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News & Tips: Trolling With a Fly?
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Trolling With a Fly?

For most of us, fly fishing conjures up images of anglers making long, graceful casts. This is certainly the classic approach, but it's not the only one. After all, casting is only a means to deliver…
News & Tips: Electronics at Camp?
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Electronics at Camp?

As a father of two kids just out of their teenage years, I have fresh scars from "no electronics at camp" battles. For me, and my wife and kiddos, camping time was and is devoted to interaction with…
Waterfowl huntr in blind boat
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Waterfowl Boat Options for Shallow Waters

Millions of ducks and geese come down the flyways each fall, just as they have done for eons. Likewise, thousands of waterfowl hunters lie in wait, hoping to coax a few of the magnificent birds…
News & Tips: October Lull? In Fact, Buck Activity Will Increase This Month...
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October Lull? In Fact, Buck Activity Will Increase This Month

Article by Dr. Karl V. Miller. The Symptom: For the first week or two of archery season, the guys at camp were seeing bucks at evening food sources with shooting light to spare. Everybody reported…
News & Tips: Product Review: The Ruger American Rifle...
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Product Review: The Ruger American Rifle

It is good news for everyone when demand for a newly introduced firearm outpaces supply. That can only mean one thing: The shooting public likes the product for the price. The author likes the…
News & Tips: Ways and Means for Fall Crappie Fishing...
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Ways and Means for Fall Crappie Fishing

Autumn fishing frustrates many crappie anglers. During fall, America's favorite panfish often are scattered and hard to find. Crappie may be deep one day, shallow the next and suspended at mid-depths…
News & Tips: Taking Tree Stand Safety Seriously
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Taking Tree Stand Safety Seriously

Two hunting seasons ago, I found myself doing a desperate and unexpected chin-up to pull myself back into the climber portion of my climbing tree stand — the platform had just slipped out from under…
News & Tips: Silent Salmon
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Silent Salmon

As the fall cold weather takes hold, the desire to hunt among outdoorsmen leaves rivers and streams vacant. This lack of attention by anglers is by no means any indication of how productive Great…
News & Tips: Low Impact Deer Hunting
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Low Impact Deer Hunting

The key to growing, and for that matter, hunting mature bucks, can be boiled down to two words: "low" and "impact." Alone they mean little; together they are the Rosetta Stone of big buck hunting. If…
News & Tips: Early Fall Walleye Trolling Tips
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Early Fall Walleye Trolling Tips

With the rapid approach of fall, water temperatures are dropping. And the walleyes will be biting. One of the best ways of contacting walleyes is by trolling, particularly when you use a versatile…
News & Tips: How to Pick the Right Wading Jacket
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How to Pick the Right Wading Jacket

For any serious angler that has ever found themselves battling the frosty ice cold conditions of winter, or the windy and rainy weather associated with early spring, the necessity of having a quality…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Fly Fishing in the Smoky Mountains...
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Travel Blog: Fly Fishing in the Smoky Mountains

For the lifetime bulk of my summers, North Carolina has remained a cool, refreshing mountain Mecca for curing the hot weather weariness of June, July and August. Whether my parents drove us from the…