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…
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…
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…
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…
David Hart Bluebird days can spell disaster for even the best-planned duck hunt. After a brief flurry of early-morning activity, the birds settle in to marshes, ponds and rivers and…
Kate Cywinski New Jersey breeds a lot of fisherman, and IBEW member Rick DiBruno is one of the most passionate. Growing up in south Philly, Rick’s family spent summers in…
Submitted By: Bill Heustis- SMWIA Margaret Heustis is what a, Christian, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, ethical hunter and dedicated sportsperson should be. She is also tougher than a Dodge…
Lost at Sea When my neighbor found out I was going to Montana for a spot and stalk black bear hunt he suggested I shoot the first bear I saw,…
Ken Barrett Have you ever dreamed of catching a fish bigger than yourself, weighing 300 pounds or more? Have you ever wanted to test your strength and endurance fighting a…
Christopher Renshaw Wildlife management in its minimal form is simply habitat manipulation. Providing the right combination of habitat component, structure and arrangement will maximize the wildlife species intended to occupy…
Randy Newberg Let’s face it, there is no better place to shoot a huge trophy whitetail than the Midwestern states or western Canada. Hands down, these locations dominate the records…
M. D. Johnson Known as The Flagman, Minnesotan Randy Bartz doesn’t look his 67 years. Once Bartz starts talking about goose hunting, it quickly becomes apparent that he has spent…
Peter B. Mathiesen In the early fifties, the Army Corps of Engineers completed the dam at Bullshoals Lake, Arkansas, releasing 52-degree, gin clear water into the White River. The result…
Randy Newberg To many self-guided hunters, the prospect of trespass fees is too expensive or just cuts against their grain. For others, the armies of orange-clad hunters on the National…
David Hart It’s a complicated question with no simple answer. Should hunters involved in a deer management program take spike bucks out of the population? Numerous studies have examined the growth…
Chris Ellis My grandfather was a fisherman and my earliest memories of him are surrounded by fishing. He loved to wade in clear creeks in West Virginia and took pride…
Lost at Sea On my first African safari I shot the first bushbuck I saw. From talking with other hunters, that’s not extremely unusual. Unlike most African plains game, the bushbuck…
Peter B. Mathiesen Crawfish are everywhere, ditches, frequently flooded agricultural fields, almost all ponds and, of course your favorite impoundment or river. There’s not a state in the contiguous 48…
Chris Ellis A fly-fisherman has one distinct advantage over spin fisherman—it is the ability to fish several baits at one time to cover multiple water columns. Water column is a…
M. D. Johnson Blind bags are to waterfowl hunters as golf clubs are to Tiger Woods or Harley-Davidson motorcycles are to Milwaukee—you can’t have one without the other. Back in…
M. D. Johnson “This is impossible,” I told my wife, Julie, under my breath. She grinned. “What you going to do?” she asked. “Pout? Just like that time you couldn’t find Attack…
Chad Schearer How do you consistently take big bucks? There are as many theories and techniques on how to take big deer as there are deer in the woods. In…
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