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In this edition of “A Little Gun Rap From Dan”, Mr. Galusha talks about the Heritage Firearms Rough Rider revolver load with Winchester Repeating Arms 22Mag ammo., the American Tactical GSG Firefly in the tan […]
Some of the time we hear about the good old days of fishing, back in a time when the fish were bigger and there were more of them. And, while I’m sure there were times […]
Dan is on spot again with details on “Tearing down the American Tactical GSG Firefly”, “more on the Sportsman’s Guide Bench Rest” and the testing on the American Tactical/GSG 1911 22LR. Enjoy. Soon I will […]
November 8th marks the opening of firearms season for deer in New Hampshire. This is one of my last chances to put meat in the freezer so I need to make sure my gear is […]
Thanks to American Tactical sending a German Sports Guns’ M1911 in 22 caliber, I’m able to show the difference in size with the Browning 1911-22. Everyone knows that the Browning pistol is 85% the size […]
When some anglers are putting their fishing equipment away for the season, a few in-the-know folks are getting ready for what can be some of the fastest walleye fishing of the year. The rivers that […]
This photo shows the damage that a .177 pellet can cause being fired from a Gamo Swarm at 15 yards. The post was behind 8 layers of double layer cardboard. It proves how important that […]
Although fall fishing is still upon us; the weather will change the patterns from fall bass fishing to winter bass fishing quickly it will just take a few cold nights. As this change occurs your […]
I seriously thought I was going to have two days in a row of being zeroed out on fishing. It took most of the time on the short trip to finally break the ice with […]
Last week I received a Guide Gear Bench Rest that I ordered from Sportsman’s Guide. I had a few problems putting it together last night. The wrenches that come with it aren’t all that good, […]
It’s always a puzzle to figure out where the bigger bass go, why are they difficult to find and what keys should you look for to find the bigger fish? These questions have been out […]
For some anglers, the open water fishing season is history. If you’re one of those anglers, there are some things you should do while open water fishing is still a fresh memory. If you don’t […]
Super fun day fishing Webber Pond in Vassalboro Maine for a quick morning Fishing Challenge by my buddy Corey Ford. Too many pickerel for me! Employed the Spiderman Rod to even the score and save […]
After shooting some Crosman wadcutter pellets with a Gamo Outdoor USA P900 break barrel pistol, I decided to fire a few rounds of the same brand of pellets, but in the pointed model. The idea […]
After having a meeting regarding my health insurance, Pepper and I got out fishing for a few hours. We didn’t do all that well on bass, but did fairly well on crappie. The first crappie […]
The weather in my part of the world has been cool the past few days. Some people are predicting an early autumn. I’m not hoping for summer to depart soon, but we take what they […]
Today I did a little shopping on the Sportsman’s Guide website and purchased a couple of items for which I’ll be using for Shoot ‘N’ Plink™ FB, magazine and video subjects. One was the Guide […]
Fishing today was slow to say the least. I was able to catch a bass and have a few more hits on a Blakemore Casey’s Runner Head with a Natural Forage Baits Swim Bait as […]
If there is a question that I get repeatedly from my customers its whether or not color makes a difference? My answer is somewhat complex; color matters but not in all circumstances. Some examples of […]
BEST SMALLMOUTH BASS FISHING VIDEO: FISH THE MOMENT – 25+ LBS – USING ELECTRONICS TO CATCH FISH. Learn how to adapt, fish the moment, gut fish in this video on some giant Maine smallmouth bass. […]
Early fall super-size panfish in northern natural lakes gravitate toward mid-depth flats to feast on an underwater buffet that includes worms, insects, crustaceans and baitfish. Fishermen who target these slabs of late summer are richly […]
Over the many years I have been fishing I have always keep information on my fishing trips giving me nearly 25 years of details from baits to weather to fishing depth and more. The advantage […]
I was hunting pheasant at a location in New Hampshire called “Hill” yesterday with my friends Stan and Rene. It in itself is no big thing as “Hill” is a popular pheasant hunting location; in […]
The October 14th Rock Island Conservation Club picnic is cancelled, but the Scott County, Iowa Conservation Tagged Trout Release is still scheduled to take place today, bad weather or not. It may be a bit […]
I filmed this video today in the rain about the Heritage Firearms Rough Rider. It will be followed up with at least 1 or 2 more videos where I’ll be using ELEY USA ammo, as […]
