Tips & Features
Be willing to move stand locations this season to fill more deer tags
A friend owns several hundred acres of land and, insists on hunting from the same tree stand every season. Sometimes he’s successful; sometimes he’s not.
In my opinion, the times he fails to
Ryan Rothstein: Don’t sleep on October cold fronts
The more things change, the more things stay the same, or so the phrase goes. While I’m not necessarily a subscriber to that philosophy, there’s no doubt it rings true for certain aspects of the
Oak Duke: The dreaded October lull; what is it?
Myth or reality? Each and every whitetail archery season during October, bowhunters report a lull, or slow time when activity and deer, mainly buck sightings, drop off.
Some bowhunters even quit hunting, saying, “I’ll
Going solo or with a buddy after bears in New York? Here are keys to success
Taking a black bear is considered quite a feat in New York, since the average rate of success usually runs below 2%.
The methods of how to hunt them vary, but the most consistent
Steve Piatt: Eight is probably not enough when it comes to Labs
Her AKC-registered name is “Sayre Hill’s Eight is Enough,” a laughable take on the fact that Molly is the eighth Labrador retriever over the years to enter our home.
Laughable, because we know there
Steve Carney: Minnesota duck season begins with a whimper, and some early archery success
My second hunt location this season was on a private slough in the heart of so-called duck country in the northwest, and the results were the same: poor. This beautiful slough was not hunted on
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Fall-like weather keeps the fish biting
Is it fall? The calendar tells us it’s fall, but our thermometers are telling us otherwise. With the warm water and air, do fish still go into their fall patterns? Yes!
Bill Thornley: An old hunter has seen it all – and it still looks good
Out in the hills an old hunter checks his treestand as September moves into October. The hunter feels a stir of excitement as he spots a nice buck along the trail. He hopes to spot
How to smoke wild game for mouthwatering meat
When people think about smoked meats, most folks think about beef and pork and maybe some chicken or turkey. We think about briskets, ribs, pork butts, long, slow cook times and low heat. We also
