ONCE YOU OR YOUR PARTNER HAS HOOKED A FISH, IT'S UP TO HIS PARTNER TO NET IT AND PUT IT IN THE BOAT. SOME OF THE NETS NOWDAYS HAVE VERY DEEP BASKETS, AS THE ANGLER MAY FISH FOR DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH. WHEN I NET A FISH, I GRAB THE BOTTOM OF THE NET AND PULL IT BACK...
ON WEDNESDAY, TODD ROSE, THE RETIRED VETERAN'S SERVICE OFFICER FROM WATERTOWN, BRUCE CARTER, WATERTOWN. BOB DEJONG, BROOKINGS, JON ALBERS RAPID CITY AND I HEADED FOR CHAMBERLAIN TO ASSIST WITH THE 23RD ANNUAL NORTH CENTRAL CHAPTER OF THE PARALIZED VETERANS OF AMERICA...
ON MAY 16TH, TIM CHANDLER AND I FISHED GRASS LAKE FOR A FEW HOURS. TIM LANDED A NICE 18 1/2" WALLEYE, WHILE I BROKE OFF ON A FISH, POBABLY A NORTHERN, WEEDS ARE STARTING TO APPEAR, SO IT MAY BE TOUGH TO FISH AS TIME GOES BY!
OVER THE YEARS, I’VE HAD NUMEROUS DOGS, SOME WERE JUST PETS, WITH MOST OF THEM BEING MY HUNTING PARTNER. MY FIRST HUNTING DOG WAS A BRITNEY SPANIEL, NAMED CALICO, I WAS WORKING AT A GAME FARM IN NE NEBRASKA AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO BE PAID FOR MY LABORS, THE OWNER...
ONCE I TAG MY TURKEY IN THE SPRING, I'LL CUT THE FAN OFF OF THE BIRD, BORAX THE REMAINING SKIN AND ATTACH IT TO A A PIECE OF WOOD, I'LL POUND SEVERAL NAILS AT THE TOP OF THE BOARD TO HOLD THE FEATHERS APART UNTIL IT DRIES. I'VE USED MY FANS NUMEROUS TIMES TO BRING...
IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL HUNTER YOU NEED TO SCOUT LONG BEFORE THE SEASON OPENER. IN ORDER TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, YOU’LL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THINGS ABOUT THE ANIMAL YOU’RE AFTER, INCLUDING WHERE THEY TRAVEL, WATER, BEDDING AREAS, AND ROOSTS, SO YOU CAN...
DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FRESHWATER FISH SPAWN WHEN WATER TEMPERATURES REACH A CERTAIN FAHRENHEIT TEMPERATURE. WALLEYE SPAWN ALONG A GRAVEL SHORELINE IN THE EARLY SPRING WITH CURRENT OR WIND SWEPT, SO THE EGGS ARE OXYGENATED. NORTHERN PIKE MOVE INTO VEGETATED AREAS WITH...
I'VE SWORN BY TURKEY DECOYS FOR NUMEROUS YEARS, STARTING WITH THE COLLAPSIBLE ONES THAT FOLDED UP AND GO INTO THE BACK OF MY TURKEY VEST. SINCE THAT TIME THESE DECOYS HAVE COME A LONG WAYS, ONE OF THE FIRST HARD-BODY DECOYS THAT I USED WAS THE DAKOTA DECOYS OUT OF...
MOST TURKEY HUNTERS HAVE THEIR OWN FAVORITE TURKEY CALL. SOME SWEAR BY A BOX CALL, WHICH WORKS WELL UNTIL YOU GET INTO DAMP CONDITIONS AS THE CHALK ON THEM GUMS UP. THERE ARE SEVERAL NEWER BOX CALLS THAT YOU DON’T NEED TO CHALK AND THEY WORK EVEN IN DAMP WEATHER....