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cold weather mom and son
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Hats and Gear to Heat Your Head

Most outdoors enthusiasts have heard statements about the amount of heat lost through one's head if left uncovered in cold conditions. Granted, if you leave any part of your body exposed to low…
Armed with an array of electronics, many anglers today find their best ice fishing spots well before lakes freeze over by Armed with an array of electronics, many anglers today find their best ice fis...
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Ice Fishing in a Boat, Pre-season Scouting Secrets to Success

 Just because your favorite lake has yet to freeze over doesn’t mean you can’t go ice fishing. No, we’re not talking about performing miracles, or walking on water like another ancient fisherman once…
News & Tips: Fly Tying Tips: Dubbed Bodies
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Fly Tying Tips: Dubbed Bodies

Whether you are a beginner fly tier or a seasoned veteran, creating smooth tapering dubbed bodies for flies can be difficult. Some tiers believe that the composition or look of their fly bodies are…
News & Tips: Hard Lessons on Gun Safety
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Hard Lessons on Gun Safety

Looking into the barrel of a loaded shotgun is as horrifying as gazing into the maw of a rabid dog. Looking into the barrel of a loaded shotgun held by your son is more horrifying still.         Had…
News & Tips: Hookset Strategies
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Hookset Strategies

Doug Cummings with a bass. As a guide who works a shallow, free-flowing river, I find myself using my peripheral vision almost constantly — watching the boat's downstream progress as it drifts along…
News & Tips: Travel: Fishing Costa Rica
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Travel: Fishing Costa Rica

There are many exotic angling destinations in the Western Hemisphere, yet there are few that offer the multitude of habitats, geography, fisheries, and broad socio-cultural spectrums that Costa Rica…
News & Tips: Handgunning for Bushytails: How to Hunt Squirrels With a Pistol...
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Handgunning for Bushytails: How to Hunt Squirrels With a Pistol

In our modern world, it is not easy being a squirrel hunter. Hunters pursuing monster whitetail bucks with incredible racks, bugling elk and gobbling wild turkeys cast scornful looks at those of us…
Ott De Foe and Friends by Ott De Foe and Friends
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Five Questions for Rapala Pro Ott DeFoe

Your intrepid team of truth seekers at Bass Pro Shops 1Source has once again unearthed facts about a pro angler previously shrouded in mystery. An angler who bears the nickname similar to a savage…
News & Tips: Submitted Recipes: Venison Jerky
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Submitted Recipes: Venison Jerky

If you have a favorite jerky recipe you'd like to share on Bass Pro 1Source, email it to community@basspro.com. Photos are also welcome! photo by Arlin Crane, Allrecipes Whitetail Deer Jerky Posted…
News & Tips: Navigation Buoys Reveal River Hotspots...
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Navigation Buoys Reveal River Hotspots

"Where are the best spots to fish in rivers?" is a question I've been asked at different fishing shows. I can chinwag for hours about river tactics. One tip I always share is that navigation buoys…
News & Tips: Mule Deer Dreams
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Mule Deer Dreams

The author bagged a mule deer with a new-model Winchester Model 70 rifle. The shot was made at very close range thanks to scouting and successful stalking. For many hunters, pursuing and killing a…
Suckers for Muskies! by Suckers for Muskies!
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Suckers for Muskies...Literally!

Muskie anglers are an odd group. The tougher the weather, stronger the winds, and harder the rains- in short, the more brutal the conditions-the more they are happy. Not that the fish necessarily hit…