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Stray Casts will intelligently report and observe, hopefully with a touch of wit, on daily occurrences, reports and releases related to Chicago-area outdoors from bucks to bass to birds to bugs

Ramble with Storm: Foxhole, wind & rutabagas with horseradish

By Dale Bowman on October 30, 2012 7:28 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


stormtight.jpg Mulling things on my morning ramble

with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.

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Illinois outdoors: Another cougar

By Dale Bowman on October 29, 2012 9:40 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Click here for a report about a cougar confirmed off this trail cam photo, according to The Cougar Network.

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Ramble with Storm: Frost & other weather musings

By Dale Bowman on October 29, 2012 7:26 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


stormtight.jpg Mulling things on my morning ramble

with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.

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Radio Waves: Steve Pescitelli talks Hofmann Dam, Des Plaines River & Drought of 2012.

By Dale Bowman on October 29, 2012 6:07 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Steve Pescitelli talks about the Hofmann Dam removal and the overall Des Plaines River on``Outside'' this afternoon, then we move on to broader aspects of the Drought of 2012.

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Illinois hunting: A look at upland seasons

By Dale Bowman on October 28, 2012 8:00 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Click here for today's column about prospects for upland game hunting in Illinois and some political actions or inactions.

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Ramble with Storm: Lone dove to ``Too Long in the Wasteland''

By Dale Bowman on October 28, 2012 7:56 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Mulling things on my morning ramble with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.

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Wild of the Week: Sandhills at Jasper-Pulaski

By Dale Bowman on October 27, 2012 8:58 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Bill Peak, one of my favorite photographers of Chicago outdoors, did it again.

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