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From The Editor January Issue

From The Editor January Issue

Aldo Leopold said, “All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.” I thought these were pretty powerful words when I read them over and over a few times. I wondered what many consider to be […]

Todays Wilderness Podcast Show Giveaw...

Todays Wilderness Podcast Show Giveaway!

Today’s Wilderness will begin a series of free giveaways that you can enter with a simple email question to the host that relates to the outdoors. And, if your question is chosen, it will be read in the next podcast show and answered by a qualified individual that has the knowledge or background regarding your […]

Steve Scott On Food Plotting

Steve Scott On Food Plotting

Steve Scott, Vice President of the Whitetail Institute of North America, joins Todays Wilderness Podcast host Kevin Gardner for a 48 minute conversation that spans the history and growth of the Whitetail Institute as well as many food plotting techniques. The first portion of the podcast deals with the growth and the very humble beginnings […]

Build A Portable Ice Shelter

Build A Portable Ice Shelter

article copyright This is a project that was created out of necessity years ago when times were financially lean and prices for manufactured portable icefishing shelters were out of the question. With these same financial times affecting a large majority of our outdoor enthusiasts, I thought it would be a great time to revise an […]

Ice Safety For The Ice Fisherman

Ice Safety For The Ice Fisherman

article copyright The new year brings that time of season when many hardwater anglers find themselves dealing with marginal ice conditions. The anticipation of a fresh bucket of fish is often the persuasion that leads to serious problems as anglers venture further onto the ice encountering unsafe conditions. Knowing where you’re going, hazards that may […]

Online Magazine And Podcasting

Online Magazine And Podcasting

For those who have followed our site update we have reached the plateau where all relevant material has been added back to the site. As we mentioned at the beginning of the update, to finalize the changes here at Water and Woods, we have published the latest issue of Water and Woods Online Magazine. Although […]

From The Editor

From The Editor

I think my neighbors think I’m a crazy man. I am quite certain my wife Sandy does, but I think she just lacks the ability to appreciate certain things the way I do. At the ripe old age of 41 my senses have matured, enhanced, refined if you will, much further than her 26 year […]

Failure To Fill Tags

Failure To Fill Tags

Failure To Fill Tags by James L. Bruner article copyright There are copius measures with which one will use as benchmarks to gauge success and failure when it comes to filling your deer hunting tag at the end of the season. Some are very subtle instances which, when tallied together, will spell inevitable failure. Others […]

A Year With The Puma 92

A Year With The Puma 92

A Year With The Puma 92 by Lyndon Combs article copyright I know this statement is very well known by many outdoorsmen. It is a quote from one of the greatest outdoorsman in American history. His reference to a lever-action Winchester as “His big medicine” is also well known. Teddy Roosevelt influenced many modern hunters. […]