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Crappies off the bottom: For fall fishing, let your sonar be your guide
I sipped my hot tea and stared at the inexpensive sonar bracketed to the stern. One hand was on the 12-volt tiller but I wasn’t touching a rod.
My partner had his line in

Late October is the time to target for a Pennsylvania public land bird hunt
It is the best time to connect with migrating woodcock in the Northern Tier where we hunt.

An October deer-stand conundrum: Hunt mornings or evenings?
In October, bowhunting for whitetails gets more interesting. Much changes, including food sources, weather, and the coming of the pre-rut. Should you hunt in the morning or evening? What’s your preference?
Here are my

Minnesota’s Pro Tip of the Week: Fall fishing offers fantastic bite
Fall is a fantastic time to troll on any of the rivers. The St. Croix and the Mississippi have hot bites going on No. 7 Shad Raps trolled near the bottom. Plus, the multi-species list

Precision shooting: Handload for increased accuracy and lethality
For very good reason, ammunition assembled in a factory will never match the benchmark attainable for hunters who load cartridges by hand.
The primary goal of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute is

Video: Filling a Minnesota doe tag, and why this location also sets up well for bucks
It has been a warm start to the archery deer season in Minnesota, but temperatures in the mid-30s on the morning of Oct. 7 made for a beautiful day to be in the woods.

Rule the rut: Six tips to make this your best November ever
As I do on any November morning, I walked to my treestand full of hope and excitement. I had an archery deer tag in my pocket, access to a gorgeous farm, and a weather forecast

This fall, drop your tailgate and have a ‘shore lunch’ of wild game
Many years ago, during my eighth-grade summer, my late father went on a fishing trip to the Churchill River in northern Saskatchewan – a vast system of finger lakes and tributaries located in one of

Shotgunning New York whitetails a memorable experience
One early fall day many years ago, a friend asked me if I wanted to spend a weekend with him and his cousin and his cousin’s buddies hunting deer out of their Southern Tier camp