2008 Woodie Awards
Back-to-school for the outdoorsman lifestyle
Steve Miller
Issue date: 8/22/08 Section: Sports
The words back-to-school are about as soothing to the ears of outdoors enthusiasts as nails on a chalkboard. You are pulled from the settings of summer vacation and thrust in a classroom.
However, a savvy outdoorsman knows how to maximize recreation opportunity during times of work, school and stress.
It just takes some forward thinking, a sense of your priorities and a little work to mesh the life of a student and an outdoorsman into one.
Back-to-school coincides with back-to-the-woods for serious bow hunters looking forward to opening day Sept. 6.
One of the benefits of college is being able to create your own class schedule. So, I should not have to tell bow hunters to schedule classes that will allow them to be in the woods early in the morning and in the evenings. These times are when most deer are active, especially in the early season.
If you are a diehard angler, don't sweat. Follow the same schedule as the hunter above, but it is not that critical. Fish can be caught any time of day or night with proper techniques to fit the conditions.
Back-to-school for an angler means the dog days of summer are coming to end and a feeding frenzy is not far away.
Throughout the month of September, fish will start to move back to cooling shallow waters and terrorize the baitfish that will congregate in bays, creeks and tributaries of the lake.
Attending school also has some advantages. There are numerous clubs that brings students with the same interest together to form a community. The Murray State Bass Anglers and The Murray State Chapter of Ducks Unlimited are only two examples of the many out there.
Also, let's not forget the residential colleges and most of student housing is just a 45-minute drive to one of the best fishing lake and recreation area in the country.
Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley and Land Between the Lakes offer students a surplus of outdoor activities. Camping, hunting, fishing, hiking and boating are the main attractions.
However, a savvy outdoorsman knows how to maximize recreation opportunity during times of work, school and stress.
It just takes some forward thinking, a sense of your priorities and a little work to mesh the life of a student and an outdoorsman into one.
Back-to-school coincides with back-to-the-woods for serious bow hunters looking forward to opening day Sept. 6.
One of the benefits of college is being able to create your own class schedule. So, I should not have to tell bow hunters to schedule classes that will allow them to be in the woods early in the morning and in the evenings. These times are when most deer are active, especially in the early season.
If you are a diehard angler, don't sweat. Follow the same schedule as the hunter above, but it is not that critical. Fish can be caught any time of day or night with proper techniques to fit the conditions.
Back-to-school for an angler means the dog days of summer are coming to end and a feeding frenzy is not far away.
Throughout the month of September, fish will start to move back to cooling shallow waters and terrorize the baitfish that will congregate in bays, creeks and tributaries of the lake.
Attending school also has some advantages. There are numerous clubs that brings students with the same interest together to form a community. The Murray State Bass Anglers and The Murray State Chapter of Ducks Unlimited are only two examples of the many out there.
Also, let's not forget the residential colleges and most of student housing is just a 45-minute drive to one of the best fishing lake and recreation area in the country.
Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley and Land Between the Lakes offer students a surplus of outdoor activities. Camping, hunting, fishing, hiking and boating are the main attractions.
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