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Stray Cast: Cubs’ rebuild & Illinois deer management

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

After all, this Web log is named for the Stray Cast, which has snapped off the end of the outdoors column in the Sun-Times on Wednesdays since April 2, 2003.

Here’s today’s:

The Cubs’ rebuild feels like deer management in Illinois: threads of too many interests.

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