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		<title>February 2012 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2012/01/february-2012-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February Offers Superb Winter Fun, But We Pine for Spring On Dec. 22 during the winter solstice, we had less than nine hours between sunrise and sunset, but by Feb. 1, 40 short days later, that time expands to 10 hours, eight minutes. Yeah, wow! Spring comes fast, but not fast enough for impatient folks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 2012 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/12/january-2012-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January Is Dark All Right As Christmas looms but a few days away in Central Maine, a scenario repeats itself most years as the ice-fishing crowd looks toward Jan. 1, when salmonids become legal to kill in many waters. Folks notice ice on big lakes has yet to form a safe mantle, so the hot-stove [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/11/december-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December Is Dark And the Shadows Ever So Long As December heads toward Christmas, daylight lasts 9 hours and 47 minutes per day, counting the half hour before and after sunrise and sunset. Because the sun has sunk further and further into the southern sky, outdoors types out for a day of it notice that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/10/november-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine’s A-Changing: Bicycling Vs. Deer Hunting In November 2010, an unseasonably warm Saturday with virtually no wind, this writer decided not to deer-hunt and bicycled for several hours, often on wooded, undeveloped roads around the Belgrade Lakes Region. It was the last really warm day for the sport in 2010. During this long pedal covering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/09/october-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Have Plenty of Choices Now, Folks! Just about every hunting sport happens in October– upland birds, waterfowl, deer, bear, moose, turkey, raccoon, rabbit, gray squirrel, fox and coyote  – and angling still attracts legions after salmonids and bass. If that isn’t enough, we can trap muskrat and canines in early seasons and also bear. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/08/september-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Bill Silliker Loved Sweet September Light The late Bill Silliker, a world-class photographer, extolled the quality of September light and used adjectives such as “golden” and “sweet” to describe images he shot in the ninth month. He worked himself to a frazzle to take advantage of the month – perhaps the best month of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/07/august-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Observant People See Fall Coming Now In a Maine July, average highs reach the upper 70s and average lows drop into the 50s, perfect temperatures for the human body – neither too hot nor too cold. It is little wonder we consider July a touch of paradise, and everyone wants to be outdoors fishing, barbecuing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/06/july-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July Means Paradise Enow In a Maine July, average highs reach the upper 70s and average lows drop into the 50s, perfect temperatures for the human body – neither too hot nor too cold. It is little wonder we consider July a touch of paradise, and everyone wants to be outdoors fishing, barbecuing, hiking, camping, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/05/june-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Green All Right As summer races toward autumn, fields turn golden and trees take on a ragged look, but in the sixth month, Maine is green all right – as lush as Ireland ever gets, thanks to June rains and cool temperatures. Fishing offers excitement and more excitement as folks cast to black bass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2011 Almanac</title>
		<link>http://www.mainesportsman.com/site/2011/04/may-2011-almanac</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May in South Country Turns Ireland Lush by 31st By May 31st, though, landscapes looks as lush as Ireland. Fields of grass ripple in the wind and trees have that lush verdancy that starts to look worn and faded as summer progresses. In the old days, fishing ruled in May, but these days, a serious, [...]]]></description>
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