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Monthly archives for January, 2009

Flash Crystal Bugger

Flash Crystal Bugger

Flash Crystal Bugger by Jason Akl article copyright The Wooly Bugger fly pattern has to be one of the most productive streamer patterns to ever be created. Over the last few decades the wooly bugger style of flies have without a doubt accounted for more and larger fish being duped than with any other freshwater […]

Hot Tips For Ice Fishing

Hot Tips For Ice Fishing

Hot Tips For Ice Fishing by James L. Bruner article copyright Icefishing can be defined in many ways but most agree that at times it’s seems more like a game of cat and mouse than anything else. Unlike the shoreline angler or the fisherman chunking lures from a boat, the icefisherman, for all intents and […]

Introducing Kids To Ice Fishing

Introducing Kids To Ice Fishing

Introducing Kids To Ice Fishing by James L. Bruner article copyright When you combine kids, cold weather, and often very little activity, it’s not uncommon to lose a child’s interest in a quick hurry. These ingredients can spell disaster in nearly any outdoor event and this statement rings loud and true when it comes to […]

February Deer Management

February Deer Management

February Deer Management by TR Michels article copyright White-tailed deer in the northern and mid-latitude states should be on their winter home ranges, looking for remaining/preferred food sources. In some areas there may still be some fawns getting bred. In the south they may still be on fall ranges, and still breeding. Coping with Communicable […]

The Harvest Master Longbow

The Harvest Master Longbow

The Harvest Master Longbow by Pete Ward article copyright The “Harvest Master” longbow by Hill Country Bows is a very eye catching longbow that is easy to like. This is a 60″ model we are reviewing that is marked 49# at 28″, made with Camo actionwood and Bamboo cores. It draws very nice and shoots […]

Who Put the Honey in Honey Bucket?

Who Put the Honey in Honey Bucket?

Who Put the Honey in Honey Bucket? by Gary Benton article copyright Let’s evaluate a word you may hear in the south, Honey bucket. I can assure you, it has absolutely nothing to do with honey. Actually, it is quite the opposite. In the old days, or last night, dependin’ on your view and location, […]

Mountain Lion Hunting in Arizona

Mountain Lion Hunting in Arizona

Mountain Lion Hunting in Arizona by James Smith article copyright Arizona Game & Fish Department estimates the state lion population at around 2,500 lions. Lions are found throughout the entire state with the exception of the southwest corner of the state. The most popular game management units are 12A south in the Kiabab National Forest, […]

The Haystack Buck

The Haystack Buck

The Haystack Buck by Jon Bryan article copyright At 5:00 PM I had defied logic and was sitting behind a tree scouting for deer. What’s illogical about that? The tree that I was hiding behind was in the feed lot, not two hundred feet from the east side of my house and by dark, within […]

The Wait

The Wait

The Wait by Lyndon Combs article copyright The time passes slowly for some of us waiting for deer season to open. Some can afford to visit large game ranches that offer hunting almost year round, but for many like me it is a brief period of the year when we can have a chance to […]