Fall prep: Getting in shape for hunting big country
Can a Midwestern white-tailed deer hunter ever really prepare for the elk mountains?
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Summer deer scouting: Nocturnal whitetails, now? {Video}
By all accounts, white-tailed bucks should be moving in the daylight during the summer, but some still seem to be night owls.
Good glass for under $500
Yes, you can purchase a field-tough, quality scope for less than you think
Take Dead Aim: Optic options for your gobbler gun
It’s the perfect hunt on the perfect spring morning. The gobbler responds off the roost, and he’s coming. Your setup is ideal.
Bitten by the bird bug
New York a great place to add to your life list
Get your gunbox handy: Sight in your slug guns
Time is now to prepare for gun opener
Duck Calling for Beginners
I don’t remember when I successfully called in my first flock of ducks, but I do remember when I first started to learn how to blow a call.
Outdoor Steward: Outfitting your ATV for field work
Reaping the greatest benefit from your wooded land or other rural property requires employing good stewardship practices
Don't neglect the figure 8
It can be tough to put muskies in the boat. They’re not called “the fish of 10,000 casts” for nothing.
Late-season tactics for spring gobblers
Sweat matted hair and a soaked hat, the silence of the woods only broken by the buzzing of flies signals the frustrations of the latter part of turkey season for so many
The science behind catch and release
I recently had the privilege to attend a lecture on the science of catch and release by Dr. Steven J. Cooke, who is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair of Environmental Science and Biology at Carleton University
Safety tips for spring turkey hunters
Turkey hunting is a safe sport, but it’s important to make safety an integral part of each hunt.
Boat Prep 101
With another open-water fishing season approaching, it’s time to think about getting the boat out of storage and begin the process of prepping it for another year.
Lake Shelbyville
Lake Shelbyville is certainly the center of central Illinois’ outdoors paradise. And the opportunities surrounding the massive area provide anglers, hunters, bikers, birdwatchers and everyone else a year-round playground.
A multi-species approach to mid- and late-ice fishing season locations
Walleyes, bluegills, crappies, and pike face similar constraints as the mid-ice season of February unfolds
Flying high again: Boating industry unveils top models for 2015
New model boats keep the best, update the rest
The traveling hunter: Flying with firearms
Planning, preparation make a difference
2015 Boat Motors. Stylish, quieter and more fuel-efficient
Four strokes still coming on
strong in outboard marketplace
Shed Refresher
If you’ve got a bone-headed antler-retriever, the time to run through a few drills is now
Holiday Gift Guide for the Naughty or Nice
After a season of hunting and fishing, the outdoor enthusiasts in your life are sure to know what gear needs replacing, upgrading, or retiring
A simple minnow-hooking technique for open water or hard-water fishing [Video]
Whether it’s live fatheads or frozen shiners, hooking your minnows the right way produces more strikes from walleyes, perch, crappies, and pike alike.
Butchering Big Game
When you do your own butchering, you know that the meat has been handled with care, and you get the cuts you prefer.
2015 brings more value-priced ATVs, bigger side-by-side UTVs
Manufacturers of traditional ATVs and the increasingly popular side-by-side UTVs are expanding their lineups at both ends of the spectrum.
Take figure-eight to next level with 'Hang Move'
Muskie fishermen who practice figure eights after every cast know the maneuver will increase their catches by around 25 percent each season
Lay Over Walleyes
Anglers love to follow cliches. Many of these cliches get taken as truths and get repeated until nobody ever questions what them
Water temp is key to locating Great Lakes trout, salmon
If there’s one absolute about how water temperatures affect salmon movement in the Great Lakes, it’s that there is absolutely no magic formula for homing in on the hottest bite.
