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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some brook trout gems in June
If there’s a prettier fish than a native brook trout, I’d like to see it. The worm-like markings (aka “vermiculations”) on the olive back provide the perfect back drop for the red spots and blue-edged

A back-to-the-basics approach often produces fish
How often have you wondered why fish aren’t biting? Were you frustrated with lack of fishing success? Did you switch baits? Maybe we should revert back to basic fishing tactics for success. After all, sometimes

Tom Bahti: Hunting camps are special places shared with special people
Hunting camps are all different, but they are also all the same. They are places where the adventures begin, and that life-long love affair with hunting and the outdoors gets its start.
It might

Father’s Day gift guide for the outdoors dad who thought he had everything
Keep Dad safe when he’s entering or leaving the boat with Ezee Step’s sturdy and safe step system along with a grab pole that makes even launching solo a breeze. Skip putting on waders to

Here are the best ways to dodge danger in snake country
Four of us were heading to the spot where prairie dogs had built a hefty community and the landowner needed them thinned. Halfway there, we heard the telltale sound of a rattlesnake, and – with

Bob Gwizdz: The secret to catching big trout? Just keep fishing
I’ve been trying to come up with an approach to trout fishing the past few years that maximizes the opportunity to catch big fish.
I’ve considered about every variable that plays into the equation

Wisconsin Wildlife Federation honors George Meyer for his advocacy of threatened greater prairie chickens
George Meyer might be retired, but he’s not tired. Well, at least not too tired after 50 years of working conservation causes to challenge what conservation groups see as inadequacies in a proposed 9,000-acre solar

Jeffrey Frischkorn: Getting bullish over bullheads
Nature is loaded with not-quite eureka moments, little items of common things that most of us let simply pass by our view as uninteresting.
That is, of course, until a hint of sorts sets

Spring turkey harvest in Illinois hits record levels for second straight year
Illinois DNR Wild Turkey Project Manager Luke Garver gave himself plenty of wiggle room this winter when sharing his vague forecast for the spring hunting season.
“Being an optimist, I’m predicting the 2025 season