How To Guide

News & Tips: Walk Up a Buck
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Walk Up a Buck

September 27, 2013
Each year, more and more deer hunters are discovering that sometimes the best hunting strategy is to abandon the stand, get on the ground and go after your deer. Walk-and-stalk hunting can put a deer…
News & Tips: How to Choose What Fly Lines Work Best for Each Type of Fish...
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How to Choose What Fly Lines Work Best for Each Type of Fish

September 26, 2013
If you are new to fly fishing then you are probably overwhelmed with the amount of new tackle and terms you need to understand just to get started. Fly fishing, like most other types of fishing,…
News & Tips: Learn Why TV's Rick Kreuter Uses Rut Tactics in Mid-October...
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Learn Why TV's Rick Kreuter Uses Rut Tactics in Mid-October

September 24, 2013
The rut can be feast or famine. Here’s how to ensure a ­successful harvest year after yearArticle by Scott Bestul.Unlike most of his prospective clients, veteran Nebraska guide Rick Kreuter realizes…
News & Tips: Bushytail Basics & Squirrel Hunting Tips...
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Bushytail Basics & Squirrel Hunting Tips

September 24, 2013
Many thousands of words have been written about basic squirrel hunting techniques, and it's not my intention to rehash this information in great detail. My goals are, first, to share some basic…
News & Tips: Five Delicious Duck Recipes You're Sure to Love...
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Five Delicious Duck Recipes You're Sure to Love

September 20, 2013
I started hunting ducks late in life, but they occasionally showed up on the dinner table when I was a boy, gifts from duck hunting relatives. I did not like the ducks my mother and grandmother…
News & Tips: Trolling With a Fly?
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Trolling With a Fly?

September 20, 2013
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…
Waterfowl huntr in blind boat
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Waterfowl Boat Options for Shallow Waters

September 19, 2013
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

September 19, 2013
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: Ways and Means for Fall Crappie Fishing...
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Ways and Means for Fall Crappie Fishing

September 19, 2013
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: Low Impact Deer Hunting
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Low Impact Deer Hunting

September 18, 2013
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: Fall Muskie Strategies
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Fall Muskie Strategies

September 16, 2013
  The author releasing a muskie caught on a perch-colored Hughey glidebait. Fall is trophy time for muskies. Hard-core anglers launch boats through ice, brave freezing wind chills and snowy…
News & Tips: Autumn Fishing Safety Tips
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Autumn Fishing Safety Tips

September 16, 2013
Fall is almost here, which means that some of the year's best fishing is just around the corner. Cold winds and cooling water temperatures are another reality of autumn fishing. Most anglers I know…