Cumberland Times-News

Michael A Sawyers - Outdoors

Michael A Sawyers - Outdoors
  • Jim Bridger, move over SCRAPBOOK

    The Summer of Love (San Francisco, 1967) was a little more than two years old. Woodstock had happened just a couple months ago. My Utah hunting license was a couple days old and burning a hole in my pocket.

    July 21, 2012 2 Photos

  • Jim McKenzie with a brook trout McKenzie-McGinty combo tough on native brook trout

    Gary McKenzie says he will fish through a nice looking pool on some wild native brook trout stream in Garrett County without getting a hit.

    July 21, 2012 1 Photo

  • Mike Sawyers Brook trout regs to remain

    By way of a recent email, Thomas O’Connell, director of the Maryland Fisheries Service, said the regulations making it illegal to fish with bait or keep brook trout in 111 miles of the Savage River drainage will be retained.

    July 14, 2012 1 Photo

  • MIKE SAWYERS Mountain State opportunities grow

    When it comes to hunting regulations in West Virginia, one size does not fit all — or even most.

    July 7, 2012 1 Photo

  • Mike Sawyers We live here too, you know

    The line we often hear about the woods or the mountain or the desert or the swamp being the animals’ home and that we have encroached on them is tiresome, at best.

    June 30, 2012 1 Photo

  • MIKE SAWYERS Dynamics of deer hunting discussed

    I am convinced that when deer harvest numbers go down one of the main reasons is because people hunt differently now than they used to.

    June 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • Apply soon for Md. bear hunt

    Although the application period for Maryland’s bear hunting permits begins July 1, hunters will have to wait until mid-July or so to find out how many will be available.

    June 23, 2012

  • Five Md. bears euthanized this year Five Md. bears euthanized this year

    From 2007 through 2011, the Maryland Wildlife & Heritage Service killed 11 bears that were considered to be threats to public safety or predicted to be unable to survive.

    June 16, 2012 2 Photos

  • Many Hampshire County hunters unfazed by CWD Many Hampshire County hunters unfazed by CWD

    Hampshire County deer hunters don’t believe that the spread of chronic wasting disease can be controlled. About half of the hunters are concerned about the situation.

    June 16, 2012 2 Photos

  • Mike Sawyers You get one lure

    If, for some reason, I was told I could have just one lure/fly/bait with which to fish from here on out, my choice would be easy.
    I would choose a Mepps spinner.

    June 9, 2012 1 Photo