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Wildgame Innovations Digital Game Scouting Camera ir5D Gear Review

Wildgame Innovations Digital Game Scouting Camera ir5D by Kevin Gardner article copyright Trail cam scouting has been the buzz for many years at this point. Cell phone messages with pictures of a big buck that wandered by a buddies trail cam are almost a weekly event this time of year. Being able to see what […]

Understanding Geese

Understanding Geese

Understanding Geese by TR Michels article copyright Shortly after I began guiding goose hunts in 1987 I met Dr. Jim Cooper, one of the most highly respected waterfowl researchers in the world. He is an Associate Professor of Wildlife with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at the University of Minnesota, and has studied Canada […]

How to Select a Good Pocket Knife

How to Select a Good Pocket Knife

How to Select a Good Pocket Knife by Gary Benton article copyright Since the beginning of time, mankind has had both the desire and need for good quality knives. Earlier in history this need was often hunting or protection based. In the beginning knives were usually made of flint or crudely shaped from wood, but […]

The Kamikaze Dove

The Kamikaze Dove

The Kamikaze Dove by Jon Bryan article copyright In the 1970’s, one of our favorite dove hunting spots in Arizona was south of Phoenix on the St. John’s Indian Reservation. Back then, a hunting permit was a whopping $5.00 and like $10.00 for a family, allowing the hunters access to some great mourning dove hunting.

Now Is the Time for Record Muskies

Now Is the Time for Record Muskies

Now Is the Time for Record Muskies! by James Smith article copyright Have you noticed the rather recent and conspicuously significant number of muskies recorder over 50#? What is more significant is that in the last two seasons there has not been as many fish over 50# recorded in any comparable time frame. But, of […]

Your Biscuits are Burnin’

Your Biscuits are Burnin’

Your Biscuits are Burnin’ by Gary Benton article copyright Bubba slowly opened his eyes. He was surprised to find his head resting on his right arm and not on his pillow. He could feel the sweat run down his forehead, over his nose, giving one last run to drip onto his arm. “Dang, it’s hot […]

From The Editor September 2010

From The Editor September 2010

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”- Henry David Thoreau Spring sprang, summer sizzled and fall enters like a rising, golden morning sun. What a great time to be alive in the woods. The next several […]

Chummin’ For Kingfish

Chummin’ For Kingfish

Chummin’ For Kingfish by Jon Bryan article copyright Layla and I had married in late 1983 and by the next spring she was anxious to go fishing and quickly became an excellent fishing partner!  Brad was joining the Army in August and Layla’s Daughter, Laura, was in college and had been pestering me to take […]

20 Minute Walleyes

20 Minute Walleyes

20 Minute Walleyes by James L. Bruner article copyright I suppose I’m comfortably at a point in life to make the remark of “when we were young” without sounding like a youngster trying to act older. In fact it’s probably a good idea that I start putting more and more of these memories on paper […]

From Dinosaurs to Big Mack’s

From Dinosaurs to Big Mack’s

From Dinosaurs to Big Mack’s by James Smith article copyright If you have been looking for a world-class fishing hole, consider Flaming Gorge Reservoir. These cobalt blue waters are home to a variety of trophy fish, such as huge mackinaw (lake) trout, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and kokanee salmon. In addition the Green River below […]