M. D. Johnson Known as The Flagman, Minnesotan Randy Bartz doesn’t look his 67 years. Once Bartz starts talking about goose hunting, it quickly becomes apparent that he has spent…
Randy Newberg To many self-guided hunters, the prospect of trespass fees is too expensive or just cuts against their grain. For others, the armies of orange-clad hunters on the National…
Peter B. Mathiesen In the early fifties, the Army Corps of Engineers completed the dam at Bullshoals Lake, Arkansas, releasing 52-degree, gin clear water into the White River. The result…
David Hart It’s a complicated question with no simple answer. Should hunters involved in a deer management program take spike bucks out of the population? Numerous studies have examined the growth…
Chris Ellis My grandfather was a fisherman and my earliest memories of him are surrounded by fishing. He loved to wade in clear creeks in West Virginia and took pride…
Lost at Sea On my first African safari I shot the first bushbuck I saw. From talking with other hunters, that’s not extremely unusual. Unlike most African plains game, the bushbuck…
Peter B. Mathiesen Crawfish are everywhere, ditches, frequently flooded agricultural fields, almost all ponds and, of course your favorite impoundment or river. There’s not a state in the contiguous 48…
Chris Ellis A fly-fisherman has one distinct advantage over spin fisherman—it is the ability to fish several baits at one time to cover multiple water columns. Water column is a…
M. D. Johnson Blind bags are to waterfowl hunters as golf clubs are to Tiger Woods or Harley-Davidson motorcycles are to Milwaukee—you can’t have one without the other. Back in…
M. D. Johnson “This is impossible,” I told my wife, Julie, under my breath. She grinned. “What you going to do?” she asked. “Pout? Just like that time you couldn’t find Attack…
Chad Schearer How do you consistently take big bucks? There are as many theories and techniques on how to take big deer as there are deer in the woods. In…
David Hart Chesapeake Bay charter captains may have been the first anglers to figure out just how effective umbrella rigs are for striped bass, but Glenn Briggs is a quick…
Mark Kayser Do you want to kill a trophy whitetail? If you have a hankering for a trophy buck, read on to see if you pass the test and have what…
Tony Kinton Seems the rage among hunters today is bigger bucks and bulls. That is fine to an extent, but it can interfere with some grand outdoor adventures. If the…
Christopher Renshaw One hundred years ago, conservation didn’t exist. There were actions that illustrated the protection of renewable natural resources such as the founding of the U.S. Forest Service and…
Mark Kayser When choosing a predator call, don’t get hung up on brand name, but focus on the dining preferences of the coyotes in your backyard. Without a doubt, most…
M. D. Johnson Patience, persistence, and self-discipline are the three qualities that consistently successful turkey hunters all have. Patience means sitting 30 minutes longer than you typically would. Persistence means…
Peter B. Mathiesen Freshwater shad are arguably the most numerous of all baitfish in America. In many lakes the shad population accounts for more than 50 percent of the total…
Mark Kayser Who doesn’t believe that some of the best hunting lies at the end of an arduous journey? I did for years, but as I matured and began sneaking…
USA Staff August 23rd was a lucky day for SMWIA Local 9 Business Manager and long-time angler Dwayne Stephens who won a $600 fishing package at a Business Agents conference in…
Mark Kayser If I hadn’t been in on the initial planning of the hunt I would have thought we were on a brown bear hunt rather than a hunt for…
Philip Bourjaily The predictions about the future of shooting and hunting are grim. Until recently, our efforts to recruit the next generation have been underwhelming. Recognizing that without young shooters…