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Pro Hunting Tip of the Week: Ducks keep flaring? Fix the problem
Many times, I’ve seen ducks come back to a field to feed, lock their wings as they see the decoys, and then flare hard at about 100 yards out. We’ll see hunters get up from

Despite hearing issues, the bond between these hunting partners one to be treasured
Grouse hunting is an art and the canvas is truly unique around every bend, up every knoll, and beside every stream.
This outdoor adventure usually begins the second week of September in Michigan and

Best tactics for fall walleyes, part 2 – video
Joel Nelson, Tom Huynh, Dusty Minke, Donnie O’Bert, Brian Brosdahl, and Tom Neustrom share their top presentations for walleyes in fall.

Streamers and Pennsylvania trout stream comes to life for author
A natural trellis arches over this section of Cross Fork Creek, the latticework structurally formed by interlocking tree branches, mostly hemlocks but also white pine, sycamores and a few scrubby maples hardly worth mentioning.

Early muzzleloading season in New York’s Northern Zone: A perfect time to be in the woods
There is a watch on one of our Adirondack deer drives that produces a buck nearly every year, sometimes more than one. Uncharacteristically, it’s a small clearing surrounded on three sides by thick brush, which

Can’t find the deer you shot? A new tracking group in southeastern Minnesota is part of a growing network
Lisa Gargulak missed the first call. She didn’t feel her smartphone vibrate in her jacket pocket.
Who could blame her? She was sitting comfortably in a deer stand, on a crisp, sun-splashed, near-perfect morning

Fishing mistakes: I’ve made (more than) a few, and it’s best to admit it
I’ve made plenty of mistakes during my career as a fisherman. It’s not easy to admit to being wrong about anything, but I’m a stand-up guy and I’ll suffer any slings and arrows I receive

Coho salmon fishing, beauty of Mendenhall Glacier highlights of Alaskan trip
If there’s anything more exciting than the call of, “Fish on!” it has to be, “Two fish on!”
Battling two coho salmon at the same time by father and son was a highlight of

Trail-camera traps: Try these three early-season, off-the-path ideas
When it comes to trail camera placement, hunters often lean hard on the usual suspects. Field and food plot edges are obvious spots. Logging or access roads that wind their way through the woods also