Tips & Features
Creating the ‘million-dollar’ fishing lure, Part 1
You’ve been working on an idea for a new crankbait. Slaving away in your basement, you’ve been able to make a crude sample that shows some promise but needs a little “tweak” or two to
South Dakota doesn’t disappoint for an autumn cast and blast
Brilliant sunlight illuminated the horizon as I pulled my cell phone out of a jacket pocket to check the time.
“Legal shooting time,” I uttered to my buddy, Mike, lying in a makeshift layout
Memories from a ‘wannabe duck hunter’
While rearranging tools and lawn-care gear in our backyard shed last week, I paused to inspect the duck and goose decoys stacked high and wide along the shed’s south wall.
My hand-crafted decoys aren’t
Use water to maximize your hunting success this whitetail season
Water can be a hindrance when trying to get to a good hunting spot. It can also be the key to success. Sometimes it’s both on the same day.
Mucky swamps, marshes, bogs and
How to target the bucketmouths of November
For most Minnesota anglers, bass are the boys of summer. Think bass and you think muggy mornings and long, sun-shot summer evenings. Topwater frogs in the lily pads, or deep weed edges and crankbaits when
Dominate the night with thermal hunting optics
Night hunting has undergone some significant changes in the early decades of the 21st century thanks, in large part, to the advancements in thermal and night vision optics.
We’ve gone from hunters slogging through
Father and son hunt Minnesota deer opener for 50th time together
As the Minnesota firearms deer opener rolls around again on Saturday, Nov. 8, a father-and-son duo know where they’re hunting and who they’re hunting with as this year’s opener marks the 50th opener of hunting
Largemouths and smallmouths in a short sprint from Ohio to Michigan
St. Clair Shores, Mich. —“I’m going to do some R & D tomorrow. Meet me at the 9 Mile ramp at 8:00 if you want to go.”
That text came across my phone as
Don’t make these mistakes this rifle deer season
Whitetails are everywhere in Pennsylvania and most states across the country, making it easy for hunters to become complacent and overconfident. Don’t let common mistakes diminish the odds of filling a tag this hunting season.
