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Ohio Trailblazers: Pay attention to the fish pattern to catch more steelhead
John Breedlove’s mother once told him that he was the most observant person she knew.
That type of personality helps when you’re a serious steelhead fisherman as Breedlove has become known in Ohio’s Mahoning

Michigan’s midwinter angling is made for panfish through the ice
With most lakes locked up tight this year, anglers can dial in some excellent panfish fishing on southwest Michigan lakes like Gull, Gun, and the Randall Lake chain, according to Michigan DNR fisheries biologist Brian

Catching smelt through the ice – video
A simple method for catching lots and lots of rainbow smelt to use for bait or even a meal.

New York Reader Stories: Teaching kids how to hunt is a father’s gift
“You’d better get up here! The deer are running stupid.”
If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard it a hundred times. From the third week in October till the first week in December, those

Glenn Sapir: Shed hunting an opportunity to “deer hunt” after official seasons have closed
In the fall and early winter, hunters are looking for deer wearing an impressive set of antlers. In the months that follow, an increasing number of outdoorsmen and women are looking for those same antlers

Tom Bahti: You can get well in a hurry on sharptails
It was my friend and writer Tom Davis who once told me: “When you’re hunting sharp-tailed grouse, you can get well in a hurry.” I’m not sure that he came up with that saying himself,

Approach carefully with a plan for public-land bunnies
It’s easy to be dismissive of hunting where it’s bound to be a challenge, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some good opportunities out there on public land.
One such opportunity that gets almost

Nebraska provides exciting winter waterfowling action
The 2024 Minnesota waterfowl season left me unsatiated – a feeling that nagged at me until I began planning an out-of-state waterfowling foray.
Just like many other Minnesota waterfowlers, the myriad days of stagnant

Jeremiah Haas: Tips for finding shed antlers during a mild winter
Shed antler hunting is a great excuse to get back out in the woods and get a small piece of that animal you were pursuing earlier in the year. Once in awhile, you get a