
Rifle-barreled shotguns still a good choice for deer hunters; here are some great options
For more than four decades I carried a slug-loaded shotgun in the woods during Wisconsin’s gun deer season.

For more than four decades I carried a slug-loaded shotgun in the woods during Wisconsin’s gun deer season.

“Well, thanks. It was finally fun for once.”
That line came from professional bass fisherman Bill Lowen accepting long-distance congratulations for his outstanding year on the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Tour. After winning the second

Too many adventures and too little time.
That (plus too little money, perhaps?) is the outdoorsman’s challenge. But there are ways for you to fill your wish list bucket. Let’s cover them plus some

In the fall of 1999, the Lake Erie Water Snake, a unique sub-species of the very common Northern water snake, was placed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) list as “Threatened”

If you laid a checkerboard grid over aerial photos of any county in the rural Upper Midwest, and declared each red square 640 acres of public land, you’d likely assume it’s OK to step from

At this year’s First Shot Ceremony, the CEO and chairman of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), Gerald O’Keefe, remarked, “(The National Matches) are specified in the law, but the law doesn’t tell us what to

A muzzleloading rifle is an excellent choice for whitetail hunting, more accurate than the average shotgun loaded with slugs, more challenging than a centerfire rifle. How you care for a blackpowder rifle in cold weather

Death and taxes aren’t the only two things that a life can count on.
In just a couple of weeks, both the U.S. Congress and the Ohio General Assembly will each meet to rehash

The annual Status of Sea Lamprey Control report for 2025 recently has been released by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. The report highlights that adult sea lamprey abundances increased in Lake Superior but decreased in
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