Tips & Features
Chasing bunnies with a great beagle on Super ‘Bawl’ Sunday
On a recent February Sunday, while most Americans were gathering piles of unhealthy snacks and choosing a seat to watch the Big Game, Fred Nickel, a beagle named Rufus and I cruised eastern Wisconsin backroads
Top 10 (plus one) lifetime gear investments you can make as a hunter
If you plan to live a hunter’s life, you’ll need to invest in some gear. But not too much!
As Americans, we are inundated with gadgets. If legs, arms, hands, and eyes can do
Dan Ladd: Taking a shot at shotshell reloading
When I took up handloading a few years back, loading shotgun shells was not part of the plan. But then a .410 turkey gun came into my life and with it, TSS No. 9 turkey
Meet Laura Yeates… Bethlehem, Pa.’s ‘queen of the flatheads’
On the Delaware River, Laura Yeates rules.
At 41, Yeates, of Bethlehem, has caught enough big catfish to have earned the title Flathead Queen. It started about six years ago when the father of
Christine Thomas: Hunting northern bobwhite quail in South Carolina
“Brian McCoy used to say that he could predict the weather based on what calls bobwhite quail were using,” said my husband, Stan, as we discussed northern bobwhite quail after our recent trip to South
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Get the lead out for pressured late-season fish
When I’m forced to ice fish a pressured community fishing spot or body of water full of conditioned/pressured fish, I get the lead out. There is no doubt that the majority of ice anglers these
Steve Carney: Inline vs. classic spinning reels over the ice!
There is little doubt that “inline” ice reels are here to stay. The popularity of these new-age rod-and-reel combinations has grown and many of my buddies use them. I remain mildly unconvinced. I have tried
Dean Bortz: The inspiring story of ‘Raga’ and her big 2023 Wisconsin bear
Anyone who has spent some time in the Madison area has likely seen Geraldine Francis Klus bombing around the beltline in her Ford Explorer painted in winter camo and bearing a license plate that simply
Is the .41 Great Lakes wildcat the best straight-wall cartridge yet?
With many states dropping slug-gun requirements in favor of straight-wall rifle cartridges, hunters had four modern calibers from which to choose.
Now there’s a fifth choice, the .41 Great Lakes, developed in Michigan by
