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Kayak fishing keeps gaining in popularity on Minnesota waters
It was 6:30 a.m. on a late-August morning. The sun rose over Lake Minnewashta in Minnesota’s southwest metro. It was already 80 degrees.
Ron Strauss, president of the Minnesota Kayak Fishing Association, stood

Day on the Salmon River in Pulaski, N.Y., does not disappoint
The moon was high and the morning still dark blue as I left my house to drive an hour-and-a-half toward the Salmon River, in Pulaski. There I met my fishing guide for the day, Eric

Jump and gun: A brisk squirrel hunting tactic for these cool November days
The acorn-toting gray squirrel squirted from cover and headed for an old oak 20 yards distant. Soon it appeared on the trunk only a couple feet off the ground. My little single-shot .410 barked and

Western Pennsylvania friends go on 2-year wild-trout quest
When his buddy Mike Munson took up Tenkara fly-fishing in wild-trout streams around his hometown of Jones Mills in Westmoreland County last winter, TJ Platt looked on with interest.
Tenkara is a method of

Shooters, save what’s left of your hearing: Here’s are some steps to take
“Say what?”
If you’ve spent much time at a skeet or trap club, you’ve probably noticed that some older club members speak in a loud voice and ask you to repeat what you just said.

Here’s how to outfit an AR-15 for deer hunting
The AR-15 has earned the title of America’s Modern Sporting Rifle by becoming – far and away – the most popular long gun in the United States today.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates

Dark-to-dark deer: Here’s three things to consider if you’re planning an all-day sit
The whitetail rut is upon us, and with it comes a lot of a rut hunting advice.
One thing you’ll hear from plenty of folks is that this is the part of the season

Are you handling your deer properly? Great venison recipes start with field dressing
Jeff Bontekoe, with his wife Kelly handling the paper work and a few others doing the prepping, has processed many moose, elk, bear, caribou, and deer over the years.
Lots of deer. Bontekoe thinks

It’s important to keep your priorities clear during hunting season
At this point in the year, it is very easy to spend every waking moment in a treestand. Deer hunting can cause people to become singularly focused on antlers and not about the rest of