Sun, 09 Dec 2007
Outdoors notebook: Kayaker proves size of the boat doesn't matter
Kevin Whitley of Norfolk has caught another giant fish from his small kayak. Whitley, known around the lower Chesapeake Bay as "Kayak Kevin, " was fishing with Lee Williams of Norfolk on Wednesday near the Concrete Ships off the Eastern Shore town of Kiptopeke. The two were using live eels for bait . . .

Sun, 02 Dec 2007
Outdoors notebook: Local angler's croaker a world record
From the minute Norman Jenkins first put the croaker in his cooler, he knew he had something special. And the International Game Fish Association has made it official. Jenkins' 8-pound, 11-ounce croaker is the all-tackle world record for the species. Jenkins' fish, caught last August near New Point . . .

Sat, 01 Dec 2007
Undersized bear shot on first day of hunt in Dismal Swamp
SUFFOLK The first bear - albeit an undersize one - was bagged at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge kicked off its second two-day black bear hunt Friday morning, to the dismay of animal-rights advocates. The bear that was shot was under the 100-pound minimum, a violation . . .

Sat, 01 Dec 2007
Richmond board fires head of Game and Fisheries
The director of the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries was fired Friday by a board overseeing the agency. J. Carlton Courter III, who headed the department for a little more than a year, was awarded 30 days' severance pay. Jimmy Hazel, chairman of the agency's board, declined to discuss . . .

Fri, 30 Nov 2007
Chesapeake hunter bags rare 'ghost deer'
Jeffrey Godfrey already had seen lots of deer, but he passed on all of them - hoping something special would come his way. He took a short break for a salami sandwich and Diet Coke, and then something very special came his way. At first, the Chesapeake hunter wasn't sure what he was seeing Wednesday . . .