Tips & Features
Mild temperatures make for a great chance to tackle winter whitetail habitat projects
I’ve been trying lately to chip away at a deer hunt here and there, aiming for another doe to fill the freezer while holding onto dwindling hope for an ever-more-elusive mature buck.
Not helping
Oak Duke: Some advice for filling a late-season deer tag in New York
Gone are the early archery days… falling leaves, mild times, along with opening day of gun season and all its camaraderie logged now in the Book of Past Memories.
Now the page is
Ben Moyer: The cycling rewards of deer hunting include ushering in a new hunter
Deer hunting’s rewards are diverse. At its core is the individual’s vigil, watching the woods for deer. The moment you first see a deer, followed by those as you witness grace and beauty that you
Spoon-fed: Here’s when and what to use when it comes to ice fishing with spoons
Spoons. If you were to look through any old angler’s tackle box, be it an open-water collection or a hardwater collection, you will more than likely find spoons.
Spoons play a huge part in
Don’t ignore deeper water for Michigan’s first-ice panfish
Ice anglers wait anxiously for first ice, knowing it’s one of the best times to catch bluegills.
Anglers predictably gather off weed edges where they last made big catches in the fall. That can
Savvy techniques for catching crappies on the ice
For a moment, this silver-sided crappie glistened like the cold winter sun and the early morning reflection on the ice.
Fresh from the frozen lake, the crappie was a feather in my cap. It
At 102, Minnesota’s Kenneth Larson reflects on a century of life, hunting and fishing
A week in the life of Kenneth Larson can be pretty busy. You’ll find him playing cards with friends two days a week. He’ll also be playing games with other friends two days a week.<br
Jeffrey Frischkorn: America is a nation of riflemen
I walk past the parked steel gun cabinet more frequently that I prefer – much more frequently, in fact.
Indeed, my movements shadow what was easily the preferred place to pull out a firearm:
Mike Schoonveld: Cisco fishing can be easy, but not always
Just when I thought I had it figured out, I found out there’s more to cisco fishing at Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay than I thought!
It reminds me of the time an acquaintance told
