By Leo LoVerde Sweet Dreams Not too many things get me excited these days. I’ve had my share of life’s successes and failures often thinking I may have rounded the bend towards the crossroads of my life. My father, who at an earlier time in both our lives, always found time to take me fishing. […]
Crossbow Buck
Crossbow Buck by Steven Mitchell It all started in January of 2006 in southern Ontario, Canada when I began scouting a new hunting area of 200 plus acres of public land. This area has the ideal habitat for deer to thrive in with lots of dense cover, hardwoods, cedars, hemlocks, pine reforestation areas, oak flats, […]
Keeping Track Of Summer Bucks
Keeping Track Of Summer Bucks by T.R. Michels Too often I hear of whitetail hunters waiting to scout until about two weeks before the season. If you want to find out which bucks are out there, and where they are, two weeks of scouting is just not enough time. Fall scouting should actually begin in […]
Aging Deer
Aging Deer, It’s Importance and Implications by Henry Chidgey Those of us who chase the magnificent, illusive whitetail care about the age of our trophy or potential trophy because we know that in order to harvest a beautiful, heavy-horned monarch; we must let him get old enough to reach his full potential. If you are […]
A Haunted Tale
Her black polished surface stands an unwavering object staunch and resolute through the seasons. For thousands of years she has endured in this very spot deposited here by some ancient glacier. She is a Remnant of a time we have long forgotten. To see her is to marvel in her greatness, the journey here was […]
The Hunt for Spring Crappies
The Hunt for Spring Crappies by Garett Svir article copyright I like to start my spring panfish hunt in the black bottom bays that warm up first. Start with the northern most bays that are receiving the most sunlight. Early in the spring crappies are not spawning yet, but rather chasing food into these areas. […]
Small Streams For Big Brookies
I fish a lot of different ecosystems and each offers a uniquely cathartic skill level of throwing out a bait of some sort and waiting for a strike. It’s great fun but not always a viable option. Especially when it comes to small streams and creeks and even smaller waterways that aren’t classified because they’re […]
The Bait Shop Chronicles
The old painted hardwood floor was slick as ice when wet, and due for another coating of sand before someone came along and broke their ass. But that was a risk you took. Well that and the possibility of choking to death or dealing with a life altering injury due to a sharp instrument connecting […]