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Turkey Hunting

What Makes Great Turkey Hunting

Early life is the most hazardous time for young turkeys.  An important sign of turkey population success is whether the young live through the summer.  If conditions are right one year, the number of birds […]

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Boat News

Getting Your Boat Ready

Do you want to operate your boat safely and effectively this year?  There is some preparation it needs done.  It is not difficult, but necessary.  It might even save money in the long run. Just […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Fishing Unfamiliar Waters

High fuel costs and other boat expenses mean that many of us are fishing water closer to home and or perhaps areas we neglected in the past. Fishing a new lake, or seldom fished lake, […]

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Panfish Fishing

Early Season Crappies

Pre-spawn crappies teach us how to fish for all species.  They require stealth, patience, ability to read the water, sound knowledge of the species and in general provide an apprenticeship to all fishing. The early […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Dunkin Worms For Trout

Spring catchable trout programs allow anglers catch these denizens of the cold water often not normally available the rest of the year. Rainbow trout live in water that remains below 72-degrees and within 4 feet […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

PUT-N-TAKE TROUT

Put-and-take trout fishing requires more thought than most anglers believe.  Sure it is possible to catch them with little effort.  Consistently getting results after the first few days is a little more difficult.  Finding fish […]

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Panfish Fishing

Late Winter Crappie Surprise

The ice will soon be off our favorite lakes.  Most of us as we get older tend to prefer the warm confines of home to fishing out on a lake in 40-degree temperatures.  Kyle Schoenherr […]

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Panfish Fishing

Pines For Perch

Reported by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Roger Terwilliger, president of the Gallatin/Madison chapter of Walleyes Unlimited, moved to Townsend in the 1990s. He came to enjoy the small-town lifestyle and to fish. And he’s kept […]

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Ice Fishing

Liftin’ Barbels by TGO

No, this is not another get fit promotion. Our topic certainly involves lifting weights, but it might take awhile to tone your biceps, because we’re talking lifting barbels, not barbells.  That’s right, barbels–as in the […]

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Panfish Fishing

Cold Water Crappie Fishing

Preferring the warm confines of home to fishing out on a lake in 40-degree temperatures does not make one unusual. But a while back Kyle Schoenherr’s tales of 2-pound crappie became irresistible. In addition to […]

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Panfish Fishing

Trolling Crankbaits

Summer was good, and you had the crappie pinned down. You could return to the same brushpiles or standing timber and pound limit after limit. But now comes the first cold front, and, where’d they […]

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Fishing Tips

Cold Water Fishing

The cool water of late fall allows fish to spread out and find comfort zones in a variety of levels.  Thanks giving weekend has given anglers in southern Illinois a chance for some very late […]

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Panfish Fishing

Crappie In Crapy Weather

White crappie caught on rainy day teaches one to fish under hardship. Thunder and lightning punctuate the night time skies.  But, we are anxious to get out on the water and catch some crappie.  Rain […]

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Hunting News

A First Shotgun

Very nice story by Ace Luciano: I will never forget the first shotgun I ever fired. It was a Beretta Companion, a single shot 20 gauge that folded entirely in half and weighed next to […]

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Small Game Hunting

Find The Food To feed Quail

Blazing fall colors and the dull ones that follow are sure signs of quail season.  Humans and canines take to the field in search of a short, plump bird about 10 inches long and weighing […]

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Small Game Hunting

Frustration On The Wing

Each August the temperatures of summer begin to cool in preparation for fall and the hunting seasons.  Days get shorter and the night cooler.  Doves begin to move about as the young of the year […]

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Hunting News

Choosing A Hunting Club

The two most important things in selecting a hunting club are good birds and good cover.  Everything else is secondary. You can go to a lot of hunting preserves that have gorgeous clubhouses, expensive landscaping […]