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News & Tips: Hunting Doe Bedding Areas for Trophy Bucks...
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Hunting Doe Bedding Areas for Trophy Bucks

Last week we looked at how to identify doe bedding areas. To recap briefly, does claim the best habitat possible in semi-open areas that offer some cover near prime feed sources. These might be corn…
News & Tips: Goggle-Eye or Rock Bass Fishing Tactics...
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Goggle-Eye or Rock Bass Fishing Tactics

I can still remember the first goggle-eye I ever caught. I plunked a big minnow next to the gnarly roots of a huge swamp white oak along the banks of a borrow pit that encases the lake at Big Oak…
News & Tips: Filming Your Outdoor Experience
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Filming Your Outdoor Experience

Reliving our outdoor experiences, whether it be fishing, hunting or wildlife encounters, is a common practice for those with a camera. These one dimensional images help take us back to those special…
News & Tips: Easy Camp Cookery
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Easy Camp Cookery

Food never tastes better than when cooked outdoors. And nothing quite highlights a fun campout like your favorite foods prepared using special outdoor cooking methods.       Modern camp cooking can…
News & Tips: Deer Hunting Strategies: Food Plots, Acorns, & Dead Deer!...
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Deer Hunting Strategies: Food Plots, Acorns, & Dead Deer!

In this episode the team puts together a plan for hunting whitetails using MRI (Most Recent Information). Watch this video for tips on how to know when to hunt food plots vs. acorns as well as tips…
News & Tips: Finding Smallmouth in Late Season Lakes...
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Finding Smallmouth in Late Season Lakes

Recently, I took a friend to one of the better smallmouth lakes I know. This is a big, rugged Canadian Shield lake that holds good numbers of smallmouth in those classic locations that we all know…
News & Tips: 4 Basic Lure Retrieves and When to Use Them...
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4 Basic Lure Retrieves and When to Use Them

A trait of any successful angler is being able to put a pattern together that'll catch fish. One key component to a pattern is lure retrieve. Jigging, hopping, twitching, and jerking are some terms…
News & Tips: Spinners and Salmon
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Spinners and Salmon

Just because you are not a fly fisherman it does not mean that you cannot chase salmon as they make their way up the rivers in fall. Casting spinners can be a potent lure for fishing salmon, trout…
News & Tips: Make Someone Fall for You Hook, Line & Sinker (infographic)...
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Make Someone Fall for You Hook, Line & Sinker (infographic)

Whether you want to make someone fall in love with you for the first time, or all over again, the answer may be closer than you think: a date on the water. Think about it, fishingfishing and romance…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Hopedale, Louisiana
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Travel Blog: Hopedale, Louisiana

Every place we seek game fish — inland, in the coastal shallows, or off in the marine deep — has its own unique character. And what makes it special depends on each angler and boater. When we…
News & Tips: Fly Tying with Biots
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Fly Tying with Biots

One of the most interesting and unique materials to ever grace a fly has to be the biot feather. This one-of-a-kind material is actually a single feather barb from the lead edge of a primary wing…
News & Tips: Field Care of Your Wild Game Meat
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Field Care of Your Wild Game Meat

The Trophy Bag Kooler System is a great way to not only keep your game clean but also cool. For many hunters, a winter's supply of tasty, low-fat and healthy game meat for the family is the main…