Sanibel Island and Pine Island Sound offer wonderful year-round fishing. Yet like many North American destinations, different fish species "peak" at various times of the year. Since my plan was to…
The windchill index is used to calculate how cold air feels on exposed skin, taking into account the actual air temperature as well as the speed of the wind.
Understanding the windchill, its effects…
Have repeat viewings of “The Walking Dead,” “World War Z” and “Night of the Living Dead” prompted you to wonder: What if?
What if some sort of zombie apocalypse ever came to be? What if I needed to…
Many hunters and fishermen are well acquainted with the solunar theory – the idea that the activity of game and fish is influenced heavily according to the position of the sun and the moon.…
Across the country, certain states possess uncommon hunting laws that may surprise you. From Sunday hunting bans to trail camera restrictions, check out a few of these unique laws below:
Keep…
The late season is by far our favorite time to kill a big buck. The rut is over, and with it, the randomness of the hunt. Late season bucks are a pretty "beat up" crowd. They have been fighting for 2…
I was recently making a list of gear to take with me on upcoming deer hunts this November, first to Texas and then to northwestern Ontario. For both hunts, I debated between at least a couple of…
In parts of the country where lakes don’t ice over, you can still catch bass in December.
Shad should be dying because of the falling water temperatures and that’s something the bass key on, so start…
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my?
Please. The most dangerous species around today aren’t the stuff of a child’s imagination. Instead, they are the more insidious invasive species, which wreak…
In the age of modern ice fishing, set-line strategies tend to get overlooked. This is a mistake. Using extra lines (where legal) to soak a live or a dead minnow is one of the best ways to cover water…
They’re storming our banks, shores and water, and costing our economy billions of dollars: aquatic invasive species.
You’ve probably heard about Asian carp and zebra mussels. But here are four lesser…
Anglers should never head to the ice to fish without taking a tip-up with them.
In the most basic sense, a tip-up is one of the basic tools used when ice fishing. Tip-ups allow anglers to…
