Chad Schearer “Elk are where you find them,” was the advice a veteran elk outfitter gave a young rookie guide one day during a pre-season scouting trip. The twenty-one year…
J. Guthrie It’s pretty clear that I am a strong believer in Quality Deer Management (QDM). That means I strive, through careful harvest strategies and intense habitat management, to create…
Ken Cook When developing fishing patterns, I take into account every possible variable – especially latitude. Latitude is important in the spring months when bass in lower latitude regions like…
J. Guthrie On the pages of the latest hunting and shooting magazines they look irresistible. It’s this year’s latest batch of new magnum cartridges, promising levels of performance never before…
J. Guthrie There are just a few things I do well, and until the end of the first month of bow season, I thought finding and hunting whitetails was one…
J. Guthrie The thermometer outside is hovering around 100 degrees and you can’t walk from the car to your back door without breaking a sweat. This upcoming bow season is…
J. Guthrie Logging thousands of sky miles and sharing my personal space with strangers is one of the less glamorous parts of my life. One cool part of traveling is…
By Chad Schearer Circling the large Arctic lake the first morning of our trip, we could see monstrous lake trout and Arctic Char lying at the inlet of the river…
Larry Nixon If a bass could build its ideal habitat, the specs would be something like this: shallow water, in or near heavy cover with quick access to deep water…
By Hank Parker An area of interest that has followed me during my career and one that I feel strongly about is boating safety. When out on the water with…
By Luke Clausen More often than not, bass fishing is an exercise in faith—faith in your knowledge to know the one spot where the fish will be in a huge…
J. Guthrie Think about the woods in June. The deer there have not seen, heard or smelled a human since turkey season closed. The woods are quiet, and deer have…
J. Guthrie Many of us consider ourselves practitioners of Quality Deer Management (QDM) and work hard to create healthy deer herds and good habitat. We have also heard how important…
J. Guthrie I could tell you where I was on the opening day of dove season, but seriously doubt you want to hear about a business meeting that didn’t go…
J. Guthrie Hunters have an absolute reverence for antlers, something that must have developed over thousands of years of chasing deer, moose, caribou and elk across the plains and woods.…
BoatUS.com 1. Leave the extra ‘junk’ home: Don’t load the boat up with weight you don’t need. Do a little spring cleaning – unused equipment that has been collecting mildew…
Ground Blind Basics Lee J. Hoots You don’t have to climb a tree to ambush a deer. Many big bucks are taken each fall by hunters who prefer to keep…