Hook and Bullet
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Game Fair opening weekend set for Aug. 9-11
The 43rd annual Game Fair’s first weekend of fun for the whole hunting family will be Aug. 9-11. A second weekend of festivities is Aug. 16-18 at Armstrong Ranch Kennels in Ramsey. Game Fair hours
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: ‘Unsticking’ the line-counter reel ‘odometer’
With all the dust in the air and simple wear and tear to a line counter, the line “odometer” can get sticky and become hard to read. Sometimes the first number reads 0 or 1
New archery range opens in Upper Peninsula’s Sands Township
Thanks to the dedicated efforts of longtime members of a Marquette archery club and generosity of a number of area businesses, a 14-target archery range is now up and running near the Marquette County Fairgrounds
Bob Gwizdz: Beating the brush is part of the experience when going after Michigan’s brook trout
There are guys who are bass fishermen and guys who are walleye fishermen and guys who are muskie fishermen, and though most of them will fish for other species given the circumstances, most will tell
Tips for squirrel hunters as opener nears in Illinois
The telltale black stains around its mouth told me that the squirrel I had just shot was hitting the walnuts. Finding the motherload tree or stand can provide the lucky hunter with season-long action.
Outdoor museum and education center opens in Clare, Michigan, highlighting hunting as conservation
The ribbon was cut and the doors opened officially on July 24 at the 16,400-square-foot Jay’s & Webber Wildlife & Education Center in Clare. The center is adjacent to the 90,000-square-foot Jay’s Sporting Goods on
Mentored hunting program changes in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting, gave final approval to a measure that will allow mentors hunting with a mentored youth to accompany up to two additional hunters, be they mentored youth, junior
Michigan shed hunter kills black bear in self defense
Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Nelson from Norway, Mich., killed a black bear in self defense while looking for shed antlers this past spring.
Nelson shot the bear with a CPX2 9 mm handgun that he has
A little love for the coot
It was a Monday like most Mondays during waterfowl season for the past decade. I hunted the Shiawassee State Game Area southwest of Saginaw, Mich. Ducks weren’t flying, even though the day started out rainy
