SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee Last week, I received an email from a colleague, and follower of this column, asking the question, “Why don’t deer and moose get their antlers caught in trees?” Well, it isn’t uncommon to find deer with their antlers caught in trees. But it usually occurs following adverse conditions, […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee Last Thursday night my wife woke me from a sound sleep to listen to something outside our camp. Well, being somewhat groggy, I didn’t hear anything, and went back to sleep. It wasn’t long afterwards that she woke me again. “Can’t you hear that?” she inquired sounding a […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee Last week we discussed the plight of the Atlantic salmon and the efforts underway to restore this majestic fish, in its natural form, which had seen declining numbers. One of the reasons cited was the new threat from competitive farmed fish. Such an operation exists in East Machias […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee I’ve been reading a lot lately about the fate of the mighty Atlantic salmon. Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, have long been the target of recreational and commercial fishing, and this, as well as habitat destruction, has reduced their numbers significantly. The species is the subject of conservation efforts […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee This bit of news came across my desk this week, and I thought I would share it with you. According to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, applications for 2017 any-deer (antlerless) permit lottery are now available online from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee From time to time, it happens. You see something unusual, don’t know what it is, so you go to your research material to find the answer. You use multiple sources, do your homework, then, when you think you have found the answer, it ends up being wrong. Well, […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee We have talked about the activities of nature’s little critters in the past, but it never ceases to amaze me as to what can happen in an instance. Last week, while on vacation, I was sitting on the porch taking a break from some chores, and my wife […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee It flashed by quickly. While driving down the Bog Road, in Vassalboro, recently, a streak of blue passed directly in front of my Jeep, near the Vassalboro Community School. It was a blue-colored bird, that looked on the small side, and it was gone in an instant. The […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee While traveling the back roads of Vassalboro the last couple of years, I noticed a drastic decline in the number of white-tailed deer sightings. There was actually one year – maybe the year before last – when I saw none at all. Well, my hopes have been renewed […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee It has already been a month since my wife and I moved to camp for the summer. With the annual trek comes the installation of the bird feeding stations that are all around us. We get the usual local congregations of chickadees, nuthatches, gold finches, blue jays, woodpeckers […]