Tips & Features
What’s to become of your hunting and fishing gear? Ideas to help ensure it goes to those who appreciate it
What will your family and friends say when you’re gone? If you’re reading this, chances are you have sporting equipment and treasures around your home that are not only valuable, but to you, precious treasures.
Chasing early-season bluegills in clear water of West Lake Okoboji a challenge worth pursuing
For years, ice fishermen from across the Midwest have traveled to northwest Iowa’s West Lake Okoboji to sight fish the finicky bluegills for which West Okoboji is so famous. Late ice toward the end of
Interested in buying hunting land? Here’s how to locate your dream of a game-rich paradise
Among the many benefits of being a hunter in the United States is the ability to find public land relatively close to home on which to target deer, ducks, grouse, pheasants, and other game and
Early ice fishing tips – video
Brad Hawthorne ventures onto early Minnesota ice and shares a few tips for finding and catching walleyes on first ice.
Steve Carney: Light and noise will kill walleye action on thin ice
So far, the early ice-fishing season has featured clear ice and no snow cover. Warm temps have hindered ice making in some areas, but it looks like the clear-ice scenario will really take off now
To become a better shooter, take the time to understand “minute of angle”
If you’ve got a minute, I might be able to help you understand – and appreciate – MOA. But be forewarned: I’m going to beat this dead horse several ways because not all of us
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Try shallow points for early-winter success
I absolutely love early ice! It’s amazing how shallow fish can be this time of year. I generally will start very shallow for most species. I seek out shallow weed flats or bays that have
Ice Auger 101: A beginners guide to help choose which auger is right for you
Not everyone out there has used a power ice auger, or even a hand auger, to drill a hole in the ice. Recognizing the fact that a lot of folks are just starting out, here
Hunting with Wisconsin’s ‘duck whisperers’ offers glimpse at unique calling style
Most waterfowl hunters buy a commercially-made wood or composite duck or goose call to attract their favorite species into shotgun range.
However, some hunters actually use an old-fashioned mouth-calling technique to bring in birds.
