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"Outside the City Limits" Article for NWTF Wins "Best of Show" Honors at Outdoor Writers Conference

The ol' Outdoors Rambler was very humbled and honored when his article titled "Outside the City Limits" was awarded Best of Show at the...

'American Jake' Fulfilling Young Virginian's Dream of Creating & Sharing Treasured Outdoor Moments

Ken Perrotte

Sep 1

'American Jake' Fulfilling Young Virginian's Dream of Creating & Sharing Treasured Outdoor Moments

A note from Ken: Annie Adamson, a young Virginia woman, is nurturing a dream about sharing her love for the outdoors with other...

Summer Billfish Tournaments Raising Money for Charities and Paying Out Big Bucks to Top Boats

Ken Perrotte

Aug 29

Summer Billfish Tournaments Raising Money for Charities and Paying Out Big Bucks to Top Boats

I've been lucky to cover two summertime billfish tournaments for Sport Fishing Magazine. The first was the big event in mid-August down...

OBX Tuna Fishing - Cranking in Bigeyes Leaves You with Numb Arms and Ready for a Beer

Ken Perrotte

Aug 25

OBX Tuna Fishing - Cranking in Bigeyes Leaves You with Numb Arms and Ready for a Beer

This short video from our June 2021 trip into the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina's Outer Banks almost never got put together. We were...

Virginia’s Original Arlington: John Custis II's Labor of Love - Later a Refuge from Lousy Marriage

Ken Perrotte

Aug 22

Virginia’s Original Arlington: John Custis II's Labor of Love - Later a Refuge from Lousy Marriage

Love and Marriage – Love and Marriage Make You Want to Ride Your Horse and Carriage (Right into the Chesapeake Bay) Northampton County on...

Hemorrhagic Disease Again Raising Deadly Head in Several Virginia Counties - Be on Lookout

Ken Perrotte

Aug 16

Hemorrhagic Disease Again Raising Deadly Head in Several Virginia Counties - Be on Lookout

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, commonly called EHD, is again showing up in Virginia. This is the time of year when it is often first...

Bluefish Cakes - Smoked and Tasty - an Excellent Way to Prepare this Oily, Aggressive Fish

Ken Perrotte

Aug 6

Bluefish Cakes - Smoked and Tasty - an Excellent Way to Prepare this Oily, Aggressive Fish

Bluefish often get a bad rap. While generating excitement when battling at the terminal end of your fishing tackle, they rarely elicit...

Alaska Man Overcomes PTSD to Design ICAST Winning Cooler with Table & Vacuum Sealer - Best in Show!

Ken Perrotte

Jul 23

Alaska Man Overcomes PTSD to Design ICAST Winning Cooler with Table & Vacuum Sealer - Best in Show!

I've got to admit that my eyes were getting a little moist as Alaskan Brian MacKinnon shared his story with me -- the anguish and...

Maryland Honors Anglers with 2022 Sport Fishing Achievement Awards: One Posthumously

Ken Perrotte

Jul 13

Maryland Honors Anglers with 2022 Sport Fishing Achievement Awards: One Posthumously

Maryland Sport Fishing Achievement Awards Presented for 2022 A July 7, 2022 release by the Maryland Department of Natural resources Third...

St. Lawrence River Smallmouth - with Bonus Walleye: Check Another Trip Off the Bucket List

Ken Perrotte

Jun 28

St. Lawrence River Smallmouth - with Bonus Walleye: Check Another Trip Off the Bucket List

Note: Much of this article also ran in the May 19, 2022 edition of the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. Fishing guide David Roy splashed...

Queen Mine Tour a Highlight of Visit to Eclectic Bisbee - Experience the Inside of a Mountain

Ken Perrotte

Jun 21

Queen Mine Tour a Highlight of Visit to Eclectic Bisbee - Experience the Inside of a Mountain

Just outside of Bisbee, Arizona, as you head south on Highway 80 toward Mexico just 11 miles away, is a massive, deep hole in the earth...

Mackinaw City & Colonial Michilimackinac - Scenic. Historic. Destination: Northern Michigan

Ken Perrotte

Jun 10

Mackinaw City & Colonial Michilimackinac - Scenic. Historic. Destination: Northern Michigan

A visit to beautiful Gaylord in northern Michigan for an outdoor writers conference in September 2021 yielded an opportunity to make a...

Virginia Spring Turkey Hunters See overall Success, But Numbers Along I-95 Corridor Falling

Ken Perrotte

Jun 10

Virginia Spring Turkey Hunters See overall Success, But Numbers Along I-95 Corridor Falling

Spring 2022 turkey hunters did well overall, registering 19,711 birds. According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, this...

Ken Perrotte

May 23

Virginia Offers End-of-Season Chronic Wasting Surveillance Report - Good News & Bad News

Following is a media release from Virginia's Department of Wildlife Resources about the statewide chronic wasting disease surveillance...

Wild Turkey Meatballs – Mama Mia, That’s a Delicate Bite of Flavor; Appetizers or Main Course

Ken Perrotte

May 23

Wild Turkey Meatballs – Mama Mia, That’s a Delicate Bite of Flavor; Appetizers or Main Course

A spring 2022 turkey hunting trip to Quebec with gohuntbirds.com yielded a camp taste treat, courtesy of an appetizer Ian McCleary of...

