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News & Tips: Traditional Archery: Calling and Still-Hunting Tactics...
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Traditional Archery: Calling and Still-Hunting Tactics

I love sitting in treestands and commercial ground blinds. But when I'm using my longbow, I mostly still-hunt. That's primarily because I find I have a limited range of movement when using a longbow…
News & Tips: Cooking Up a Shore Lunch With 5 Fish Recipes...
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Cooking Up a Shore Lunch With 5 Fish Recipes

One of my most memorable fishing trips took place on a little oxbow lake in the backcountry of eastern Arkansas. Two friends, Lewis Peeler and Jack Bissell, had joined me for a day of bream fishing.…
News & Tips: Trolling Flies
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Trolling Flies

If weather conditions are keeping you off your favorite rivers, there always is a second option to catching fish with flies. Although most of the fun with fly fishing is in the casting and…
News & Tips: Senkos Beyond the Spawn
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Senkos Beyond the Spawn

While there's no denying the effectiveness of sinking worms like the Yamamoto Senko and Yum Dinger when bass are on beds, limiting their use to this scenario is a mistake. Throw early summer…
News & Tips: Backtrolling for Steelhead
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Backtrolling for Steelhead

I'll never forget my first experience with the unique sport of back trolling for steelhead. I was fishing with Les Wedge and Cliff Creech, fishery managers for New York State, on the Salmon River…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Deadman's Cay, Long Island, Bahamas...
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Travel Blog: Deadman's Cay, Long Island, Bahamas

As we poled around the corner of a creek, we came upon a triangular sand flat surrounded by two channels that ran out to the sea. As the skiff eased along, Art Blank spotted some tailing bonefish 50…
News & Tips: 10 Tricks for Sighting-In a Rifle
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10 Tricks for Sighting-In a Rifle

Sighting-in a rifle is fairly simple if you follow a few basic steps outlined in a previous how-to article, How to Sight-In a Rifle. But there are also some tricks I've picked up over the years to…
3 types of clothing layers, light, mid and heavy weight
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How to Layer Clothing

For many outdoor enthusiasts, the importance of dressing in layers is well known. This method of dressing allows you to regulate your temperature by peeling-off or putting-on clothing layers —…
News & Tips: Product Review: GoPro Hero3 Black Edition Video Camera...
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Product Review: GoPro Hero3 Black Edition Video Camera

In 2009 I purchased the original GoPro Hero camera for kayak fishing because of its waterproof housing and compact design. It performed well and helped me capture some great images and videos. The…
News & Tips: A Guide to Arrow Rests for Hunting and Target Archery...
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A Guide to Arrow Rests for Hunting and Target Archery

If you shoot a compound bow, you know that your arrow rest is an integral component. You might have even found out the hard way that there's a world of difference between a good and a bad one.   …
News & Tips: Weighing in on Fish Scale Choices
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Weighing in on Fish Scale Choices

A great advantage of a spring fish scale is not having to rely on batteries for power. Since the dawn of angling, one question has forever remained upon the lips of wives, husbands, brothers, and…
Hand holding a rapala lure
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Classic Lures: Rapala Original Floating Minnow

Classic fishing lures that have stood the test of time.   Rapala Fishing Lures History Lauri Rapala was born in Finland over a century ago, in 1905. When he was in his 20's, he moved to the town of…