Standing on the banks of the Brule River this weekend I noticed the first signs of life rising off the water. Stoneflies are the earliest significant hatches fly anglers will see every spring and one…
Food plots will not only improve the health of your deer herd, they'll also increase your hunting success in the fall. Once you've chosen a spot, cleared the ground, applied lime and fertilizer and…
Morels are popping up. Grab your plastic bag, bucket or ball cap and get ready to fill it with tasty morels.
Morels can be found along creek drainages and around older trees.
Morel hunting is a…
It was a tough challenge my partner and I faced that spring day in New York's Catskill Mountains. Conflicting schedules allowed us just one morning to hunt turkey together. The bird we located the…
Most turkey hunters associate spring gobbler season with mixed farm country and wood lots or vast reaches of national forest land covered with mature hardwood forests. But there's another kind of…
In my March 19 blog, I reported on how the first major warming period of the spring often provides some of the best fishing of the year for river smallmouth bass, in terms of numbers of quality fish…
This is the second part of a two-part series covering the basics of turkey hunting, including specialized gear and safety. In Part 1, we covered the rules and tactics.
The Gear
Calls
Mouth diaphragm…
Spring is finally here, and nothing gets fish moving and aggressively feeding like warmer, longer days. As the air temperature warms, so does the water temperature—triggering the fish to move towards…
One thing you learn very early on when you live “Up North” is that winter gives you plenty of time to ponder and reflect on things you might not normally spend much time thinking about (and I am…
If early hunting season turkeys are still be bunched up in their wintering flocks or just beginning to break up into smaller breeding flocks, there are a variety of different calls I like to use.…
Any hunter who has ever heard the thunderous gobble of a nearby male turkey knows why turkey hunting is one of the most exciting pursuits that a sportsman can undertake. However, to the newcomer, the…
The feel of warm sun on recent outdoor adventures has me pining for some spring crappie adventures. During this time of year, papermouths will go through ups and downs of feeding activity. Some days…
