Tips & Features
James Lindner: Trophy hunting for late open-water walleyes
Trophy walleyes – they’re a part of what keeps us ticking. The anticipation of that next big bite is a feeling rivaled by few others. Anyone who has targeted them knows just how special they
Better to sit or stand when on watch in the deer woods? Staying still is key
Since the eyes of a deer can take in a good bit of woodland landscape with their extra-long pupil, any movement, however slight, such as a hunter turning his head to one side, or swatting
Devising a duck decoy plan: When, where, how many?
Decoys are among the most valuable of waterfowl-hunting tools.
Unless you’re pass-shooting or jump-shooting, they’re essentials. But there’s more to just tossing them out haphazardly. Here are some important things to consider when using
Steve Piatt: Anticipation is great for a return trip to Newfoundland
Newfoundland is one of my favorite places on Earth, and would be even if the Canadian maritime province wasn’t home to the highest density of moose in North America. Honest.
It’s the spectacular landscape,
Silver carp as bait for blue catfish? Trip to Kentucky Lake area offers new insight, tactics
So there was a hitch to an impromptu outing to fish for blue catfish over in the Kentucky Lake area.
Did I mention we had to catch our own bait? Did I mention the
New York Reader Stories: A bloodless trail after a vital shot
It was Thursday, the 9th of November, and I was going over my checklist of everything I needed for my week-long hunting expedition in Schuyler County, N.Y.
I was about ready to place my
Tips for tracking down big muskies in the late fall
Cooling waters in fall trigger muskies to feed so they can bulk up for the approaching winter. For avid muskie fishermen, there may be no better time to seek a giant fish.
To be
Ron Schara: A hunter’s six stages… which stage are you in?
The young Minnesota deer hunter explained: ‘’I saw the doe come out and I raised my gun. But then her two fawns came out. I’m not shooting her.’
The kid is under 14 years
Ryan Rothstein: Ready or not, the ‘grind’ of the rut is here
Despite this fall being incredibly warm and overall deer activity being mostly sluggish as a result, the heart of the whitetail rut is staring down the barrel at us. No matter how insistently the weather
