Tips & Features
Seeking cottontails in the late season
In the late season, key areas of rabbit habitat hunters find productive are within groves of pines where there is ground cover.
Hunting down Memory Lane with a 16-gauge
It’s hard for me to believe that my dad has been gone for nearly 30 years, but that will be the case in 2024. If he were still alive, we would have celebrated his 85th
Minnesota man epitomizes the heart of a duck hunter
Parkinson’s disease does not keep Roger McNear of Cambridge from continuing to pursue his passion for waterfowling.
5-year-old’s first time ice fishing always an adventure, even without a hot bite
On a recent afternoon, I was reminded young kids don’t have to catch fish to have fun ice fishing, as long as they have snacks and someone willing to build snow forts, throw snowballs at,
To freeze and refreeze: a wild-game dilemma
Sometimes a package of game meat would be thawed and not used, which I promptly put back into the freezer to use at a later date.
Enjoy the journey of your hunting pursuits over the harvest
Dedicated people volunteer to be hunting, trapping, and fishing mentors to kids. But are we teaching the proper message to our would-be hunters, trappers, and anglers?
Tune up your e-scouting skills for better 2023 hunting success
Off-season scouting with the use of an app like onX Hunt, HuntWise, or others won’t allow you to score big game the day you’re scouting, but they can help you fill a tag when the
Reflecting on 30 years in the business of New York’s outdoors
While sipping on some egg nog over the holidays I realized that 2023 will mark 30 years that I’ve been in the outdoor writing business. I’ve seen and learned so much along the way.
Bobber stops: an off-season DIY tackle project
If there’s one thing the Green Movement has right, it’s “reuse, reduce, recycle.” But in some ways, many anglers have been living by this slogan for decades.
Years ago, I discovered a great way
