Illinois on alert for deer disease
With the start of deer hunting season in Illinois on Nov. 22, hunters will assume the urgent role of research assistants for wildlife officials trying to gauge the deadly spread...
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Seas’ obstacles no match for her
Day after day after day the winds howled, battering Southern Cross, tearing at the rigging, tossing the 31-foot fly speck on the sea. Pat Henry gripped the wheel until her...
Trout opener: Plenty of tales
Cian Quinn had three rainbow trout on a stringer and a fourth flopping in his grasp. He was sprinting toward his five-keeper limit on the opening day of the inland...
The bonds of hunting hold fast
Rob Faurot loves mornings on the hunt, when the dawn splits dark and daylight and illuminates the magic of the woods. "For most hunters, it's not just killing the animal,"...
Fall fishing: A seasonal pleasure
October can be the sweetest time to fish Chicago, when pleasant weather hangs on by its fingernails, the same way orange leaves cling to trees. It was neither hot nor...
Bears-Packers: Quarter-by-quarter
First quarter The atmosphere was juiced for the Bears' first "Monday Night Football" game in five years. The fans at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium booed the visiting Green...
‘KGB’ deciphers Bears’ strategy
In the former Soviet Union, the KGB was a spy outfit, a stealth organization. If infiltrating opposing offenses counts as espionage, then you might say that the Green Bay Packers'...
First quarter: Packers 14, Bears 785-yard TD…
First quarter: Packers 14, Bears 7 85-yard TD mutes crowd The atmosphere was juiced for the Bears' first "Monday Night Football" game in five years. The fans at the University...
Seeking bass in Kankakee waters
It was mid-September, but the temperature sprinted toward 90 and Matt Mullady raced the evaporating shadows. Casts to the rocky shore for smallmouth bass were made to the remaining shady...
Brooks wakes up troops
Standing on the sideline with his team down 20-0, New Orleans coach Jim Haslett turned to quarterback Aaron Brooks and said, "Are you scared?" Brooks, a fourth-year player out of...