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Jerry Bush: Being a hunting mentor to a child is a great honor, but it carries great responsibilities
In 1967, at the age of 12, I benefited from a rite of passage when my father purchased my first Pennsylvania hunting license. Dad taught me how to hunt and a few things that helped
There’s plenty of ways to mess up on a spring gobbler; here’s what not to do
There are a lot of ways not to kill a turkey and I have discovered most of them. On the other hand, after more than 60 years of spring turkey hunting, I think I’ve become
New York Reader Stories: Trout streams and the whitetail woods are always calling
The steady and calm flow of the stream sounded like hundreds of marbles rushing down rocks. Watching the tinted water gave me a sense of tranquility, yet left me excited to find what was hiding
In Search of the Good Water, Part 2: Idaho’s quiet streams near Hemingway’s Ketchum, Idaho, resting place
The island was home to a small band of elk during the fall week I was there as a guest writer, and in the evening, you could hear elk bugle as they ventured up the
Oak Duke: Gobbler hunting can be like fishing
Sometimes it is a long time between gobbles for a turkey hunter, kind of like a long time between bites for a fisherman. Our confidence wanes, especially poignant when on an out-of-state hunt.
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Dave Zeug: A delayed opener on Wisconsin’s Brule River was good for this winter-weary angler
For a Brule River trout fisherman in Wisconsin, the traditional first day of spring has been on the last Saturday in March for decades.
It doesn’t matter if there is still 3 feet of
Here’s what to do if you wound a turkey this season
Turkeys are tough. While a well-placed shot with a bow or a shotgun can easily bring down the baddest longbeard on the block, that’s not always a guarantee.
Bad shots happen sometimes. What you
How to scout new fishing spots like a pro – video
When you are looking for information to plan a fishing trip, there are a few online tools that are absolutely essential to finding fishing spots quickly and efficiently. This guide will point you in the
First deer ever shot by 23-year-old is a record velvet whitetail in Minnesota
Kyle Bauer, 23, from Owatonna, Minn., had a couple of weeks he’ll never forget in the middle of September 2023. Bauer married his wife, Hannah, on Sept. 23, then took a weeklong vacation to Costa
