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	<description>Read the Smarter Outdoors Blog for hiking and camping advice, outdoor gear buying guides, daily deals and adventure travel tips.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;That&#8217;s it! No More Mr. Nice Cat&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/08/13/thats-it-no-more-mr-nice-cat/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/08/13/thats-it-no-more-mr-nice-cat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell us what you&#8217;d say!
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What would you say? Write us your caption and post them in our comments!
Doesn&#8217;t this photo remind you of our fightin&#8217; cubs?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><strong>Tell us what you&#8217;d say!</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/kungfukitty.jpg" align="middle" height="273" width="364" /></p>
<p>What would you say? Write us your caption and post them in our comments!</p>
<p>Doesn&#8217;t this photo remind you of our <a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/06/18/en-guard/" target="_blank">fightin&#8217; cubs</a>?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.comedy-zone.net/pictures/animals/animals33.htm" target="_blank">Photo Source</a>.</p>
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		<title>Field &#38; Stream: July Reader Shots, Part II</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/08/02/field-stream-july-reader-shots-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/08/02/field-stream-july-reader-shots-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Field &amp; Stream</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love seeing what people have been up to and what they have been catching, no matter how big or small.
Check out the recent gallery from Field &#38; Stream in their July Reader Shots, Part II gallery.
Here are a few pictures that I found interesting.

Rhonda Ledin with her 44-inch tiger muskie she caught and released [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love seeing what people have been up to and what they have been catching, no matter how big or small.</p>
<p>Check out the recent gallery from Field &amp; Stream in their July Reader Shots, Part II gallery.</p>
<p>Here are a few pictures that I found interesting.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/tigermuskie.jpg" alt="Tiger Muskie" height="300" width="381" /></p>
<p>Rhonda Ledin with her 44-inch tiger muskie she caught and released near Hayward, Wis.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/peacockbass.jpg" alt="Peacock Bass" height="563" width="381" /></p>
<p>Lauren Leschper with this peacock bass she caught on a trip to Brazil. Is it just me, or does that fish look posessed?</p>
<p>Want to show off your catch? Send us your pictures to outdoors@smarter.com and we&#8217;ll create a unique gallery for our readers.</p>
<p>Click here to see the rest of the gallery at <a href="http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/photogallery/article/0,13355,1648459,00.html" target="_blank">Field &amp; Stream</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Reindeer Games 2: Santa&#8217;s Revenge&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/31/reindeer-games-2-santas-revenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Santa Claus</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell us what you&#8217;d say!

What would you say? Write us your caption and post them in our comments!
Santa Claus]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><strong>Tell us what you&#8217;d say!</strong></p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/santa.JPG" height="636" width="338" /></p>
<p>What would you say? Write us your caption and post them in our comments!</p>
<a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/tag/santa-claus/" rel="tag">Santa Claus</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blogging From Alaska: Copper River and Valdez</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/26/blogging-from-alaska-copper-river-and-valdez/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/26/blogging-from-alaska-copper-river-and-valdez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Alaska</category><category>Pink Salmon</category><category>Valdez</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I couldn&#8217;t fish the Copper River, it doesn&#8217;t mean that I couldn&#8217;t get any pictures. Here are a few pictures that I took while I was there.
The river was a bit high that day and the weather was pretty windy. But down there next to all those other cars is where I camped out, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although I couldn&#8217;t fish the Copper River, it doesn&#8217;t mean that I couldn&#8217;t get any pictures. Here are a few pictures that I took while I was there.</p>
<p>The river was a bit high that day and the weather was pretty windy. But down there next to all those other cars is where I camped out, waiting for an opportunity to go out.</p>
<p><img width="640" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/copper2.jpg" height="480" /></p>
<p>Fish wheels like this one were planted along the river for those who had the right permits to operate one. They move with the current and scoop salmon up, then drop them in a basket. It takes away the sport part of fishing, but they seem to get their limit of fish every time.</p>
<p><img width="640" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/fishwheel.jpg" height="480" /></p>
<p>When we couldn&#8217;t fish this river, we went south a few more hours to Valdez, where we were catching pink salmon like this one within minutes of our first cast. Although they weren&#8217;t very big, it still was fun to reel them in.</p>
<p><img width="480" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/pink.jpg" height="640" /></p>
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		<title>Blogging From Alaska: Down the Richardson Highway</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/24/blogging-from-alaska-down-the-richardson-highway/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/24/blogging-from-alaska-down-the-richardson-highway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Alaska</category><category>Glaciers</category><category>Pink Salmon</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently just returned from a trip down the Richardson Highway to Chitna and Valdez. Although my dipnetting trip in Chitna had to be cancelled due to the dangerous river conditions, I could still take some nice pictures on the drive down. Here are a few of them that I had a chance to post.



