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Tricks for bagging the swift doves of late summer
For states like Minnesota that hold September dove seasons, the opener offers a new round of days afield for sportsmen.
To successfully hunt doves, you first must find them. Scout early and often. A

Trout baits for catfish? This Ohio guide shows it works
Although I had previously used shrimp while fishing for whatever was biting during a few vacations along Florida’s Atlantic coast, it wasn’t until I went out with a few Sandusky Bay catfish guides that I

When the Romans turned the Circus Maximus into a hunting arena
I’m one of those guys. You know, the kind who thinks about the Roman Empire on a daily basis. That’s been especially true lately because I’ve been working on a trilogy of historical fiction novels

Jeffrey Frischkorn: Take proper care of your hunting companion
Summertime is when the living is intended to be easy or so goes the George Gershwin tune.
That’s also what many gun dog owners say about themselves and their canine hunting buddies. Problem is,

Understand temperature, tricos and terrestrials for late-summer trout in Minnesota’s driftless area
Back in April and May every angler was a hero in Minnesota’s driftless area.
The water temperature was perfect. No weeds to walk through. Hatches were abundant. Caddis were so thick and the fish

How breed loyalty can get us into trouble when it comes to our hunting dogs
We are in the middle of another Game Fair, and if you’ve never been, you should go. This is true for all outdoors-minded folks, but especially so for anyone who has a love of bird

Kristin Ojaniemi: Kids tournaments help hook young Michigan anglers
“There’s pike all around that shore over there. There’s weeds over there but the water is high and you can’t see them right now. But there’s thousands of pike over there.”
As his father

Steve Piatt: A rare outing where we actually had to fish for our limit of Lake Erie walleyes
This was going to be easy.
The hard part – getting on the sometimes-surly Lake Erie – was over. Terry Catlin, of Chemung, N.Y.; my brother-in-law Don Stannard, visiting from Florida; and I were

Late-summer trout fishing is a challenging, but rewarding, pursuit in Pennsylvania
By late summer and into early autumn, most Pennsylvania trout streams have shrunk to their lowest levels of the season. In particularly dry times, some small freestone streams pretty much dry up and become a