It's deer season. Some are out for big bucks, but seasoned hunters have their sights on tasty does.

When we arrived in Alaska, we heard about efforts to build more trails into wilderness areas — to alter the way the half-century old Wilderness Act is interpreted. We learned what a mistake that would be.

Two stories caught our eye this morning. The first comes from Cape Cod, where an abundance of seals may attract great white sharks to Massachusetts beaches this summer, according to a story in the Boston Globe. 

Well, it is summer and time for the annual stories about Jaws threats. Warmer water temperatures and lots of fresh seal meat will be perfect for the great whites. Not good for the seals — or for beach combers. Oh, a good sign that a great white might be in the area, according to officials, is when "we have some seal carcasses washing up." Yep, that would be an indication...

AP writer Betsy Blaney reports on an old story — the decline of the small town grocery. Blaney reports that this "long-running trend e University backed up that belief, finding that more than 38 percent of the 213 groceries in Kansas towns of less than 2,500 closed between 2006 and 2009." 

The problem is that people don't mind driving the extra miles to shop at Wal-Mart or Target at larger cities. Small town groceries also have a hard time getting restocked. One grocery owner said he had to meet his bread distributor at a Sam's Club parking lot in Lubbock.

Blaney reports on some efforts to re-start groceries in small towns. The USDA has some money for such projects.

(The beauty above is Marshall's Corner Store in Cotton, GA, photographed by Brian Brown.)

Turns out Sasquatch is a Virginian.

There have been 14 sightings of Bigfoot in Spotsylvania County in the last 14 years, and Billy Willard (above) thinks he and his other Sasquatch hunters "may be close to some kind of major discovery," according to a story in Sunday's Washington Post. Willard runs Sasquatch Watch of Virginia and he's convinced a colony of Bigfoot (Bigfeet?) is here. 

"All the things they would need are here, fresh water, shelter in the woods," Willard said. "The high concentration of sightings tells me they're here." Willard has set up cameras near the sightings to try to capture Sas in motion.

There are all manner of Bigfoot organizations — the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy and the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. At the Tarheel Pig Pickers barbecue joint, Mark Lane told reporter Paul Schwartzman, "When I see Bigfoot water skiing, I'll believe it. If they catch him, we'll put him on the rotisserie and invite everyone in the community."