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently just returned from a trip down the Richardson Highway to Chitna and Valdez. Although my dipnetting trip in Chitna had to be cancelled due to the dangerous river conditions, I could still take some nice pictures on the drive down. Here are a few of them that I had a chance to post.</p>
<p><img width="640" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/mountains.jpg" height="480" /></p>
<p><img width="640" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/glacier.jpg" height="480" /></p>
<p><img width="480" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/waterfalls.jpg" height="640" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ll post more when I get a chance. Personally, I like the glacier views the best along the drive. No matter how many times I see them, they still leave me mesmerized by their size and beauty.</p>
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		<title>Blogging From Alaska: Sunshine at 9:30 P.M.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/20/blogging-from-alaska-sunshine-at-930-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I arrived in Alaska yesterday afternoon and I wasn&#8217;t able to get to a computer till later in the night.
But I thought I&#8217;d share with all of you a glimpes of what it looks like at 9:30 p.m. in Alaska.

And if you look closely in this next picture, a few hours earlier I found [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Well, I arrived in Alaska yesterday afternoon and I wasn&#8217;t able to get to a computer till later in the night.</p>
<p>But I thought I&#8217;d share with all of you a glimpes of what it looks like at 9:30 p.m. in Alaska.</p>
<p><img width="640" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/field1.jpg" height="480" /></p>
<p>And if you look closely in this next picture, a few hours earlier I found these three moose playing in the same field. Sorry that I couldn&#8217;t get closer, but I spooked them before I could get a better picture. Although you can&#8217;t see the two baby calfs as easily, the mother is much more visible. Can you see them?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s kind of like that game, &#8220;Where&#8217;s Waldo?&#8221; but with moose.</p>
<p><img width="640" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/moose2.jpg" height="480" /></p>
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		<title>Field &#38; Stream: July Reader&#8217;s Photos</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/18/field-stream-july-readers-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/18/field-stream-july-readers-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Field &amp; Stream</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Field &#38; Stream online has posted their readers photos for July.
Here are a preview of some of their photos.

Tom McDaries with his lake trout he caught at Seneca Lake in early June.

Paul Reeve with his leopard shark he caught at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California.
Want to show off your catch? Send us your pictures [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Field &amp; Stream online has posted their readers photos for July.</p>
<p>Here are a preview of some of their photos.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/fieldstreamjuly.jpg" alt="Field &amp; Stream" height="252" width="381" /></p>
<p>Tom McDaries with his lake trout he caught at Seneca Lake in early June.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/leopardshark.jpg" alt="Leopard Shark" height="649" width="381" /></p>
<p>Paul Reeve with his leopard shark he caught at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California.</p>
<p>Want to show off your catch? Send us your pictures to outdoors@smarter.com and we&#8217;ll create a unique gallery for our readers.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/photogallery/article/0,13355,1644084,00.html" target="_blank">Field &amp; Stream</a></p>
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		<title>Bull Sticks it to Brothers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/16/bull-sticks-it-to-brothers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/16/bull-sticks-it-to-brothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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<category>bulls</category><category>running of the bulls</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about bad luck, bad timing, bad everything.
First these two guys get rammed by this bull, but what is going to be more embarrassing is the jokes that will follow the two around for life. Not only did they share this photo and memory together, but the two also happen to be brothers.
So at all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talk about bad luck, bad timing, bad everything.<img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/bulls.jpg" alt="Bull Sticks it to Brothers" align="right" height="272" width="380" /></p>
<p>First these two guys get rammed by this bull, but what is going to be more embarrassing is the jokes that will follow the two around for life. Not only did they share this photo and memory together, but the two also happen to be brothers.</p>
<p>So at all their family functions, I&#8217;m sure they will be the butt of jokes for a long time.</p>
<p>Pun intended.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://100percentinjuryrate.blogspot.com/2007/07/bull-2-brothers-0.html" target="_blank">100% Injury Rate</a></p>
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		<title>Man Shoots a 250 Pound Alligator With Bow</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/11/man-shoots-a-250-pound-alligator-with-bow/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/11/man-shoots-a-250-pound-alligator-with-bow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fishing]]></category>

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<category>Alligator Gar</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who said you had to go fishing with a pole?
Apparently you can do it with a bow and arrow, if your catch is bigger than the average fish.
Just ask Brian Gouliquer, a bowfisherman, who in April shot at a fin in the Trinity River in Texas, but wasn&#8217;t exactly sure what it was.
But they soon [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who said you had to go fishing with a pole?<img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/gar.jpg" alt="Alligator Gar" align="right" height="499" width="381" /></p>
<p>Apparently you can do it with a bow and arrow, if your catch is bigger than the average fish.</p>
<p>Just ask Brian Gouliquer, a bowfisherman, who in April shot at a fin in the Trinity River in Texas, but wasn&#8217;t exactly sure what it was.</p>
<p>But they soon found out how big it was, when it took three men to load the 250 pound, 7-foot 7-inch alligator gar into the boat.</p>
<p>This thing is both ugly and huge!</p>
<p>To read the full article and see more pictures, <a href="http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/photogallery/article/0,13355,1642268,00.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s Not What it Looks Like&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/10/its-not-what-it-looks-like/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.smarter.com/outdoors/2007/07/10/its-not-what-it-looks-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		
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What would you say? Write us your caption and post them in our comments!
Photo Source. 
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<p align="center"><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/dogcat.jpg" align="middle" height="266" width="266" /></p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p>What would you say? Write us your caption and post them in our comments!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.comedy-zone.net/pictures/animals/animals17.htm" target="_blank">Photo Source. </a></p>
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