SMWIA Member Bowhunts Wisconsin Whitetail on Escape to the Wild
Kate Cywinski John Scavotto’s passion for bow hunting is so great he sports a shoulder tattoo of a hunter in a tree-stand aiming down with a bow. He considers it…
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Squirrels by the Calendar
M. D. Johnson The sweat running down your neck feels like someone opened a hot faucet under your hat. You try to ignore it, but it’s hard to concentrate. There!…
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Duck Heaven
David Hart The splash of water takes us by surprise. It’s barely light enough to see the color on the Carry-Lite decoys bobbing in the brown water 10 yards out…
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Chris Ellis Plain and simple, a streamer is a lure and fishing a streamer is the closest thing that a fly fisherman does to spin fishing. Throw the lure out,…
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UA Steamfitter Goes Toe-to-Toe with the Most Dangerous Fish in the Sea
Kate Cywinski When Jay Rodriguez, a New York steamfitter, read about Captain Conway Bowman in Sportfishing Magazine, he never dreamed he would soon join him in San Diego to fly fish…
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Dog Gone Fun
Lost at Sea Prairie dog shooting is a great social activity mostly because there is very little hunting involved. The standard modus operandi is to pull up on the edge of a…
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David Hart The notion of ditching the desk job and pursuing a career as a full-time professional bass fisherman is an inviting one for many anglers. What could be a…
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Boilermaker Wins Dream Bear Hunt on Escape to the Wild
Kate Cywinski Todd Crawford, a Boilermaker with local 154 from Mingo Junction, OH, loves to make people laugh, whether he is with friends, family or creating an application video for…
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Dixie Grouse
David Hart The thunder of wings erupted from a wall of grapevines just 10 feet to my left. I spun, raised my shotgun, and scrambled to find the grouse that…
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Beau Beasley Each spring, fly anglers across the country sort through their fly boxes to decide which patterns they’ll put to good use in the upcoming season and which won’t…
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