Tips & Features
Oak Duke: Hunt on a crosswind to kill your buck
We were told, back in “the day,” that to be successful a deer hunter had to “play the wind.” Follow that maxim, and we would have the best opportunity or chance when on stand/still-hunting deer.
Got a hankering to build a wooden canoe? Here’s how to do it
“The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity, the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of
Ice fishing from a hot tent gives winter anglers freedom to roam
I’ve been using hot tents in the backcountry for years. Call it romanticizing, but there’s something special about watching smoke roll from your chimney after a long, cold day of fishing and hunting. The inner
What hunters should know about the top modern ammo innovations
Long necks. Long bullets. And fast twist barrels to stabilize them. That’s what’s new in hunting ammunition.
If you’re a hunter with more than a few seasons in your rear-view mirror, you may be
Think outside the box to catch up with pressured bucks
Rustling leaves can be deceiving… another squirrel. A stick snapping signals something much heavier. The rhythm in the leaves causes my heart to pound from adrenalin. It has to be a deer approaching. Clutching the
Tom Pink: Hunting Michigan’s small game is no small endeavor
Duck season has been open for nearly a month, and normally that’s about all I’m thinking about or doing at this time of year. But while I enjoy every single opportunity that is available to
Wisconsin reader stories: “Jake the fake” pulls in fall gobblers too
Yeah I know, hunting turkeys in the fall is not quite the same as the spring hunt. It’s lacking that unique trait known as gobbling. Still, fall turkey hunting can be an exciting and rewarding
Mike Schoonveld: Fishing via vintage reels
saw a post on social media recently made by a person who had found a box of old fishing reels that he and his dad had used years ago for salmon and trout on Lake
Fall fishing New York’s Lake Ontario tributaries
As most charter boats have ended their season on Lake Ontario, you can still target staging salmon and brown trout with smaller boats. Obviously, you need a boat capable of trolling safely on the lake.
