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Five keys to finding and catching more walleyes this spring
Minnesota’s fishing opener arrives on May 9 and along with it comes a great sense of anticipation. When it comes to participation, the opener is a big deal. For many, this is one of the

Tom Venesky: Young hunter creates lasting memory during Nancy’s Vision Turkey Hunt in Pa.
Brantley Yoder tried to be modest when asked what it was like to harvest his first gobbler, but the 10-year-old’s grin gave him away.
Yoder, who is from Delaware, served as the “ambassador” for

Ohio buck from Wyandot County had some unique character
Matt Malone is a relative newcomer to deer hunting but the buck he shot last November will be a tough one to top.
Malone, back on Nov. 1, shot a nice 10-point buck with

How to catch crappies all spring – video
Breaking down exactly where crappies go during pre-spawn, spawn, and post-spawn – and how to catch them in each phase, including the best lure and bait presentations for each phase.

Fighting hybrid cattails with fire proves tough, underscoring the need for expertise
This is not a story of a successful habitat restoration. Instead, this is a chronicle of a less-than-totally-successful operation in which, nevertheless, lessons were learned.
In the middle of Crow Wing County, Minn., land

Trout stocked in April are harder to catch in May; here’s how to adjust
It can be almost too easy to catch trout during the first couple of weeks after stocking occurs. Most trout fin for a week or two, often visible, in the same pool or very near

Ron Schara: Opening day tips aplenty… maybe too many
I’m getting confused.
Again. Happens every countdown to Minnesota’s famed fishing opener, which is May 9 this year. This is when social media blows up with how-to-catch-walleyes advice ahead of the opener. Fish shallow.

Looking back on the glory days of hunting in the backcountry of Northern New York
One evening when we were hunting at West Canada Lake one of the guys mentioned that he would like to revisit the site of an old lumber camp at Twin Lakes where he had spent

Examining a century-old snapshot of Wisconsin’s outdoors
A procrastinator is defined as someone “who delays or puts off things that should be done in a timely manner.” I could be a poster child for the word, at least until I run out