Hunters will find about 899,000 acres highlighted in the 2006 North Dakota PLOTS guide. PLOTS is not just for pheasants, deer too are found in these walk in hunting access tracts...

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You have the needle on the compass floating north. In the mapping and compass trade there are three north’s. The first is TRUE north. Like the north pole where Santa lives. If you ran a direct line through the exact center of the earth on a north-south axis you would have true north...

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If you view a topo map like a SOLVED jig saw puzzle, and a treasure hunt, you like maps, like I like maps. Everything is right in front of you, but you got to go get it...

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Every year hundreds of hunters are seriously injured and scores killed nationally due to falls from tree stands. The majority of accidents occur because hunters do not take appropriate safety precautions when ascending or descending from an elevated hunting platform...

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Kids that learn to hunt and fish as youth, are more likely to make hunting and fishing a life long hobby...

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If your new hunting partner doesn’t enjoy mud, rain or getting up before the crack of dawn, odds are duck hunting is not a good choice...

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As outdoorsman we are now in the period of Fall’s great bounty.  Most of our Hunting seasons are now or soon to be open.  Pheasant Hunting of course being the biggest draw for us and the countless numbers of Foreigners that have discovered our wonderful natural resources...

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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...

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Respect private property; ask first. That's the message to hunters from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Hunters must receive permission to hunt on agricultural lands and are strongly encouraged by the DNR to ask before hunting on any private property...

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While grandma, the moms and dads, aunts and uncles gathered inside the old farmhouse, a handful of the older cousins would grab a couple of .22s and head for the grove out back...

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Only three times since the early 1960s has the Minnesota pheasant harvest topped the 500,000 mark. This year could mark the fourth time...

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According to a DNR wildlife research biologist, pheasants follow a schedule as routine as your daily commute to and from work. Understanding the pheasant's daily movements can increase your odds of flushing a rooster...

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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...

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Always ask permission before entering private land. A simple rule of thumb is don't if you don't know who owns the property. Any entry onto private land without permission is considered trespassing...

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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...

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