Outdoors
The latest Outdoors coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Sports section.
More in Outdoors, page 24
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Case: If you’re hunting a real challenge, go muskie fishing
The muskellunge (muskie or musky for short) has long been known of as the "fish of 10,000 casts."
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Case: Birds, bird dogs and the preservation of hunting tradition
It was a scene that could take place almost anywhere in the country in the past hundred years. I realized we were living an old tradition.
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Case: You’re full of beans if you think that was corn pone
As in years past, it is the Saturday before the buck season opener and I am in camp cooking, making chili of course.
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Case: Encounter with wounded deer may have been a turning point
It is funny how some memories stick with you over the years.
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Case: It’s the most wonderful time of the deer
Before you sit down to your turkey this week, let's talk a little about deer and the mysteries of the rut. What's that, you may ask?
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Case: Believe it or not, some deer myths persist
Are these ideas still around because they're true? Or are they around simply because we think they're true?
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A Chattanooga woman’s rise to become one of the top open-water swimmers in the world
Jenny Smith's rise to become one of the top open-water swimmers in the world began in her school library as a child in Carmel, Indiana.
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Check out the winners of this year’s Tennessee Wildlife Federation photography contest
Each year, the Tennessee Wildlife Federation hosts a photography contest, inviting amateurs and professionals alike to enter their best images of state wildlife and natural areas.
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Language of anglers: A local fishing guide shares his humorous glossary of fishing terminology
As with most endeavors, fishing has a language that evolved with the sport to describe situations anglers frequently encounter on the water. Many of these phrases are too colorful to be used in print, and some might be unintelligible to people who don't fish.
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Opinion: Bluetooth speakers have no place on the trail (plus recommendations for the quietest hikes near Chattanooga)
Have you ever been enjoying a pristine view, a burbling mountain creek or a sunset from a cliffside perch, only to have your serenity stripped from you by hikers blaring the latest synthesized beats? If not, you may be the exception.
