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Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Gear up before winter ice arrives
The St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show is Dec. 6-8 at St. Paul RiverCentre. It’s the premier place to see all of the new products for the upcoming ice season. You can also

Is it ever too cold to hunt your dog? The answer involves many factors
A few weeks ago, sipping black coffee at my desk around 6 a.m., an email dropped into my inbox from an address I didn’t recognize.
It was from a reader who lives in southeastern

Steve Carney: A well-deserved bow buck, and a great Minnesota fall walleye bite
My longtime hunting buddy, Paul Schutte, of Annandale, Minn., just celebrated his 70th birthday. He almost didn’t reach this milestone after he suffered a major stroke last fall.
Paul spent the entire year rehabilitating,

17-year-old Illinois bowhunter gets the buck he’s been after through many zigs and zags
His history with the deer includes a missed shot, a long period of “ghosting” and tons of evidence suggesting that even celebrities can turn camera shy.
Kelton Ryan on Nov. 10 finally harvested the

Pennsylvania reader stories: Bird dog saves the day by finding a buck
Oct. 30 was my grandson’s 15th birthday, it was also one of my most wild days of emotion, but not because of my grandson’s birthday.
I was up at my cabin in West Field,

Video: Rebounding from a bad shot during the whitetail rut
I was set up in my hunting saddle on a crisp Nov. 4 morning as a light wind blew my scent over the river from a tree that was overlooking a funnel between bedding areas.

December fishing in Michigan can mean open water and hungry fish
December is the exact opposite of March; it comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. Or does it?
If the current weather pattern stays the course, we’ll more likely be

Celebrating 50 years of Pennsylvania’s flintlock season
Sneaking along the ridge, snow crunched under the young man’s boots. A gust of wind swept right through his coat, chilling him to the bone. He adjusted his collar, pulling it against the cold.

Slow down and let your dogs work for roosters
In life, patience is a virtue. In hunting, it’s often a necessity.
Deer hunters know this. Waterfowl hunters do, too. For some reason, a lot of pheasant hunters have missed the memo. This costs