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By Shoot ‘N’ Plink By Dan Galusha. I tried my new Champion Traps and Targets Field Target Holder today, and really like it. However, there are two sets of clamps – metal and plastic. Forget […]
“Lady Hawk” Lacy Byles (Facebook link – Lacy Byles) can shoot a rifle but she doesn’t need one, she can shoot a bow but she has something better. It’s an uncanny ability to communicate and […]
My first ice trip to Lake Erie years back was a real eye-opener. As masses of anglers converged on the shoreline west of Sandusky, Ohio, many looked the part of a search and rescue team […]
Brought together by a common love for hunting, wildlife conservation and a passion for introducing turkey hunting to a new generation of hunters, ALPS OutdoorZ and the National Wild Turkey Federation have expanded their already […]
Have you ever thought at how our outdoor industry is starting to have so many very good looking ladies? In the past there was Dixie Lynch in archery, who was not only small and very […]
Since I know so many of the ODU members personally I’m going to get this started while the other members of the Sr. Staff will chime in. I have always been one to beg forgiveness […]
From caribou and permafrost to massive refuges accessed only by float planes, most folks recognize that Alaska is different. So different, in fact, that an entire federal initiative, the Federal Subsistence Management Program, operates only […]
The increased payload of the 3 1/2-inch shotgun shell delivers absolute stopping power for giant Canada geese, sandhill cranes and other large-bodied birds. But in the past, the price tag of a new shotgun chambered […]
As I sit and write this piece it is 5 o’clock in the morning. The pellet stove is going and I have a hot cup of coffee next to me. The rest of the family […]
I have been using Bushnell Banner and Trophy Scopes for about 35 years. Leupold, Burris, Simmons and Swift are all in my collection. I have only seen one scope break and it wasn’t one of […]
Tips for finding walleyes during the very productive “early ice” fishing season were offered in my last story. This writing will be a look at ways to catch the early season walleyes we located. Arrive […]
Ice fishing has come a long way in recent years, with advancements in tackle and tactics helping anglers across the Ice Belt catch more fish and have more fun. To help you put more fish […]
Popular Metal Lures Like The Trophy Spoon®, Kastmaster® and Sidewinder® Fool Fish With Flash, Vibration and Action “On the Fall” Experienced freshwater anglers know that vertical jigging with Acme spoons is one of the most […]
Plinking with a .22 rifle is the way young Americans learn how to shoot. We have been doing that from Daniel Boone to Kris Kile and it will continue. I remember shortly after Desert Storm […]
I went fishing with Sam Heaton today. Well, not physically, but I carried his B’n’M Sam Heaton Super Sensitive Rod and his new DOA Fresh Water Crappie Kit to the St. Johns River. The new […]
With me it started with muzzle loading rifles I used for hunting. In my state of Louisiana primitive weapon hunting evolved step by step for years. If you load a 150 grain Pyrodex Load in […]
Lake Granby, just outside the town of Granby in Colorado’s mountains, has long been one of my favorite fishing destinations. Granby provides year-round fishing opportunities, but no season draws me up there more than ice […]
By Best Bassin’, Billy “Hawkeye” Decoteau and Zman Lures. Bass are cold-blooded creatures, meaning as the water temperature drops lower and lower, bass move slower and slower! Add in some ice chilling water temperatures and […]
Bergara Rifles, a division of BPI Outdoors, has once again put their passion to work with the introduction of the B14 Series Bergara Match Precision (BMP) Chassis Rifle for 2017. Completely designed and built at […]
Today the Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club announced that an elk from Montana taken on public land during the archery season in 2016 is a potential new archery World’s Record typical […]
You’ve seen the photos. The ones in which some lucky guy is hoisting a fat largemouth or slug of a sailfish – and the fish is nearly as large as the kayak he’s sitting in. […]
Story by the Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau. It’s all but official: Lake of the Woods is about to break its old record for the biggest eelpout ever officially weighed in Minnesota. Brent Getzler, […]
Ice Sonar FAQs – Every year, a new set of anglers both young and old, learn to use ice fishing sonar or flashers for the first time. That said, I encounter many anglers on the […]
As always, fishing was a short time out, but I was able to find a few using the new Custom Jigs & Spins RPM, Slender Spoon and Tungsten jigs. Of course I had to pull […]
Last year I stumbled across the MOB+ Wireless Cut-Off Switch from FELL Marine. The first thing that hit me was the design – a safety product which actually also looked cool! It didn`t take […]
