Tips & Features
Wisconsin hunters gather for ruffed grouse at Northwoods’ ‘Checkpoint Charlie’
Tom Heberlein has long trimmed two faint trails through the back end of his Northwoods forty to ease access to the Chequamegon National Forest’s deer, ruffed grouse, snowshoe hares, and even beavers.
In turn,
Battle of the bucks: Now is the time to put those tines together
Clack, clack-ity, clack, clack…clack.
Pause.
“Clack, clack-ity, clack, clack…clack.”
A strange woodland sound drifted up through early November’s trees. I climbed quietly down from of my stand, bow in hand and
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Fine fishing in the fall for all fish species
Fall can offer some of the finest fishing of the entire open-water season for numbers and size alike. Fish move into shallower water during fall to feast.
A vast majority of walleyes will be
The toughest hunts yield the greatest rewards
Over a year’s worth of planning and preparation went into this Alaskan mountain goat hunt, including miles and miles of vertical hikes with a Stone Glacier backpack loaded down with sand and, in the final
Ohio’s autumn crappies in transition mode: Here’s how to catch them
Fall is without a doubt one of the best times to fish for crappies in Ohio, second only to spring in most anglers’ opinion. Some even say fall is best and there is a strong
Take control of buck fever
As most hunters know when a deer appears, especially if it’s a big deer, there is an adrenalin rush that can make us do stupid things especially if we don’t have a highly practiced shooting
After an accident paralyzed one arm, Minnesota high-schooler doesn’t let incident stop his shooting passions
Zach Day loved dirt bike riding as a kid and eventually saved enough money to buy his own bike in high school.
On Aug. 1, 2021, Day went off-roading and looked backward for a
Fall muskies: It’s prime time to go after these big predators
Perseverance is a valuable skill if want to catch muskies in the fall, or anytime for that matter. Steadfast confidence that the time invested will teach you what a muskie is, what it needs from
Understand scrapes, the ‘social media’ of the whitetail world, to up your odds as a hunter
I’ve always been fascinated by the ways in which deer communicate, and there’s no better example of that than scraping behavior. Although whitetails have numerous means of direct communication via grunts, bleats, and more, this
