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How To Use Tip Ups for Ice Fishing Bass and Northern Pike by Josh Hagemeister
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 How to use Tip-ups for ice fishing Northern Pike and Winter Bass - Professional fishing guide, Josh Hagemeister, with the aid of his 5 year old son, shows you how to successfully use tip ups while ice fishing for northern pike...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - Bait and Tackle , Fishing - Bass Fishing, Fishing - Northern Pike Fishing |
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How To Use Planer Boards Trolling For Trophy Salmon by Jim Hirt
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 Rita Franks caught a 28.6 lb Chinook Salmon. Now is the time to move to the next generation of Salmon fishing presentations. If you find yourself behind the pack when it comes to putting fish in the cooler, a system of planer boards will improve your learning curve...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - Trout and Salmon |
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Fur Trapping and Predator Hunting Coyote In North Dakota by Doug Leier
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 Predator Hunting, Coyote Hunting and Fur Trapping - My dad was one of those guys who jumped in his old blue Ford and ran a trap line every night after work. I often tagged along, as I never knew what the 20 or so traps would hold. A coyote was a prize, a raccoon showed up once in awhile, and the occasional skunk was a necessary evil, but it was all part of the trap line...keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - General, Conservation and the Environment |
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A Best Day Ice Fishing With Kids by Karl Seckinger
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 Fishing With Kids - Some of the kids were old enough to bait a hook. All of them in the end could crank a fishing reel round and when the little girls got a bite, the shriek of enthusiasm was ear piercing to say the least...keep reading |
| Posted In: Learn How to Fish, Fishing 101 |
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How to Make a Herb Garden - How to Dry Herbs by Mara Anderson
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 How to make a herb garden - Great herb gardening tips along with cooking tips, food and kitchen ideas for the dedicated cook. Use your organic kitchen and yard materials by recycling and reusing them to create a natural herb garden...keep reading |
| Posted In: Gardening Tips |
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How to Make a Smore - Smore Recipes and Outdoor Cooking by Mara Anderson
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 How to Make a Smore with Photos - Outdoor Cooking and Camping Recipes for easy, delicious smores. Whenever I think about sitting around a campfire, the image of roasting marshmallows and making smores pops into my head, “yum”. Read on for Dessert Smores and Smore Varieties to enjoy on our next Outdoor Cooking Adventure…keep reading |
| Posted In: Camping 101, Food and Kitchen Ideas |
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Trophy Fishing, Spawning Habitat and Creating Artificial Reef Structure by Doug Leier
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 Doug Leier explainsTrophy Fish, spawing habitat and Artificial Reef Structure - As you might expect, the practice of using car bodies for fish habitat was short-lived, but the need for creating habitat in some waters did not go away. Eventually, discarded Christmas trees became a more natural and available element for adding to lakes that needed additional spawning and escape structure.keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - General, Conservation and the Environment |
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Winter Lake Trout Ice Fishing in Minnesota - A Fishing Guide Tale by Karl Seckinger
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Lake Trout Ice Fishing - We shuffle around little black spots that keep glazing over until, 9:10 A. M. a Lake trout then 10:40 A.M. a lake trout then 12:20 P.M. it’s four above zero and the brilliance of the sun tracks across the day with out a sound...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - Trout and Salmon, Tales from the Woods |
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Do You Remember Your First Deer, Goose Or Big Fish? by Doug Leier
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 Most hunters and anglers remember their first deer, goose or big fish, but it’s the little things that happen in pursuit of game and fish that also help keep people interested in the long term. It’s not the biggest fish or sometimes even a limit of fish which create the memories from the outdoors...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - General, Ice Fishing, Hunting - Waterfowl, Hunting - Deer Hunting, Conservation and the Environment |
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Do Ice Fishing Littterbugs Make You Mad? by Doug Leier
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Ice Fishing and Litterbugs - One of my biggest outdoors pet peeves is trash. Empty cans along the river bank or discarded chip bags floating near the dock, even if it's just one, seem to steal away the peaceful serenity that draws most of us outdoors...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - General, Conservation and the Environment |
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Minnesota Moose - Snow Shoes - Outdoor Photography Equals Moose Poop by Karl Seckinger
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 Moose Facts - And the next time someone tells me moose aren’t to smart in the book I was reading I’m gonna tell them a thing or two. As a for instance, did you know moose don’t use snow shoes. They don’t have to. They are big critters with long, long legs. They can handle any snow depth Mother Nature throws at them...keep reading |
