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Stray Casts

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


stormtight.jpg Mulling things on my morning ramble

with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.

It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

It's that time of year: a slight chance of some ice fishing in northern Wisconsin later this week, a hope that better weather rebuilds the southern Lake Michigan perch fishing for the weekend and some wackiness among river fishermen lead this Midwest Fishing Report.

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I had expected a major push of ducks over the weekend, but reports from the public sites in northeast Illinois certainly don't indicate that; so a reminder on turkey permits and the upcoming second firearm deer season lead this Illinois Hunting Report along .

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stormtight.jpg Mulling things on my morning ramble

with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.

A dispatch arrived via the 10th Ward from John Vukmirovich, just as waves of sandhill cranes poured through Chicago outdoors on Friday in a widespread, impressive display.


stormtight.jpg Mulling things on my morning ramble

with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.

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