Browning’s New X-Bolt
Lost at Sea I first saw the Browning X-Bolt in October of 2007on a pronghorn hunt with Browning & Winchester in Wyoming. When all the writers divided up the rifles…
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Youth Hunts Western Style
Randy Newberg As parents, we know the feeling of joy when we see our youngster taking steps toward adulthood. Sometimes it is gradual, though often, it is a sudden realization.…
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M. D. Johnson The lazy summer days of June, a wise man who obviously was also an angler once said, are tailor-made for channel ‘cats. The water temperatures across most…
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Plan Ahead and Stick to It
C.J. Davis Tenacity, stubbornness—whatever you want to call it—sticking to a plan can pay off big time for deer hunters. That lesson was sent home twice to me twice this…
DetailsThe Deadly Half Dozen
Beau Beasley Every year it’s the same thing: I get the first whiff of spring and brush off the winter doldrums by rooting through the fly fishing gear in my…
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Golf with Guns
David Hart The bird came in high over the trees, leveled off and then dropped right in front of me. Easy shot, I figured, but instead of shattering into a…
DetailsCutthroat Trout on Idaho’s Snake River
Beau Beasley “Be careful Jim”, I said to my guide as he unhooked and then handed me my first West Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout. “I think he must have swallowed the…
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The Dirty Dozen: Twelve Hardcore Waterfowl Strategies
M. D. Johnson On the Silver Screen, they were called The Dirty Dozen—12 World War II soldiers sentenced by a military tribunal to hard labor, but each given a full…
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Ken Cook Already it’s May and spring is here. Anglers from coast to coast are furiously in pursuit of spawning and post-spawning bass. Just the thought of reeling in one…
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USA Staff Paul Elias shattered the BASS records books with his win at the Bassmaster Elite Series Falcon Lake, Texas tournament. When the scales stopped Paul’s 4-day total weight was…
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