Feds Renew Effort to Ban Lead Ammo -- New Hunting Proposals for Refuges Outline Prohibition

Ken Perrotte

May 23

Feds Renew Effort to Ban Lead Ammo -- New Hunting Proposals for Refuges Outline Prohibition

Note: This article originally appeared in my May 12, 2022 outdoors column in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. Update: Here is link to...

Recalling a Trip to Ray Scott’s Trophy Bass Retreat -- a Consummate Storyteller & Conservationist

Ken Perrotte

May 9

Recalling a Trip to Ray Scott’s Trophy Bass Retreat -- a Consummate Storyteller & Conservationist

Ray Scott passed away on Sunday, May 8 at around 11:30 p.m. He died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes. Scott was 88 years old....

Tick-Borne Diseases on the Rise, Some Rapidly Transmitted With No Current Treatment Options

Ken Perrotte

Apr 14

Tick-Borne Diseases on the Rise, Some Rapidly Transmitted With No Current Treatment Options

Diseases often aren’t transmitted until a tick has remained attached to a person for at least several hours, but recent research is...

The 'Last Evil' is No More: Virginia Finally Approves Sunday Hunting on Public Lands

Ken Perrotte

Mar 27

The 'Last Evil' is No More: Virginia Finally Approves Sunday Hunting on Public Lands

In early March 2022, Virginia’s General Assembly finally closed the book on a contentious, decades-old effort to get legislative approval...

Newfoundland Moose Hunting Gear – Go-To Clothing and Hearing Protection Options

Ken Perrotte

Mar 25

Newfoundland Moose Hunting Gear – Go-To Clothing and Hearing Protection Options

A couple of trips hunting "The Rock” – Newfoundland, Canada – provided profound experiences related to hunting clothing successes and...

Ice Therapy - A Perch Fix Amid Economic Erosion; A March Trip to the Lake Champlain Islands

Ken Perrotte

Mar 17

Ice Therapy - A Perch Fix Amid Economic Erosion; A March Trip to the Lake Champlain Islands

By Ken Perrotte Phtooom! The ice covering Vermont’s Lake Champlain was booming earlier this month as temperatures warmed well above...

Moose Hunting on “The Rock” – Scenic, Rugged Newfoundland - Persistence, then Redemption

Ken Perrotte

Feb 15

Moose Hunting on “The Rock” – Scenic, Rugged Newfoundland - Persistence, then Redemption

By Ken Perrotte Note: Be sure to scroll to the end for additional video and images If there was one point about which I was certain as I...

Tasty Pasties - Venison Variation of a Classic Enjoyed Worldwide - pouvez-vous dire 'tourtiere'?

Ken Perrotte

Jan 31

Tasty Pasties - Venison Variation of a Classic Enjoyed Worldwide - pouvez-vous dire 'tourtiere'?

When I was a kid growing up in northern Vermont, the French-Canadian ancestry of many family and friends was on full display during the...

Enjoy Stuffed, Pan-Fried Pheasant; Delicious, Moist & Tender with Two Winning Sauce Options

Ken Perrotte

Jan 22

Enjoy Stuffed, Pan-Fried Pheasant; Delicious, Moist & Tender with Two Winning Sauce Options

By Ken Perrotte Whether you are hunting wild pheasants in the beautiful upland habitat of America's heartland or availing yourself of...

Ken Perrotte

Jan 21

Virginia General Assembly Voting on Outdoor Bills - Sunday Hunting, Coyote Contests, Trespass & More

The Virginia General Assembly convened last week for its 2022 session with the Republican Party again the majority in the House of...

Jim Crumley, Godfather of Modern Hunting Camo, Enjoying Life on Idyllic Virginia Mountain Retreat

Ken Perrotte

Jan 21

Jim Crumley, Godfather of Modern Hunting Camo, Enjoying Life on Idyllic Virginia Mountain Retreat

Almost a half of a century has passed since an Alexandria, Virginia, schoolteacher named Jim Crumley began percolating an idea based on...

Could 2022 Finally See Sunday Hunting on Public Land in Virginia - or will Politics as Usual Prevail

Ken Perrotte

Dec 16, 2021

Could 2022 Finally See Sunday Hunting on Public Land in Virginia - or will Politics as Usual Prevail

The Last 'Blue Law' A bill to allow Sunday hunting on public land was prefiled in the Virginia General Assembly in early December 2021 by...

Gravy Hunting Gone Wild - Stoking Grandson's Imagination with a Hammer, a Bag and some Rope

Ken Perrotte

Nov 23, 2021

Gravy Hunting Gone Wild - Stoking Grandson's Imagination with a Hammer, a Bag and some Rope

Note: A shorter variation of this tale about a Thanksgiving post-dinner expedition into the woods behind the author's house was published...

Tetra Hearing's Multi-Program Protection & Amplification Devices a Hit with Hunters

Ken Perrotte

Nov 18, 2021

Tetra Hearing's Multi-Program Protection & Amplification Devices a Hit with Hunters

Protecting your hearing is a worthy investment. Whether you’re at the range shooting or hunting, being able to simultaneously hear normal...

'Next-Level Bass Fishing' a Well-Written Book that Goes Into Angler Psychology as well as Technique

Ken Perrotte

Nov 18, 2021

'Next-Level Bass Fishing' a Well-Written Book that Goes Into Angler Psychology as well as Technique

Enlightened bass anglers will likely enjoy a new book by Joe Kinnison titled “Next-Level Bass Fishing.” Printed by Skyhorse Publishing,...

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