Early reports from the St. Johns River indicate that the 2017 American shad run has begun. Traditionally they start showing up around Christmas and continue to be catchable through mid-March, sometimes later. The best place […]
When the Ravin R9 Crossbow with HeliCoil™ technology debuted in the fall of 2016, it set a new standard for downrange accuracy by shooting 3-inch groups from 100 yards. To deliver even more velocity and […]
According to Yamaha Pro Todd Faircloth, anglers still have time to enjoy what he describes as bass fishing’s ‘forgotten season,’ when fish are migrating back out of tributary creeks to main lake structure where they’ll […]
Hobie’s clever engineers have cooked up a new cart: The Fold n Stow. Unlike the standard plug-in kayak carts, this one breaks down in moments into just three lightweight parts – the wheels and the […]
While I normally hunt for food there are certain times that you just need to get out and rid yourself of problems. There are a few animals that I will shoot that fall into […]
Mercury from Waynesboro factory taints fish, other wildlife in South Fork Shenandoah, its tributary Chemical giant DuPont has agreed to pay more than $50 million to deal with mercury contamination of two Virginia rivers caused […]
I’ve seen my share of dead animals. I understand that death is part of the whole cycle of life; predator and prey relationship. Lion King, Hakuna Matata and all that. As a hunter and fisherman, […]
Full Power Point Presentations Hosted By: Big Jim McLaughlin, David Chong and Wil Wegman. Cost: No Charge! Please bring non-perishable food items for the Local Food Bank. Guarantee your seat and free entry to special […]
Yes many of us are in ice fishing mode, or we are just not fishing & heading out in the outdoors. But, for those of us who are and all of us who will eventually […]
The end of the year often finds me reflecting on my life, what I do and how I will move forward in the future. Right now it is about 4:00am. It is still dark […]
Having traveled to many places throughout the United States I have to say that the Desert Southwest is one of my favorite areas. From extreme Southern California to Nevada and on into Arizona I have […]
The Henry Rifle Company sent me two fine rifles for the season, I have been bragging about them ever since. The 45-70 was sent specifically due to our large Wild Boars that inhabit about every […]
I had a very short trip on the ice at the Rock Island Conservation Club, which was the first of the season. I drilled 22 holes over a prime spot, and couldn’t get a bite […]
We heard of this buck the day before Christmas. 5 on Your Side reported this story first. What a unique animal! ” Darrell Collison harvested a deer of a lifetime just three days into the […]
In a recent piece I wrote here in Outdoors Unlimited I gave my “All American Christmas List”. At the top of that list was a Henry Repeating Arms .30-30. For the first time in my […]
Rigging out a Super Squirrel Rifle. Most people want an expensive bolt action for this, and like all the others I have one, a CZ-452 with a Bushnell 6×18 scope. This one has won world […]
By Dan Galusha. If you are like me, I’m not completely pleased with a lot of the shooting sticks, mainly because they don’t have a lot of adjustment to how high you can extend them. […]
Lake trout anglers are anxiously awaiting the start of the ice fishing season. But veteran guide Bernie Keefe says there’s still time to enjoy one last blast of open-water action before winter closes in. “Many […]
Bill’s Swirleybird Spinner has the perfect size, imitates baitfish well, casts easily, and maintains its attractive qualities from the time it hits the water until the end of the retrieve. These attributes make this lure especially good […]
Colonial leaders got it right for fish … and people too. As far back as 1670, Virginia prohibited structures like dams that would hinder fish migrating up and down our rivers. Why? They recognized their future depended […]
The individual in the picture was banded as a duckling in 2008 and subsequently recaptured and nasal marked in 2011. The nasal marker does not affect adult female survival, and the female’s bill is not […]
There are plenty of smallmouth along nine miles of Delaware River bottom, as Hobie Fishing Team members Charles Daugherty and Charles Parker Breon knew well. Along with Hobie sales rep Marc Weiss, they floated from […]
With the cold weather upon us, there is nothing like a hearty bowl or soup, chowder or stew to warm you up after a day of chopping wood, or as I would rather do, […]
When fishing around docks, laydowns, and other structure, down imaging and side scanning can be an anglers best friend. That said, when you’re only in a few feet of water and the eel grass has […]
By Dan Galusha. The last couple of days I’ve been checking out my Vexilar Inc units’ batteries. I mainly use a FLX-28, but also have a 22HD and 12 for backups, or when other people […]
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