Spider Rigging for Crappie
Capt. Bert Deener What they lack in fight, they definitely make up in edibility. If you get on a good bite, it does not take long to catch your limit.…
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Deep Freeze Ducks
M. D. Johnson It was December, 1987, December 29, 1987 to be precise. For days, the temperatures had ranged between zero and nothing. Everything around the capital city of Columbus,…
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Going Long with a Bow
Tracy Breen Every once in a while, you find a bowhunter who is as accurate with a bow as Billy the Kid was with a revolver. When they let the…
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Stay Warm this Winter
Tony Kinton Reasonable comfort is essential to the individual who wants to spend as much time in the woods as he or she can during those too-few days reserved for…
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David Hart Trout fishing is a three-season affair for most fly fishermen. By mid-October, trout streams everywhere are void of anglers, save for a few die-hard souls who know that…
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What about Lime?
Tracy Breen If you are a diehard deer hunter, you’ve probably planted a food plot of some kind. Food plots are more popular than ever and more hunters are investing…
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The Duck Men
M. D. Johnson Waterfowl hunting isn’t what it used to be. There was a time when you could throw a dozen No. 5s in your pocket and, armed with 10…
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A Reelfoot Combo
M. D. Johnson The year was 1811. Mother Nature, cold-hearted gal that she can be, decided to create a little bit of ruckus in the northwestern corner of Tennessee in…
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Arrow Building 101
Tracy Breen If you are an avid bowhunter, at one time or another you have probably been dissatisfied with fletched arrows you purchased from a store. Maybe the fletching fell…
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David Hart Cold weather means one thing to many anglers—stripers. In lakes throughout the South, East and Midwest, striped bass are actively roaming open water in search of baitfish like…
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