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News & Tips: Essentials to Get Started Fly Tying
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Essentials to Get Started Fly Tying

*/ Similar to purchasing the tools for fly tying, trying to decipher what the essential materials are can put a beginning tier into a head spin. Many of the materials available are not…
News & Tips: Primitive Camping: How & Where to Camp For Free...
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Primitive Camping: How & Where to Camp For Free

For some campers, the thirst for “getting away from it all” is not quenched by spending a night in a developed campground. But a dose of dispersed camping, camping outside of a developed camping area…
News & Tips: John Blaquiere Buck Featured on Bass Pro Shops King of Bucks Sept 13...
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John Blaquiere Buck Featured on Bass Pro Shops King of Bucks Sept 13

Visit the Outdoor Channel King of Bucks Television You’d never guess the John Blaquiere buck, a spectacular Saskatchewan whitetail, was taken by an ordinary hunter. You can hear the story and see…
News & Tips: Dove Hunting Basics: Tips on Guns, Loads and Shooting (video)...
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Dove Hunting Basics: Tips on Guns, Loads and Shooting (video)

Don't think it's tough to get started dove hunting. Before you hit the ground and start laying out dove decoys, you'll need a good gun, with the right loads. Then you'll need to know how to become a…
News & Tips: How to Make Sure Fly Line Knot Failure Doesn’t Happen to You...
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How to Make Sure Fly Line Knot Failure Doesn’t Happen to You

I've got an embarrassing confession to make: I lost what could have been the best smallmouth bass I ever caught on a fly early this season because my tippet knot failed. Obviously, I can't tell you…
News & Tips: Wisconsin Early Teal Season Tests Duck Identification Skills...
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Wisconsin Early Teal Season Tests Duck Identification Skills

For the first time in the northern hunting region history, Wisconsin decided to hold an experimental early teal season. This early season was slated for seven days and hunters were only able to shoot…
News & Tips: Spend Your Time Hunting Squirrels Around These 4 Fall Food Sources...
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Spend Your Time Hunting Squirrels Around These 4 Fall Food Sources

A crisp fall morning, a .22 rifle in hand and squirrels grating on nuts; what a way to spend the day in the woods! Ripe hickory nuts, plentiful acorns, aromatic walnuts and cool fall mornings set the…
News & Tips: Fiberglass Fly Rods: A Trout Angler's Desire to Feel More of the Casting Action...
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Fiberglass Fly Rods: A Trout Angler's Desire to Feel More of the Casting Action

After catching a smattering of six- to eight-inch wild brown trout, the sixteen incher looked like a salmon when it came out from behind a submerged tree trunk and inhaled the nymph.  A second later…
News & Tips: The Endless Possibilities of Spotlights...
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The Endless Possibilities of Spotlights

When you need a super-bright, far-reaching light, a spotlight works best. Navigating a boat at night, viewing wildlife after dark, varmint hunting, frog hunting and emergency signaling are all tasks…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: The Best Time to Fish for Migratory Predators in Goodland, Florida...
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Travel Blog: The Best Time to Fish for Migratory Predators in Goodland, Florida

Though there’s a stretch of summer swelter between, the seasons will turn and fall will arrive before you know it. It’s a magic time along Florida’s southwest coast, with all manner of minnows,…
News & Tips: 3 Reasons to Fish Fast for Panfish
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3 Reasons to Fish Fast for Panfish

While there is a time and place for slow presentations for panfish, I'm here to tell you that fishing fast is a great way to catch more and bigger sunfish, crappie and yellow perch. Reason 1: It…
News & Tips: 6 Secrets to Steering Deer to Your Stand...
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6 Secrets to Steering Deer to Your Stand

As hunters we mostly try to figure out where deer are moving and then set up an ambush along that route. But sometimes it's useful to turn that scenario around and actually make the deer move where…