RECENT EDITIONS

An Upper Peninsula doe had a tennis ball stuck in her mouth
A 9-year-old doe with a tennis ball stuck in its mouth for weeks near Marquette was eventually hit and killed by a vehicle on County Road 480 on July 19 before the DNR could help the animal. Harvey resident Susan Andary noticed the doe with the tennis ball in her...

It’s all for sale at the Outdoor Weekend
Have you ever cut a big old tree, planning precise cuts for it to drop in a specific spot? Only to hear it crack, tilt and begin the slow groan of falling in the opposite direction, directly toward your 4-wheeler. Those moments just before impact you get this...

Fishing Brook Trout
I made my bones as an angler fishing for walleyes. I guided anglers for walleyes, competed in–and won–walleye tournaments and earned a reputation as a trophy walleye expert by learning the keys to catching them after dark when the big ones are most vulnerable. But if...

The Adaptive Whitetail
In the Northern Hemisphere, the white-tailed deer’s cyclic rhythms in physiology, metabolism, coat molt, reproduction, and general behavior are closely regulated by the changing amount of daylight, or “photoperiod.” The shortening day length in autumn triggers a...

The Evolution of Bombing
The Rapala Jigging Rap! This is not an article to plug a sponsor. It’s a story of some smart anglers utilizing electronics and a very versatile jigging glide bait to rewrite tournament weight records and put a bunch of walleyes in live wells across the northern...

Seeing results firsthand
Rushing home from work, I exchanged my uniform for camouflage-clad clothing and did my best to avoid tripping or sustaining any injuries in the process. It was October, and this was a normal routine for me this time of year, trying to fit in a few hours of bowhunting...