| Posted In: Tales from the Woods, Outdoor Photography |
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Surprise Lake Whitetails in 1947 :: 18315 Views ::  |
 Whitetail deer hunting - An intriguing short story and old deer camp photos of Minnesota deer camp in 1947. See what it what like in the old timers deer shack and deer camp on Bear Island Lake. Dedicated to the memory of my father, Russ (the Swede) Anderson and his lifetime hunting partner Ben Lahti (5 parts)keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Deer Hunting, Tales from the Woods |
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| Whitetail Deer: Frequently Asked Questions :: 15954 Views :: |
 Northern white-tailed deer breeding season begins in mid October and continues into mid December. The onset of breeding season is triggered by the shortening of day length (photo period) which affects the pineal gland in both bucks and does. The peak of breeding occurs during the first half of...keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Deer Hunting, Learn How to Hunt, Conservation and the Environment |
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How to Field Dress a Deer - Video Instruction - JustNorth.com :: 13238 Views ::  |
 Find out a better way to field dress a deer and get more quality cuts from the deer that you harvested. This field dress a deer video will steer you to the best way of deboning and packaging your deer meat for the freezer.keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Deer Hunting |
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| Antler Shed Hunting :: 12415 Views :: |
 One of my favorite spring time events is walking the woods of the north in search of shed deer antlers. If you are a deer hunter, it also provides clues to the location and habits of deer that survived the hunting season. Not only is this good exercise for the body - but also for the mind. The cool, calm spring air helps clear the mind. Here is some information you may find interesting before you go in to the woods looking for sheds... keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - General, Learn How to Camp and Hike |
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| Archery Deer Hunting - Moon Phases :: 11090 Views :: |
 Hunting Moon Phases: Whether you are an archery hunter or a fisherman, the different phases of the moon can affect the movements of the wildlife. Some deer hunters, along with some fishermen, truly believe their odds of seeing deer or catching more fish can be determined by the different phases of the moon...keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Bowhunting |
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| Northern Pike Spearing - A How-to guide :: 10686 Views :: |
 Northern Pike Spearing in a darkhouse - All you have to do is throw a fork - it's too simple. That’s the line a lot of my buddies give me when I ask them to go northern spearing...keep reading |
| Posted In: Ice Fishing, Fishing - Northern Pike Fishing |
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| Snagging Bills :: 9149 Views :: |
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The Warsaw, Missouri area is known as the spoonbill capitol of the world - the main reason for this is large numbers of these fish are pulled from this area every year. My family and I have tried this "Snagging Bills" and all I have to say is this is an experience I recommend everyone check out ...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - General |
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| Deer Hunting Secrets and Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics - Part 2 :: 8441 Views :: |
 Deer Hunting - The question is frequently asked by deer hunters and frequently answered throughout this book, Where do the big bucks go? It cannot be repeated too often that the mature bucks are solitary creatures that regularly practice evasion techniques, even outside the hunting season. When hunting season rolls around..keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Deer Hunting, Learn How to Hunt |
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Tip-up Fishing Basics :: 7801 Views ::  |
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Tip-up fishing is a lot like watching a bobber, the only differences is you're waiting for a flag to come up. If you've never had the opportunity to utilize a tip up there are some basic tips that will be helpful for you...keep reading |
| Posted In: Ice Fishing |
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| Elk Hunting - A 5x5 in 2005 :: 7797 Views :: |
 Sometime around noon a nice 5X5 came prancing through one of the funnels. Hawkeye had bumped him in my direction. My 338 magnum roared and moments later I was standing over this beautiful creature. Power, grace, savagery, dignity, these are the bull elk...keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - General, Learn How to Hunt |
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| Don't Let This Happen To You :: 7266 Views :: |
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The night was filled with anticipation. For weeks, my young son, Cody, who was ten years old at the time, had looked forward to his first trip, with Dad, to the third river flowage by Lake Winnibigoshish in Minnesota. He had listened to all the stories of past trips. How it was not uncommon to see forty pike a day come through a spear hole. Now, on the eve of our adventure, my friend Dave and I entertained all the questions a 10 year old could muster up regarding the sport of spearing...keep reading |
| Posted In: Ice Fishing, Learn How to Fish, Outdoors Safety, Fishing 101 |
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| Deer Stand Walleye Fishing - Part II - Late Ice :: 3601 Views :: |
