Tips & Features
John Delisle, Sr.: This year, plan to take a girl hunting
Last hunting season, as I walked up the road to our designated meeting place for our annual family Thanksgiving Day hunt, I was pleasantly surprised to find two of my younger grandchildren, standing among our
Laser rangefinders — the trusty tool helping hunters make better shots for 25 years
Hey all you hunting and shooting grandpas (even you grandpas-to-be) take it from this grandpa – laser rangefinders aren’t new fangled, high-tech, or unethical. The first successful consumer model came out in 1999.
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Ryan Rothstein: The fascinating way weather patterns, precipitation impact deer herds
The weather roller coaster continues, and it’s almost mind-bending to take a look back through data and actually see how drastic the swings have been.
Last year, following a record-breaking snowpack and insane winter
From weeds to deep waters, here are tactical tricks for tracking summer walleyes
Weeds can be frustrating to fish; getting snagged or constantly pulling vegetation off hooks doesn’t appeal to most anglers.
If you want to catch supersized smallmouth, you need to target them the right way
A lot of fishermen dream of boating a true 6-pound smallmouth bass. A lot of those same anglers never will. Not only is a 22-inch bronzeback a rare specimen, but they also aren’t prone to
Steve Sarley: Choosing right lure is only half an angler’s job
I’ve spent some time talking about the use of live bait as well as artificial bait.
Personally, I use artificials more than live bait by a ratio of about 9-to-1. I am not averse
In the bluegill world, it’s the dad who guards the spawning nest
With few exceptions, fish aren’t known for their parenting skill, particularly the male side of the species: the fathers.
No need to describe the “I can’t be bothered” nurturing habits of most fish.
Dave Zeug: A .410 is the real deal in the turkey woods
When longtime friend Lon Ziehm talks turkey hunting, I’ve learned to listen.
He’s not only been wickedly successful at hunting public-land turkeys in Wisconsin’s Jackson and Clark counties, he’s always done it with single-shot
Dean Bortz: ‘Schooled’ by my granddaughter on a recent fishing adventure
I like fishing with kids. I was reminded of that the other Monday afternoon when I was able to snag one of the local granddaughters for a couple of hours after school and before bath
