Hunting and Fishing News Blog Articles

A Midwestern bowhunter checks a foodplot for deer activity. (Design Pics Inc/Alamy/) A new season. Piles of new bowhunting gear. Many bowhunters can end up questioning whether sorting through it all is really worth the time and effort. And especially, when it comes to big-ticket compound bows. After all, they couldn’t possibly improve enough to war

Surviving the heat can be a major challenge in a dry, shadeless environment. (Max Pixel/) Summer heat can be brutal on outdoorsmen and women. But what happens when we have to deal with both the heat and the hard work of a survival situation? We typically worry about the dangers of hypothermia in outdoor emergencies, but heat-related problems can be

Getting the best performance from your hunting or hiking boot doesn’t necessarily end with the footwear itself. If you love your boots but can’t quite get the perfect fit, you may need a custom insole. Laying out the extra expense can also help relieve problems associated with runner’s knee, over-training, or injury, and breathe new life into tired

Admittedly, a blow-up queen-size mattress hardly qualifies as camping gear, but the comfort and convenience it offers certainly has a place as an extra bunk at the family cabin, a spare bed in the living room, or your personal dog house in the basement. Whatever your need, here are a few things to look for in the ever-handy balloon bed. Twin or Que

There are many reasons to kennel a dog, ranging from bedtime routines to behavioral needs, and from training to travel. However, the traditional plastic kennel doesn’t have to be your best friend’s only home away from home. They are great for the back of the truck on the way to camp or a hunt, but not the best for inside use. If you kennel your dog

A Midwest buck on the move under a full moon. (Neal Mishler/Alamy/) Multiple scientific studies of whitetail deer have established historical rut activity charts that illustrate one important fact: In any given year, from North Carolina to Kansas to western Canada, 90 percent of all adult does will come into estrous and be bred from approximately N

Smoking game has been around about as long as fire itself. The process can be time consuming, so it has fallen out of favor, largely because of the convenience of a propane grill. But just the delicious aroma of wood smoke on the breeze alone makes it worth the effort. The Taste Smokers infuse meats and other foods with flavor. (Traeger Grills/) Co

Vacuum sealers are more than just handy kitchen appliances, they’re investments. The money that you spend on a food saver soon will be paid back several times over, and in several ways: You can save nearly every leftover from every meal for a much longer time than if you covered them with plastic wrap, because the lack of air in the sealed bag prev

Most hunters don’t limit themselves to one species of game or a single geographic area, so why limit yourself to one pair of boots? The footwear requirements of an upland wingshooter are different from those of a Rocky Mountain elk hunter or a tree stand hunter pursuing eastern whitetails. These three styles will cover pretty much every scenario yo

Whether you are looking for your first life preserver, picking up a reserve personal flotation device (PFD), or shopping for a family member, there are a lot of options to choose from. Here are some pros and cons of the basic styles. Traditional A traditional PFD is the best, and likely the most economical way to stay afloat. (Stearns/) The traditi

Well folks this is a new one. A New Mexico man encouraged and allowed his dog to kill a fawn in southern Colorado. He then decided to post a video of the event to his social media account which attracted a lot of attention as you can imagine he was turned in to game and fish.   It sounds like there are a few different stories going around. One was

Bow hunter Dan Pickar shares one of his favorite hunting tools. The onXhunt app is a powerful mapping system with movement tracking and waypoint features. Combined with high resolution downloadable maps, the onXhunt app could make all the difference when it comes to recovering a big game animal this fall. Check out the offline maps feature from onX

The new Ranger 1000 can handle plenty around camp and on the trail. (Polaris/) The side-by-side world has evolved from modest farm-and-camp machines to souped-up trail running beasts. If you dive deep enough into the trail riding world, you can end up spending new-pickup-truck money on a high-end UTV. But for most folks who just need a machine to g

A rider on BLM land in Nevada. (Bureau of Land Management/) While candidate Donald Trump promised to cherish America’s public hunting and fishing land, close observers say policies under his presidency are undermining those lands and even aiding those who would dispose of America’s public land altogether. America has 640 million acres of public lan

Tuesday August 6 at 9:00 am, the firing pistol goes off and thousands of applicants have about 5 minutes to snap up the best of the Colorado leftover tags, that is, if they can get through. That means you only have today to study the  leftover list. Fortunately, it doesn’t take long. There are tens of thousands of licenses but the vast majority are