my fox...
Fishing report
Castaway Sporting Goods (804 706-9100) reports the following citations: Calvin Hunter (Chester) caught a 2½- and 2¼-pound crappie out of a private...
October 25, 2009
Elk may be on the way back
A little less than a year ago I wrote about the possible reintroduction of a substantial elk herd in Virginia. The eastern elk, of course, was native to...
Humans make a new home for salamanders
By LIZ BARRY MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICEThere’s an eerie silence at the edge of the quarry, where barren rock meets the forest’s end. About 20 feet back, under a canopy of willow...
October 23, 2009
OUTDOORS COLUMN: State debate - hunt elk or reintroduce them?
There was only one major agenda item on the table yesterday at the October board meeting of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, but it generated...
Fishing report
Castaway Sporting Goods (804 706-9100) reports the following: Eddie Moore caught a 22¼-inch largemouth bass at Pocahontas State Park; Thomas Capps...
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Check out expected tide conditions for some of the popular hunting and fishing areas, and look up state record catches, plus citation requirements for freshwater and saltwater catches. All this in the Times-Dispatch's 2009 Tide Table
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Andy Thompson takes us through Virginia's wild and wet adventure opportunities in the Outdoors Blog.
Parks exploration a mind-blowing journey
This time a year ago, I embarked on a journey that, in retrospect, was as rewarding as any I’ve ever undertaken. Last December, I decided...
James River Journal will live on as a book
Today’s James River Journal installment marks an end to the series. Photographer P. Kevin Morley and I began the journal—a story...
