Outdoors

The Muldraugh Hill Baptist Church hosted a fish fry and men’s skeet shoot on Saturday at their church off of highway 289. Participants were invited to bring their favorite scattergun for the event.
 

Boaters and swimmers at Green River Lake are urged to avoid contact with a blue-green algae that can produce toxins that can be particularly harmful to small children, people with illnesses and animals.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the warning. At this time, Green River Lake remains open for swimming and boating, but the algal cell count is a the cautionary level, based on World Health Organization guidelines.

 It’s almost here! In about two and a half weeks it all starts. 

So, what starts? Well, pretty much the 2014 hunting season, that’s what!

I know, Sept. 1 seems to be fairly late in the year to start hunting. But think about it. We have dove, squirrel, rabbit, deer, ducks and geese, all starting in the fall, with dove coming first. About the only thing we can hunt any earlier in 2014 would be turkeys.

Ever hear an elk bugle? Ever hear one bugle in Kentucky?

If not, you can take a trip to Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico or one of those “other” elk heavy states. Or, you can load up the family/friends and head to Eastern Kentucky!

Elk, in Kentucky? Well, they are native to our state. But, they became extinct due to unregulated hunting and habitat encroachment, according to the experts.

For whatever reason, they were gone for good!