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Ryan Rothstein: Be ready to burn more boot leather to find sheds this year
I’d be lying if I said I’m a diehard shed hunter, but I’ve also done it enough to know a thing or two about locating bone discarded this winter by whitetail bucks. Every spring, I

James Lindner: Catfish and whitefish are great options on late ice
Although game-fish seasons are closed across much of the Ice Belt, there are still plenty of opportunities left for ice fishing. Panfish, including crappies, bluegills, and perch, certainly receive the lion’s share of fishing pressure

Glenn Sapir: There was something special about a New York trout opener
I’ll admit that black bass are my favorite freshwater fish to pursue. It wasn’t always like that. At one time, stream trout fishing was tops on my list, and it was about now, in early

A day behind a beagle hunting bunnies is hard to beat
“This is kind of a gentleman’s hunt,” said houndsman Mark Beres, a grin spanning ear-to-ear. “Though no one ever accused me of being a gentleman.”
It’s a crisp February day at Walking Iron County

Steve Carney: Singing the big-perch blues from Minnesota, and a pike nails a transducer
There is no doubt that Minnesota’s perch fishing is below average when compared with that of some other states. Some social media posts of huge perch that I see often are from Michigan, Wisconsin, and

Knowing the right and wrong time to shoot is vital for turkey hunters
As soon as I pulled the trigger on the head-bobbing tom, I knew I had missed – again! Over the years I’ve missed a total of five longbeards. Not bad for more than four decades

Christine Thomas: Running with the ‘red bulls’ is great fun
“Jack said it was 40 inches,” Teresa Keating texted me. “It was a beast.”
This story starts when I was making travel arrangements to go to the Ducks Unlimited (DU) winter board meeting in

Dan Ladd: Range time now equals success in the fall
Judging from the correspondence I have with sportsmen who are my age, or older, vision is an ongoing issue and one that affects the way we go about things in the outdoors. This is especially

Are premium turkey decoys worth the big bucks you pay for them?
During the past half-decade or so, ultra-realistic decoys have taken over the turkey, deer, and waterfowl markets. This upper-end category of decoys comes with upper-end price tags, and a lot of folks might be wondering