Tips & Features
Shot sizes for every part of the waterfowl season: Here’s what to consider
If you go to any major retailer and try to find steel shot for waterfowl hunting, you’re likely to find BB, 2, and 4 shot. Maybe.
These limited options oftentimes leaves you in a
Trapping tips: Here’s how to catch the crafty raccoon
Almost every New York State trapper has an ample raccoon population available to trap. That said, the raccoon often becomes the staple of the trapline or a trapper’s first catch. Here are a few techniques
‘Eat local’ ethic grows: Minnesotan heads to England for a venison-processing class
Thanks to a venison-butchering course he took earlier this year, Minnesota outdoorsman Mark Weber is ready to process his own deer like a pro. That course’s name, “Deer in a Day,” is pretty straight-forward. Its
The art of winging it: Here’s what to target when a new deer-hunting trip presents itself
Those who know me would tell you I have a bad habit of floating wherever the wind takes me when it comes to deer hunting. There’s a running joke that if you need anything from
Just one lure to save your life: What would you choose?
I was once fishing for muskies with Spence Petros when he showed me a rod he had rigged up with an 8-inch Lindy Tiger Tube. It’s a soft plastic lure that has a huge treble
Cacklin’ in a crowd: Tips for early-season pheasant hunting
Early-season pheasant hunting is so full of hope it’s almost electrifying. Yet, the reality of full parking lots, blaze orange bobbing through your favorite fields, potentially warm weather, and oceans of standing corn can short-circuit
Your first western deer hunt? Here are critical rules for success
It’s a somewhat hopeless feeling, realizing how greatly the odds are stacked against you. I’ve hunted the Great Plains states enough to know that getting within archery range of any deer seems like an insurmountable
Trick or Treat: Halloween can be a magical time of year in the whitetail woods
It was four days before Halloween, and I still hadn’t located anything that alerted me to the presence of bucks beginning to show themselves with any regularity. I would use the day to cover as
Bucks teach us something with every close encounter
Bowhunters who find consistent success learn something valuable from every big buck they encounter. A hunter can take some solace in that, but it doesn’t make it much easier to stomach in the moment when
