A hunter’s biggest challenge is not how to trick a trophy buck, but how to buy hunting paraphernalia without the wife knowing it. Over the years we have been married my wife has gotten wise to such ploys, such as smuggling goodies into the house or charging items on a friend’s credit card.

Some wives don’t know the difference between a mallard and a bluebill, yet mine is an expert at duck calls. Read More of the Story…

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Most MN duck hunters just grit their teeth and endure the slow time when teal and wood ducks have departed south and late-season divers are still in Canada. That’s unfortunate because during these mid-season doldrums is when ring-necked ducks invade the state in earnest and Read More of the Story…

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For many fishermen, the frosty tang of fall signals the end of another fishing season. Not so if you have an urge for trophy bronzebacks. Fall is perhaps the best season of all to take big, four to six pound fish…if you know how to go about it.

The key to fall smallie action is to think deep. Remember, this fish can be as deep as 40, 50, or even 60 feet down. Start by singling out the structures that held smallmouth during the summer and are adjacent to deep water. Read More of the Story…

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The season of the year has been changing and so has most hunters attitude. You can feel it approach like a wave of excitement, building and then crashing all around you. The cool nights, a brisk northwest breeze, leaves changing colors and shorter days. The start of Fall and most importantly to us, Fall Hunting. The time spent Read More of the Story…

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Most grouse hunters were happy last year. The numbers of birds was up and odds were good to see a few. The increase in numbers doesn’t mean they are any easier to fool. I was walking a woodland road that had a thick carpet of clover growing on it. It was in the last half hour of legal shooting, just when grouse come out to dine on things like clover, so all conditions were right.

The old cock grouse showed itself up on a hill when Read More of the Story…

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Anyone who loves the outdoors could announce the arrival of fall without ever consulting a calendar. Just think about it for a moment. Don’t the winds and cool evenings of early September have a certain briskness that brings visions of trees in a riot of colors and flocks of birds hording in groups in preparation of a long flight.

Fall is a time for reminiscing. Now, more than ever, you will find folks sitting in a sun warmed spot, Read More of the Story…

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I have discovered, the last few weeks, hunting catalogs in my mail box. Yes, if you look down the road, fall will be rounding the corner, walking at a brisk pace that will bring it quicker than you think.

If there never was a calendar to tell the date, I would know fall is getting closer. I seem to suddenly find more interest in the circling flocks of ducks or geese than the walleyes I’m fishing for. I usually dig out my duck call and see if I can still make it sound like a mallard. Read More of the Story…

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