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Video: Easy steps to finding great whitetail setups
With so much information at our fingertips today as whitetail hunters, it’s easy to take in a ton of information. Sometimes, especially for relatively new hunters, this can lead to a lot of second-guessing in

Concentrating on versatility – video
Versatility and the ability to be able to pivot to a new lure or new location when out on the lake.

For Lake Erie walleyes, drifting is the perfect approach
The water rolls slowly, and even though the fish are hunkered down in some of the lake’s deeper haunts, the angler can almost sense their presence. The walleyes are moving with a quiet, predatory purpose,

Hermits through the history of Wisconsin
Imagine you are hunting from a deer stand when suddenly you notice a man through the woods, just standing and looking your way, dressed in ragged clothes and sporting a long gray beard.
As

A greater appreciation for gar — Illinois’ misunderstood ‘dinosaur fish’
On quiet summer mornings along southern Illinois backwaters, a slow roll near the surface of the water often appears before the fish does. A long shadow gliding between lotus stems. Then a quick gulp of

Here’s how to maximize your success utilizing mock scrapes for whitetails
It’s no secret that trail cameras have changed the way we hunt whitetails. Combine them with mock scrapes so a hunter can “take inventory” of a property, and you have a deadly one-two combination.

Gretchen Steele: The best of both sides of the river at Missouri’s Montauk State Park
The first thing I noticed at Montauk State Park was the water. Cold, impossibly clear, and flowing straight from the spring that gives birth to the famed Current River, it is the kind of water

Colleen Foehrenbacher: A complicated relationship with bowfishing
I have a complicated relationship with bowfishing.
There’s a lot about it that I love: the excitement, the fast pace, the chance to see the underwater world illuminated at night and the challenge of

Glenn Sapir: Family plaque honors anglers past and present
Several plaques adorn the walls of my home office. They are all significant to me for what they represent, but none is more meaningful – or more fleeting – than the one that I might