Travis Peterson Today’s angler can still find the old “Five-o-Diamonds” spoon that his grandfather stocked in his tackle box. Some things never change. Walk through a tackle shop today, though,…
Doug Howlett For all the attention and concern given non-native species – think snakeheads, zebra mussels, released pythons, and even wild European boars – that are showing they can thrive…
Mike Hanback You thought you could smell pretty well? Get this: Studies show that whitetail deer may be 10,000 times more sensitive to odors than we are. Further, scientists say…
Beau Beasley “You gonna set the hook on those fish, Beau?” Eric Stroup asked me sternly. Stroup had asked me to fish Spring Creek in central Pennsylvania, a stream famous…
Ken Barrett Have you ever dreamt of shooting a deer with antlers so wide you have to reach for a yardstick to measure them? Have you dreamt of hunting, walking…
Bob Jensen Fall provides a lot of fishing opportunities. Most fish, whether they live in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, or ponds go on a bite in the autumn months. River fish…
Doug Howlett Next to a hunter’s gun, bow and camouflage, a treestand has become as much a part of a deer hunter’s “essential” gear as anything else you will find…
Craig Boddington Introduced in 1963, the .300 Winchester Magnum was the last of Winchester’s family of standard-length belted magnums, following the .458 Winchester Magnum (1956) and the .264 and .338…
Babe Winkelman If you live and fish in the Northern states, one of the toughest decisions we make is WHEN to winterize the boat/outboard. It’s so sad to put it…
Larry Nixon In the old days, just to catch fish this time of year we had to go shallow and capitalize on bass chasing big shad in the backs of…
Tom Rosenbauer There is a period of dry-fly activity on most trout streams every fall that rivals the best hatches of spring. It’s a “fall” (as opposed to a hatch)…
Mike Hanback Back when Mickey Hellickson, one of the premier deer researchers in the world, was working toward his doctorate in wildlife biology, he conducted a three-year study on whitetail…
M. D. Johnson Among hunters nationwide, few would argue the rich heritage surrounding the pursuit of upland birds while in the company of a well-trained canine. To take this notion…
Carolyn Jackson I got interested in hunting when I was invited on a hunt with my girlfriend. Every time I brought up the subject of tagging along to my male…
Ken Barrett Winston Churchill is alleged to have once said, “My tastes are very simple; I simply want the best.” So there’s little doubt that Winnie would choose Simms waders…
Beau Beasley “You should have been there, Beau,” said my good friend, fishing guide Captain Tommy Mattioli of Matty-J-Charter Service (www.matty-j.com). “The stripers were everywhere, breaking the surface of the…
Submitted By: Cody Roswick – USA Guest Author November isn’t only a time big bucks start chasing does or when camouflage and blaze orange becomes a fashion statement. For northern…
Skeet Reese To watch the average bass tournament, often the outcome is so often decided on who finds the best stretch of bank. But what happens when the shallow bite…
Craig Boddington Resurrected by Ruger and Federal in 1988, it’s an article of faith today that the .416 Rigby was one of the most popular of the British big bores.…
Bob Jensen When you go fishing, if you want to catch a fish, it’s really important that you put your bait where the fish live. It’s the most basic concept…
J. Wayne Fears as seen on the Outdoor Wire If you’ll go to work now, well in advance of deer season, you can make bucks walk in front of your…
Mike Hanback One summer Jay Gregory, host of The Wild Outdoors on the Outdoor Channel, glassed a huge whitetail in a bean field and thought, “Man, that dude will push 200 inches!” He…