Tips & Features
Steve Carney: Tips for using a deer decoy in late November
This is the time of the deer-hunting season when I pull out my doe decoy that I’ve named “Bess.” She rests comfortably in my pole building all season, and then, when the whitetail rut arrives,
Ice-line technology: How’s it different from open-water lines?
You could point to a host of technological advances that in recent decades have redefined the sport of ice fishing. New batteries let you power electronics all day long, and probably longer.
The electronics themselves
Ice fishing rods and reels for panfish – video
Breakdown of go-to rod/reel setups for crappies and bluegills this ice fishing season. Some new options to check out and some old standbys as well.
101-year-old Pennsylvania hunter has a ‘tremendous drive’
Pennsylvania’s Ray Swingle passed the one century mark Oct. 9 by shooting an eight-point buck with a 17.75-inch spread on the Susquehanna County farm where he was born.
He’d hoped to bag the deer
Gearing up for Autumn Roosters
While I can’t back up the following statement with hard data, I would bet my favorite shotgun on this as truth: More than 80% of the roosters ever shot in North America have been bagged
For our Underappreciated Grasslands, we can do better
I stood on a rise overlooking a sweeping cattle ranch in west-central South Dakota. The Missouri River pulsed and churned not far away. A flock of regal pintails wheeled in the distant sapphire sky. A
How to pull together a good firearms deer hunt before the final buzzer sounds
Any hunter with a few seasons under his or her belt knows that the odds of filling that buck tag drop like a rock as the closing bell nears. The pressure puts deer underground, where
Winter’s best-kept secret: Downsizing lures for lethargic walleyes
There is an expression in the ice-fishing world that states if you want to catch a big fish, you need to use big lures.
However, this is not always true. In the heart of
Tips on Tracking Down Big Late Fall Muskies
To be more successful, two Northwoods guides who consistently put their clients onto huge muskies encourage anglers to be stealthy and precise in their presentations. Both guides primarily rely on live-bait fishing, namely quick-strike-rigged suckers,
