Pheasant Hunting: The Hand Grenade Hunt
For the old time, bird hunter, preserve hunting always has had a faint taint to it, but that’s a bum rap.
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The Bushy-Tailed Pest
Squirrels provide endless entertainment, but they also are a great game animal!
READ MORE ›Squirrel Hunting: THE Best Game
You could make a pretty good case that squirrels offer the finest stand hunting of any North American game.
READ MORE ›Duck Calls: A Fascinating History
Hunter prowess with a duck call has gotten to be a matter of pride like
being able to bowl strikes or spit for distance. Here are some interesting tidbits about the origination of duck calls, and some tips on how to use them.
A Knife: A Guy’s Best Friend
I feel naked without my pocketknife, the only difference being that I don’t get arrested for public indecency with a knife — just run the risk of being arrested for being a terrorist. I use my knife for everything. It has cleaned game birds, cut lunchmeat, spread mayonnaise, and cut branches for a turkey blind. Here are some things you probably didn’t know about pocket or folding knives.
READ MORE ›Fall Walleyes And Hot Showers
The walleye was the Grail that drew five of us to the bleak Gull lakescape on a late October day.
READ MORE ›Beaver Pond Brookies
There is a close and symbiotic relationship between beaver ponds, brook trout … and anglers.
READ MORE ›The Running Of The Bulls — Catching Big Bluegills
It was a voice in the night, a whispered summons on the phone: "The bulls are in! Come now!" I was on the road early the next morning!
READ MORE ›Return To Thirty-three Creek
Thirty-three is the name of a small creek in Wisconsin, a few miles from my mother’s home town of Birchwood.
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