Blogs

If you’ve read my blog over the last year, you know my leisure reading often focuses on the connection between hunting and food. Steven Rinella’s two novels, The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine and American

Now that the calendar tells us it’s officially summer, here are some of our favorite stories about alligators, those amphibious reptiles of the South that are most active in the next few months. Hard to

With summer poised to officially begin next week, The Offbeat Outdoors Blog shares some seasonal safety reminders with readers—as only we can! Up in Smoke “Keep your powder dry,” is a popular adage among black

What constitutes a gross fishing offense? How about when you exceed the limit by 443 fish, like a Minnesota angler was charged with doing last month? Gross Overfishing, Indeed! A Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

With more and more adventuresome anglers turning to one-person kayaks these days, that means great fodder for the Offbeat Outdoors blog! Great White Leaves Mark A great white shark dumped a fisherman from his one-man

Earlier this week, I received an email from a Pheasants Forever supporter who recently purchased his very first over/under shotgun. The gentleman asked a variety of very good questions. I couldn’t immediately answer all of

I have been noticing a lot of bear-attacking-human stories in the news lately. The best one can be read at Brandon Sun. It seems a man went to the outhouse at a campground and a

This week we bring you a collection of unusual ways to deal with wild animal attacks—all with a definite Offbeat Outdoors touch! Teed Off Wildcat A pair of 60-something golfing buddies, Ira Girard and Jerry

As I reported in the first installment of this blog, my wife and I will pick up our second bird dog this weekend. The pup will be a 10-week old female German shorthaired pointer from