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Bass Baits By the Season

Bass are among the most sought-after freshwater game fish. Everyone from professional anglers to weekend fishermen spend countless hours trying to discover the magic lure to catch bass every time they fish. But the truth […]

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Elk Hunting: A Thinking Man’s Game

It’s possible to wander out in the woods and blunder into elk, but if that’s your principal strategy, then you’re probably not destined for great success as an elk hunter. Consistent luck requires premeditation. Anticipating, […]

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Videos

NRA-ILA Daily Alert

California: 2014 Legislative Session Scheduled to Adjourn this Sunday, August 31  There are only four days left of the 2014 California legislative session and you MUST call AND e-mail your state Senator and Assemblyman TODAY.  […]

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The Five C’s To Fishing Success

People have long talked about certain lures and techniques being the secret to fishing success. However, setting back and thinking about the lures and techniques there is usually a reason as to why they are […]

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Arctic Ice Releases Informational Video

In an effort to help further educate and inform a rapidly expanding customer base, Arctic Ice has released a follow-up video to the Introduction to Arctic Ice released earlier this year. “What Is Chillin’ Brew […]

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ACHFP & USFWS Seek Habitat Projects for FY2015 Funding

The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are requesting project applications to restore and conserve habitat necessary to support coastal, estuarine dependent, and diadromous fish species. Federal […]

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Thinking About Fall Fishing

For many people, Labor Day marks the end of summer or the beginning of fall depending on how you look at it. For some anglers, Labor Day marks the end of the fishing season: For […]

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3 Spots For Late-Summer Bass

It doesn’t matter that much if you’re fishing a giant Southern reservoir or a natural Northern lake, it’s hot out there. Even though we’re experiencing a relatively cool summer, it still can be sweltering above […]

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Tristar 20 Gauge Raptor Shotguns

Youth shooting sports have always been important to TriStar Arms. To celebrate and garner interest in youth shooters, TriStar has expanded its popular Raptor line in 2014 with the addition of a 20-gauge Raptor Youth […]

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The First Hollow Body Frog

Many people are familiar with the Snag Proof line of frogs such as Bobby’s Perfect Frog and Ish’s Phat Frog. However, long before those were created – heck, even long before Ish Monroe was created (born 1974), […]

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Small Game Hunting

Tips For Finding the King Of the Tree Tops

Chasing this ghostly king of the treetops is a small game hunting challenge that requires careful planning. All too often the quarry is underestimated. In southern Illinois there is an abundance of squirrels and public […]

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Pro Finesse Drop Chains

Fish. You see plenty on your sonar. They’ve been wallowing up and eyeing your jigging spoon all day. But without even as much as a sniff, every one turned tail and swam off. Something’s just […]

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An Icon Is Gone

Larry Thornhill, longtime outdoor enthusiast, passed on Thursday August 21, 2014 late in the afternoon from complications associated with pancreatic cancer. Larry was well-known in the outdoors industry for his public relations efforts on behalf […]

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NWF Joins Others to Defend Public Lands

Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined Collin O’Mara, the National Wildlife Federation’s CEO and president, and business and conservation leaders Thursday to speak out for conserving America’s public lands and against attempts to sell or […]

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Glenn Beck to Appear at 2015 SCI Convention

Glenn Beck, one of America’s leading multi-media personalities, will be speaking the evening of Saturday, February 7 at the 2015 SCI Hunters’ Convention at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Known for his […]

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Pros Throw Go-To Baits All Summer

If you could only fish a handful of baits this summer, what would they be? We asked Bassmaster pro Ott Defoe and walleye guide Tom Neustrom, neither of whom hesitated before rattling off a short […]

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A Mid-Summer Bass Trip

Last week my nephew Sam and I took our annual bass trip to west central Minnesota. We’ve been doing this for about ten years and have only missed one year. Sam was in grade school […]

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NPAA PlansTo Protect the Sport and Public Access

Recognizing the increased regulation of natural resources, and growing restrictions on public access to them, the National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA) is planning to widen its membership base to create a national voice advocating responsible […]

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New Umarex Air Rifle Fueled

New technologies continue to provide quiet and powerful pellet rifles. Many of today’s adult airguns offer some combination of silence, power, accuracy and consistency, but it’s the Umarex Fuel that has them all and it […]

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Coast Guard Seizes Fishing Gear

Coast Guard crews seized a total of 10 miles of long line fishing gear from multiple Mexican fishermen operating illegally in U.S. waters over the past several days. Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon crewmembers seized two […]

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Late Summer Bass Patterning

Late summer bass fishing can be some of the most frustrating days you will spend on the water all year. Generally the fish are transitioning and can seem to be neither here nor there. While […]

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Keep It Simple For More Fish

Fishing is different things to different people. Some folks like to consider every aspect of why a fish was caught on a certain bait, was in a particular location at that time, and why that […]

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Meet O’Neill Williams

70 years old, born in Atlanta, 5’ 7” tall, weigh in at 208 pounds.  I know, I know, I’m fat but hide it well don’t you think?  I’m also bald headed; have been since 23 […]

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Environmentalists Expect Anglers to Pay

First, environmental groups and their allies in California state government ignored science, chose to follow a United Nations model, and closed off vast areas for sport fishing through establishment of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Now […]

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Average But Large Gulf Dead Zone

NOAA and EPA-supported scientists have mapped the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, an area with low oxygen water, measuring 5,052 square miles this summer  — approximately the size of Connecticut. The measurements were taken during […]