Tips & Features
Better in November and December? How to locate ruffed grouse in the late season
For the versatile hunter, October has much to offer – ducks, geese, bowhunting for deer. That’s the reason I tend to wait for late November and December to seriously hunt ruffed grouse.
December grouse
Reader stories: ‘Still-hunting’ at 80
The title to this story is a play on words, still-hunting is walking slowly, quietly through woods.
As I approach my 80th birthday, I continue to get out of bed at 5 a.m. to
A close look at Hornady’s new .22 ARC cartridge
My favorite coyote rifle is a Remington 700 Varmint Special chambered in .22-250. It is accurate and dependable, but it is also long and heavy. And as a bolt action, it’s not as practical when
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.
