Tips & Features
Quick and easy electric fillet knife crappie tutorial – video
If you own an electric fillet knife (or have been considering purchasing one) and you ever fillet crappies, you’ll want to check out this video.
Steve Carney: For older eyes, try larger sight pins on your bow; and an update on Minnesota’s first ice fishing
As I age, my eyesight isn’t what it used to be. I’ve been using the standard, .019 sight pins on my bows for decades, but it is time for a change.
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Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Patience is key during early ice season
Early ice provides many opportunities for ice anglers. I’m a fan of the run-and-gun method, but most of my early-ice success comes from being patient.
Late-season bow hunting means having a plan to withstand tough conditions
As the end of New York’s regular (rifle) deer seasons comes to a close, plenty of opportunities await for some late-season bowhunting. However, planning can bring an array of things to consider, especially knowing that
From mines to the metro, here are some hard-water opportunities for inland trout in Minnesota
The winter trout season may not draw the fanfare and hoopla of the spring walleye opener in Minnesota, but try telling that to a devoted cadre of hardcore, hard-water anglers. Although most ice-fishing opportunities exist
Patrick Durkin: Hunting camp’s legends, memories live on
When walking around a dead man’s hunting camp, each glance and every step seems to stir up old stories, memories, and unasked questions from decades-long friendships.
When the day ends and you’re back at
Novice hunter’s perseverance pays off during Wisconsin gun season
Ironically, when the buck of a lifetime wandered by his Washburn County deer stand on the second day of the Wisconsin nine-day gun season, Minneapolis, Minn., resident Cody Chamberlain was reading the book, Undaunted Courage.<br
Patrick Durkin: Hot tip from the grave doesn’t mesh with actual hunting trip to Idaho’s Panhandle
A death-bed confession of sorts inspired Logan Hyrkas to organize a hunt for mountain deer in Idaho’s Panhandle during the first half of November.
The hot tip originated something like this: Hyrkas, 31, chatted
A downer duck season overall in Minnesota ends with a bang
Waterfowling is not supposed to be like bowhunting, where for every successful day there are plenty that have zero action. Unfortunately, Minnesota duck hunters just finished enduring a season so filled with down days that
