Hey there. You don't know me yet, but I hope you will. I only heard about you a few months ago. There is much excitement and anticipation as the family prepares to meet you.

When we are in the spring of our lives, everything is fresh and new. We have the energy to do seemingly anything, but we don't know it.

I love Christmas. If only for a short while, people treat each other a little nicer.

One of the great things about hunting is doing so with old friends. I dare say some of us would probably quit going afield if we were not able to make the trips with familiar old hunting partners. In fact, I know some hunters who did exactly that: When their old buddies were gone, they gave it up.

It is the first day of December as I write this, and all of a sudden it is wintertime!

There is no denying the whitetail deer gets most of the attention in the hunting world today, and that is OK. But I am a fall turkey hunter, and I thought we might talk a little about that.

There are hundreds of topics for the well-informed outdoors scribe to write about. I was starting to think I would have to call one of those for some ideas this week.

Are you a deer hunter? Do you like to hunt for big bucks? If you do, do you make a habit of judging the deer that others take and belittling them because you think the antlers were too small or the buck wasn't old enough?

Dogs, in case you don't know, can tell when you, the human, are happy, sad, lonely, confused, angry or furious.

It's almost fall, y'all.

Buddy Gross is the leading rookie and second in the overall points standings in his first season on Bassmaster's top tour.

It's tough to be a coyote.

The Gulf South Conference recently voted to delay the start of fall semester sports competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic to either the last week of September or the first week of October.

The crow is one of those animals that doesn't seem to have many friends.

The two Ironman competitions set for this summer and fall in Chattanooga will not be held as scheduled.

There was a time when this iconic little varmint got a lot of attention from hunters during the game calendar's offseason, and especially from the group that became known as varmint hunters.

The word "Ocoee" has become synonymous with whitewater. But opportunities for adventure in the small mountain town run beyond the banks of its world-famous river.

Dead set on accomplishing a goal she had since eighth grade, Mariah Berner was not going to let a pandemic shut down her dreams of running a half marathon.

The indomitable force of nature known as Makayla Scott continues to sweep across the country, plowing all obstacles out of the way.

In just his second start, Buddy Gross won the Bassmaster Elite event that finished Saturday on Lake Eufaula in Alabama, completing a remarkable run that started with him 43rd out of 86 anglers after the first day.

This is the time of year that young black bears across the Chattanooga region look for food, mates, shelter and new territory, while mother bears and cubs are hungry after a winter-long nap.

Bryan College junior anglers Bailey Fain and Preston Kendrick are national champions.

NoogaSplash will celebrate its grand opening this Thursday, though families have had the opportunity to bounce about the on-the-water obstacle course for two weeks now.