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News & Tips: After the Shot, Let It Be
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After the Shot, Let It Be

The big doe slipped out of the hardwoods just minutes before legal quitting time. From my tree stand, some 20 feet above, I watched as she stepped cautiously into the field, tested the wind and began…
News & Tips: Two Record Stone Sheep in One Day
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Two Record Stone Sheep in One Day

    Richard L'Esperance and his Yukon Stone sheep, with each horn measuring 43 4/8 inches. On a recent whitetail hunt in Illinois with Zack's Whitetail Expeditions, I shared a camp with a couple…
News & Tips: Fly Fishing: How to Tie Two Types of Upright Wings on Dry Flies...
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Fly Fishing: How to Tie Two Types of Upright Wings on Dry Flies

Fly tying as a whole is not a difficult process, but rather the development of several skills that require patience and practice. Throughout the early stages of your tying career, you'll discover…
News & Tips: How to Improve Your Deer Hunting Land
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Big Mystery-Two Big Bucks Found Dead

Big Whitetail Bucks Found: An End of An Era for Two of Our Hit List Bucks Grant and his wife Tracy discover two big dead bucks! It's the end of trapping season and the end of an era for two of our…
News & Tips: Vertical Jigging for Winter Gamefish
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Vertical Jigging for Winter Gamefish

Vertical jigging always seems like a rather peculiar fishing technique when you first come upon people using it. Hunkered in the bow of a boat, moving just their forearms, the anglers do not cast.…
News & Tips: Planning a Weeklong Camping Vacation
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Planning a Weeklong Camping Vacation

Many families and individuals are still doing the weeklong vacation, but instead of spending scarce vacation dollars on a condo or cabin, small RVs and tents of various shapes are becoming the…
News & Tips: Alley Spring and Mill
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Alley Spring and Mill

Alley Mill is said to be the most photographed spot in the Missouri Ozarks. And for good reason. The “Old Red Mill” conjures up images of the past, when the area was a hustling hub of frontier…
News & Tips: Tubin' River Walleyes
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Tubin' River Walleyes

Gitzit, gatzit, river walleyes'll snatch it! Tube baits excel in a variety of late winter and early spring river walleye situations. Tube baits are the best bet for winter walleye fishing. The shape…
News & Tips: Wooly Bugger: The Big Mac of Flies
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Wooly Bugger: The Big Mac of Flies

The other day I was talking to an old friend about fly fishing in general and flies in particular when we got around to the question that has plagued fly anglers ever since the second fly was plucked…
News & Tips: Bass Pro Shops Announces Plans to Open Store in San Jose...
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Bass Pro Shops Announces Plans to Open Store in San Jose

Bass Pro Shops Announces Plans to Open Store in San Jose, California San Jose, California (February 6, 2013) — Bass Pro Shops, America’s most popular outdoor store, will locate a new store in San…
News & Tips: Winter Trout Tactics
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Winter Trout Tactics

For many fly anglers, the winter season spells long hours behind the tying vice with little or no time spent fishing their favorite waters. This season transition away from fishing is primarily due…
News & Tips: Headed for Tarpon Town
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Headed for Tarpon Town

The discovery and unfolding of a prolific baby tarpon fishery on the west coast of the Yucatan peninsula had been going on for a few years, and I was anxious to experience what all the buzz was about…