Plan Now For Spring Shad Run
Capt. Bert Deener Shad, both American and hickory, played a role as an excellent spring protein source in the early days of our country. Native Americans used to stack rocks…
Capt. Bert Deener Shad, both American and hickory, played a role as an excellent spring protein source in the early days of our country. Native Americans used to stack rocks…
Craig Boddington Ken Elliott and I had an argument regarding iron sights that ran for years. Ken, my long-time boss, believed strongly that a centerfire hunting rifle should wear iron…
Bob Jensen Fish under the ice, just like fish in open water, sometimes get finicky. It seems that they just don’t want to open their mouths to take the bait…
Kenneth L. Kieser Teal may have access to posted legal shooting times. They swoop low over decoys early, knowing hunters will hold their fire. Then this speedy little brown duck…
Submitted By: Matt Rice-USA Guest Author Class 5 Migration As we headed across the lake, I recalled the different classifications that were used by the outfitters in Quebec in regards…
Submitted By: Matt Rice- Staring out the window of a cramped floatplane, high above the tundra of Nunavik, my mind swirled with questions about what lay in store for me…
Submitted By: Tommy Skarlis-USA Guest Author If sitting on a frozen lake during the dead of winter isn’t your idea of fun, take the boat out of the shed and…
David Hart With nearly 20 years of predator hunting under his belt, Steve Frye knows a thing or two about fox hunting. However, it only took the Pennsylvania resident a…
Brandon Romann, IBEW 292 When I was 13, my uncle invited me on a week long camping trip along Wisconsin’s Kickapoo River. Our only means of transportation would be our…
Scott Porman, IAFF 3666 1. Put the Full Body Decoys Away Silhouettes are not just “bargain decoys.” Don’t underestimate their usefulness on sunny, blue bird days. If you’re not lucky enough…
Craig Boddington “Nile crocodile” makes a nice rhyme, but is actually a misnomer. Well, not exactly. There are Nile crocodiles in the Nile River, but there are also Nile crocodiles…
Peter B. Mathiesen The wind was howling and the waves were breaking at an honest four feet. At 100 yards I could see low flying scoters appear and disappear between…
Paul Markel “Your ears will get used to the noise. Your ears will toughen up.” Two of the stupidest statements I have ever heard regarding gunfire and hearing protection. The…
Luke Clausen When they asked me to write about some tactics for December, my first inclination was to wonder why I had to work with December and not a more…
Bob Jensen When a person goes fishing, they want to catch a fish, or better yet, several fish. That’s true whether we’re talking ice-fishing or open-water fishing. Sure it’s fun…
Peter B. Mathiesen Fall is one of the times I start to fish deeper and mark more typography while I run a boat and watch a screen. Fishing markers or…
Craig Boddington The .264 Winchester Magnum, introduced in 1958, was Winchester’s second “belted magnum” cartridge based on the .375 H&H case cut down to .30-06 length. The first, the .458…
Jay Yelas Fishing in deep water is still probably the most misunderstood type of fishing that bass anglers have to deal with on a regular basis. Deep water can be…
Doug Howlett Deer hunters spend hours-sometimes an entire day, days at a time-in their treestands, waiting for that one golden opportunity for a shot at the buck of their dreams.…
Matt Young, DU Magazine While good waterfowl hunting can be found across this continent from the Arctic to the Everglades, there are certain locations that regularly attract extraordinary numbers of…
Luke Clausen 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…
David Hart The bear was just a black speck on a distant hillside and darkness was an hour away, but Mike Knapp didn’t think twice about going. He hoisted his…