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This article is an extension of what we discussed in Part 1. I like to call this time of the year REAL hard ice. It is when the ice gets past 2 feet thick and -50 is not uncommon. This is when you need to change how you go after old marble eyes. Walleye begin to move into a different pattern this time of the year and the three main steps for hunting them down like you would a deer also changes... keep reading |
| Posted In: Ice Fishing |
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| Deer Hunting - Do activated-carbon garments really work? :: 4063 Views :: |
 The extreme commercialization of bow hunting has, in my opinion, resulted instances where hunters have been duped. In fact, I can think of several products that are down right gimmicks and obviously seek to play upon consumer ignorance and slob hunters looking for success shortcuts... keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - General, Hunting - Deer Hunting |
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| Grouse Hunting At Its Best :: 3323 Views :: |
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The grouse hunting season has started and most numbers indicate the population is on the rise!... keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Upland Birds |
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| Grouse Hunting - A Perfect Hunt :: 6602 Views :: |
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Every now and then you have an experience that you talk about for a long time, well just last Sunday I was fortunate enough to have a perfect hunt. I had spent most of the morning cutting and splitting wood ( getting ready for old man winter ). After spending most of my day working - I decided to spend a little quality time in the woods looking for grouse... keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - General, Hunting - Upland Birds, Learn How to Hunt |
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| RandyMan’s Grouse Hunting basics :: 5572 Views :: |
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The Grouse is one of my all time favorite birds to hunt, mainly because it allows me the opportunity to be in the deep woods during the fall leave change. This is also a wonderful time of the year to view all animals as they bulk up for the winter. Often I will come across deer, bear, squirrels, rabbits and other birds in my quest for a grouse or two for the dinner table...keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Upland Birds, Learn How to Hunt |
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| The Unbelievable Fish Tale :: 4267 Views :: |
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I heard Al yelling for me but was unable to make out what he was saying but as I got close to the dock I heard him say “I love this lake – I got my first fish without even using a rod and reel!” So here is what happened...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - Northern Pike Fishing |
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| Muskies, Moon Phases, and the Masses That Fish Them :: 5978 Views :: |
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It seems every muskie know it all around now pushes fishing the proper moon phases as the "fail safe way" to boat a giant fish. With that reality in mind I know up front that this article will cut against the deep feelings of many a muskie "specialists" teachings, but for crying out loud can we please add a dose of measured thought and common sense to the "moon phase" debate we carry on in the muskie fraternity? My experience concerning moon phases and the pursuit of muskies has been...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - Muskie Fishing |
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| The Owl And The 8 Point Who Drowned :: 4291 Views :: |
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This fall I was fortunate enough to be invited on a bow hunt that brought together an unusual cast of characters for an unforgettable experience. It all began when I received a call from "Bucksmack" Hines inquiring if I would like to bowhunt a piece of property with him that afternoon. Well, that is a no brainer--so in an hour we were on our way to sit in a set of tree stands he had placed there earlier in the season... keep reading |
| Posted In: Hunting - Bowhunting |
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| A Hunting Story - Making Sure to Clean the Plate :: 2932 Views :: |
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There is a song about a young boy tossing a baseball into the air. He swings the bat and misses. Again he tosses the ball into the air, swings and misses. Time and again, he swings and misses...keep reading |
| Posted In: Learn How to Hunt |
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| Fishing CPR 101 :: 5219 Views :: |
 In today’s day and age, recreation time can be at such a premium that everyone wants to remember those moments as if they were yesterday. It can be disheartening when the photos of those memories don’t reflect the fondness in our minds.
Equally as important to the memory of the trophy is the necessity to preserve the resource for our future generations. With a little coordination, these trophies can be Caught, Photographed, & Released allowing for the best of all worlds. In this article, I will review some basics for a quick, yet memorable photo and proper, safe, release...keep reading |
| Posted In: Fishing - General, Outdoor Photography |
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| Making Lifetime Fishers of Kids :: 3725 Views :: |
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Why is it that some kids really take to and enjoy fishing while others don’t? Undoubtedly individual personalities and preferences plat into it. However, it seems to me that a good portion of it could be summed up in the word “successful”. A child who goes fishing and consistently hooks into fish is...keep reading |
| Posted In: Learn How to Fish |
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