It’s common every year as the bass make changes in their locations and the fall weather starts to set in fishing gets tougher. This change is constant throughout my many years of history, the fall […]
Here is a video that I filmed back in the early 90’s with HQ Video Productions. It shows how time flies by. My cameraman, Dave Whiskeyman, and camera boat operator, Claude “Andy” Galusha, have both […]
Remember, this weekend, October 14th, the tagged trout release will take place at Lake of the Hills, located in Scott County, Iowa Conservation‘s West Lake Park near Davenport, IA. There will be a lot of […]
The first thing you want to do after mounting your new thermal weapon sight is go out and sight in. Rush to the range with an armful of traditional targets, however, and you may be […]
There are not many times in fishing when a knot can make a big difference in catching or missing a fish except in heavy grass. Sure the knot is always important it has to be […]
Back in January I wrote a piece regarding the Government’s attempt to take away some protected land from out National Parks and Forests, selling it to big business. Now it is happening again, this time […]
Over the last few days information on the national news has spoken about what the BUMP STOCK is. Honest I had never heard of it. So from the website “The Resurgent” I got this information […]
As we move into the late summer and to fall fishing gets tougher and this year appears to be no different the reason is simple the bass scatter more than they do in other periods […]
As we get farther into the autumn period, the weather gets a little cooler. It’s generally not bitterly cold this time of year, and in fact the weather can be beautiful. That’s what makes fishing […]
Anyone who reads my articles has heard about Jack Hanley. He has been the subject of many articles over the past 20+ years. Opening day of the New Hampshire upland game season was always a […]
I attended my first NHFD in 1978 at Fort Richardson Alaska. I was the Military Police Federal Game Warden giving fishing classes to the kids. Things haven’t changed much. Looks like we had about 5000 […]
Well folks its been one year since my articles and reviews have graced the pages of ODU Magazine. I looked back and found about 75 or 80 of them; that’s a lot of work. Frankly, […]
Well, the freezer is pretty empty. The meat from last fall’s hunting season is long gone. Around the Benner household we have been living off fish for most of the summer. In fact, our dog […]
Joel Nelsen is an accomplish professional angler with a love for ice fishing. Recently Joel was asked about his choice in ice fishing finders. Josh K. asks: Hey Joel. I’m switching to marcum this year […]
There are tons of calls out there, one for every situation. There are predator calls, waterfowl calls, turkey calls and deer/elk calls and there are just as many manufacturers as there are calls. Just watch […]
I really didn’t mean to become an expert with a buckshot shotgun. It happened by protocol hunting in the South, and reiterated by the use of a Combination gun, taught to me by the Yaegermiesters […]
I went fishing to one of my all-time favorite places recently, Lake Kabetogama in the Voyageur’s National Park in northern Minnesota. I’ve been to Kab many times in the past fifteen years. I go there […]
I got totally skunked on Dove Hunting, but I had fun. Now I’m ready for the Deer Season. To me that’s serious groceries, and I’m getting serious this year. I did the youth hunter training […]
As normal, all sorts of things got in the way of heading out earlier in the Ranger, including shooting a couple of new videos for Shoot ‘N’ Plink™. So, the fishing started late. The first […]
It is 9/11 as I write this, and while my thoughts are with what this date means, I can’t help but think about what is happening to us now. Unless you are living on the […]
It was one of those days when I was trying to fit everything into a single day. First there were some errands, after which was some shooting, which you can read about on the Shoot […]
I swear that if I hear one more golfer or landowner who buys up a farm, has no animals and then posts the land complain to me about the resident goose population, I think I […]
When I introduce a real outdoorsmen (Gar Fishermen), it has to be the biggest and best. That’s what we have with Paige Kirkland, another Stan Lee type super hero that sets the example as yet […]
Last month I traveled to western South Dakota for my first-ever pronghorn antelope archery hunt. Rob Parmentier a friend from Minnetonka, MN has hunted across North America, knows my love for archery whitetail hunting, and […]
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