Bob McNally Some anglers believe the heyday of fishing for trophy largemouth bass on public lakes is over. They think a trophy bass of, say, 8-pounds or more, is about…
Tim Herald Thirty years ago my father gave me a book about all the big game animals of North America. I wore holes in the cover pouring over all the…
Hank Parker For many anglers and boat owners, the onset of winter means an end to the boating season. As temperatures continue to drop around the country, it is now…
M. D. Johnson I make no apologies to the mallard purists when I say there’s nothing wrong with greenheads, but there’s just something about divers. Perhaps it’s where they live-the…
Jim Duckworth As seen on theoutdoorwire.com When fishing for blacknose crappie in highland reservoirs, the first thing you have to do is throw the crappie rule book away because they haven’t…
Babe Winkelman I recently returned from the Northwest Bay on Rainy Lake in Ontario where we were walleye fishing. Boy were we excited going into that trip because anglers were…
Ken Cook If it’s not snow or freezing rain, it’s bone-chilling air temperatures and icy winds that make a day on the water nearly insufferable. But just because you’re uncomfortable,…
Mike Hanback Luke Strommen pulled back his longbow string and launched a wooden arrow down through the cottonwoods. It arched through the air as if in slow motion, then buried…
Craig Boddington As standard cartridges go, the .280 Remington has one of the oddest histories. Based on the .30-06 case necked down to take a 7mm, or .284-inch bullet, the…
J. Wayne Fears Oftentimes your hunt really begins once you’ve shot or arrowed a deer. Only after you’ve recovered the animal can you call your hunt a success. Let’s look…
David Hart If you served your family a farm-raised, store-bought, hormone-injected turkey for Thanksgiving, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You’re a hunter, aren’t you? You probably have lots…
Mike Hanback At first I figured a guy on the next ridge had spooked the jittery doe that dashed past my stand. But then I questioned the spooky doe’s motives:…
David Dunbar As seen on MyBuckStory.com I was taking two buddies fall turkey hunting about two years ago. We decided to camp on the farm I normally hunt and split…
Tim Herald Late season hunting equals spending lots of time on food sources, right? Well, that certainly can be a good strategy, especially in cold temperatures. After all, deer have…
Craig Boddington Nearly 90 years ago Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Kermit, journeyed to the Tien Shan Mountains of western China. His book, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, is a…
Bob Jensen As we get further into the autumn period, the weather gets a little cooler. It’s generally not bitterly cold this time of year and, in fact, the weather…
Rich Kostner As seen on MyBuckStory.com. There we were: Day One of our quest to harvest the beautiful black turkey of Wisconsin. My guide, Scott, had gotten me in range…
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…