Tips & Features
Still in search of trout in late summer? Here are some tactics
If you spend time out West talking to trout fishermen, you’ll notice a few things. The first is that they are all fly fishers, and if they aren’t, they’ll never admit it.
The second
What’s on the menu for bears? It varies across Minnesota
Bear hunters know that hunting success is usually linked to natural food availability.
In years of a bumper acorn crop, bears that had reliably hit baits prior to hunting season often disappear once acorns
Sportsmen’s clubs remain the ‘backbone of local conservation’ throughout Minnesota
A handful of years back, Tim Olson brought his daughters to Youth Outdoor Activity Day in Alexandria, Minn., thinking it would be a fun way to pass a little time at the end of summer.<br
Don’t forget about puddle hopping for early-season geese
Wisconsin’s early goose season, which runs Sept. 1-15, is ideally suited to puddle-hopping. All you need to do is find private or public ponds, sloughs, marshes, and small rivers that geese are using.
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Steve Carney: Find the sweet spot for summer weedbed walleyes
It’s amazing how on the same body of water, you can catch super-deep walleyes and also walleyes swimming in shallow weedbeds. I’m convinced that there are separate populations of deep and shallow walleyes on most
Any reason to own a 10-gauge for waterfowl anymore, or are they simply overkill?
With the trend in waterfowl guns moving toward the small bores, it’s fair to ask if there’s any reason for anyone to shoot a 10-gauge anymore.
Browning recently discontinued the last two production 10-gauges
Back bars and side bars offer many benefits for today’s archery hunters
Stabilizers are synonymous with archery, but especially within the competitive target scene; the hunting side of things has always seemed to slip by the wayside.
Any seasoned bowhunter has more than likely noticed the
Minnesota Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: During summer, keep your catch fresh
After water temps dipped into the 70s following a 7- to 10-day cooldown, it now appears water temps will remain high for the next week or so. During the hot days ahead, adding a block
Patrick Durkin: Smallies get more doubt than love on anglers’ menus
During summer fishing trips to Canada in the 1990s, my wife never assumed we would catch enough fish before noon to feed our three daughters shore-lunch on the nearest island. So, we never left the
