Hook and Bullet
Changing fishing line is a matter of time and money
You might be wondering if it is absolutely necessary to change your fishing line at the beginning of a new season. That depends on a lot of factors. If you ask a professional fisherman, you
Hass family receives Minnesota Deer Hunters Association awards for generations of volunteering
The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association held its 36th annual state banquet in late February, and during this banquet, the group presented Forkhorn Achievement awards as well as MDHA Distinguished Service awards.
Little did John,
Cash: a bird dog’s bold journey to confidence
In 2018, my fox-red Labrador, Luna, was getting on in age, so I decided it was time to search out a companion retriever for her.
Looking back, there is no doubt my subconscious spurred
Cold water, hot bite: Early-season walleye tactics and techniques
By nature, walleyes become super aggressive shortly after the rigors of spawning season. Their hard work is over, and they start looking to recover, which means heavy feeding.
From an angler’s standpoint, that means
A casual way to search for shed antlers
I’ve found a few whitetail antler sheds over the years, but I wouldn’t call myself a shed hunter. Usually, when it happens, I blunder into one while trolling for spring gobblers, the find sometimes a
Breaking down jighead color for walleyes – video
When it comes to choosing a color for walleyes, sometimes it really doesn’t seem to matter at all. But other times, getting that color dialed in can be a true game-changer.
Pennsylvania Game Commission boosts doe tags by 147,000 for 2023-24
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their quarterly meeting here April 15, voted to increase the number of antlerless deer licenses available to hunters this year by 147,000.
Commissioners announced that 1,095,000 antlerless deer licenses will
The ultimate trout adventure: Backwoods brookies
I got into backwoods trout fishing after reading an article in a national outdoors magazine about a couple of state biologists who hiked into a remote pond in what is now the Siamese Ponds Wilderness
Reader Story: Memories of smelt hunting in Wisconsin’s Frog Bay
Every April it was the same thing. “You should come on up with us smelt hunting,” the guys would say. “It’s a good time.”
“I’ll think about,” I said those first couple of years
