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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) today announced a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), […]
Welcome to Ice Team Kids! Are you a kid–or do you know of a kid–who likes to ice fish? Or maybe you want to give it a shot? Or maybe you even want to have […]
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 […]
Lucky Duck Premium Decoys introduces the new Revolt electronic game call. Years in the making, the Revolt is one of the new additions to Lucky Duck’s ground-breaking electronic game call lineup. This remote controlled, high-output […]
Some tips to keep in mind when your troop takes on winter camping. (http://www.scouting.org/) Fail to Plan = Plan to Fail Always bring a bit more than what you think you’ll need – water, food, […]
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 Boone and Crockett Club is offering a few points of clarification in response to a recent blog post by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The post was aimed at local contests […]
This edition of ODU Magazine has over 100 pages of fishing, ice fishing with a sprinkle of hunting for you to enjoy. Over 25 stories to bite into and help you enjoy the remaining part […]
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 […]
If you were to round up all of the menhaden swimming along the Atlantic coast and somehow put them on a scale, they’d weigh in at about 1.2 million metric tons. To visualize that, imagine […]
After having a meeting regarding my health insurance, Pepper and I got out fishing for a few hours. We didn’t do all the well on bass, but did fairly well on crappie. The first crappie […]
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 […]
Ducks Unlimited (DU) launched its inaugural national scholarship program offering graduating high school seniors who are DU members the opportunity to advance their education. Starting in 2018, DU will annually award 61, one-time scholarships, […]
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 […]
Peanut butter is always better with jelly. The Fourth of July feels empty without fireworks. There are some things that are always better with a partner. Yet, in the universe of fluorocarbon fishing lines, anglers […]
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 […]
Magellan GPS, the undisputed leader in on- and off-road automotive navigation, has followed the overwhelming success of the TRX7 and TRX7 CS by launching two all-new, smaller, non-ruggedized on- and off-road navigation devices that that […]
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. […]
Picture the best fireworks display you’ve ever seen: Blast after thunderous blast, with a myriad of dazzling elements all competing for your attention. That’s kind of how it is with the fall bass gorge fest; […]
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 […]
As whitetail deer hunters we all head to the woods hoping a trophy buck will cross our path, but it is important to take does out of the herd yearly, not just for meat, but […]
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 […]
Ahhhh, October… The kids are back in school, the temperature is starting to drop along with the leaves on the trees. Oh who am I kidding? It was still close to 100 degrees on the […]
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 […]
So fall river fishing is heating up from Pulaski River to Bulkley River, with Christmas around the corner…. what a time to help get a pair of new waders. A good pair of waders can […]
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 […]
Each early ice season is almost a space race in regard to reaching spots further out on fishable ice while still being safe. Simply put, there are just spots that we know will be good […]
Bulldozers, excavators and construction workers are bulling their way into Patapsco Valley State Park near Baltimore this fall. They’re the advance guard for a task force charged with removing a dormant hydroelectric dam on the […]
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 […]
A story that comes to ODU via RMEF, for those in the back country who share space with wolves should be read.A grouse hunter in northeast Minnesota sent his German wire-haired pointer in the woods […]
Many people enjoy kayaking for recreational purposes and to experience nature. So it’s no surprise that kayaking is not only a sports activity, but also a social one to escape the hectic urban lifestyle. There’s […]
This magazine is all about getting us into the the fall mode. We have you covered: fly fishing, bass fishing, walleye fishing, musky fishing, haddock fishing, fishing with frogs and much more. Enjoy. Link To […]
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 […]
The finest smallmouth bass fishing in New York State and arguably the entire United States can be found in the waters of Lake Erie. Bass are found along the entire New York shoreline, with hotspots […]
The broad marshes along the wooded banks of the Chickahominy River in Virginia still evoke the landscape that English explorer Capt. John Smith first saw when he visited this area in 1607. And it is […]
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 […]
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