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  • Custom Fishing Rod Builder: Tom Marks

    Rod length, sensitivity, power, flex…all these factors matter Setting the hook, it’s the best feeling with a rod you helped design Rattlesnake skin and other custom handles personalize rods to the individual By Bob Holzhei “The sensitivity in any fishing rod can be determined by placing the tip of the rod against your throat while another person holds the other end of the rod.  ... Read More >
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  • Campfire’s Light the Night

    Gentle flames dance and flicker before you Light the night, cook food, share time Story-telling, memories, peaceful thinking – its magical By Larry Whiteley There’s something really special about time spent around a campfire. Smoke drifts away or gets in your face. Wood crackles and pops. Flames dance and flicker. Sparks float hypnotically upward into a dark night sky. A campfire makes you feel better. ... Read More >
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  • Lower Niagara River Anglers CATCHING BIG FISH

    Bill Hilts Niagara Falls USA Fishing Forecast for March 13, 2019 from Destination Niagara USA Action has picked back up again in the lower Niagara River according to Lisa Drabczyk of Creek Road Bait and Tackle in Lewiston. Steelhead fishing was good in Devil’s Hole and along Artpark on pink egg sacs and Kwikfish. Some fish have also been caught on ... Read More >
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  • 2019 Statewide Turkey Hunting Season Opens March 23…in Georgia

      Georgia turkey hunters are ready for the season to open on Saturday, Mar. 23. The 2019 turkey hunting season should be a fair season, similar to 2018, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. “Reproduction in 2017 was lower than the four-year average, so that could mean a lower than usual supply of 2 year-old gobblers across much ... Read More >
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  • Steyr Arms USA Unveils their “Elite Experience” – Includes Free Training

    Last month at SHOT Show, Steyr Arms USA CEO Scott O’Brien unveiled the company’s newest and boldest plan for the American market, the Steyr Elite Experience. Based on the foundation of four pillars of performance: Limited lifetime warranty Sub-minute-of-angle guarantee on all bolt-action rifles Free world-class training for buyers of almost every Steyr rifle Host of elite VIP privileges Steyr Arms USA is proving that ... Read More >
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  • Head for the Beach and the Birds….the Florida Turkey Birds

    Spring Turkey Season STARTS NEXT WEEK in Florida…March 2nd Enjoy the outdoors and a healthy, delicious meal too Abundant wild Osceola Turkey populations across Florida Florida’s spring turkey season opens Saturday, March 2 on private lands south of State Road 70 and Saturday, March 16 north of State Road 70. Florida’s abundant wild turkey populations offer sustainable harvest opportunities throughout the state. However, ... Read More >
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  • Florida Wild Turkey Cottage Pie

    Ingredients 1 ½ cups Florida green beans, cooked until tender crisp 1 ½ cups Florida sweet corn, cooked and cut off the cob 1 cups carrots, cooked 1 cup brown gravy (homemade or store bought) 2 cups mashed potatoes (homemade or store bought) Sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste Preparation Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a baking dish with quick release spray. Beginning with ... Read More >
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  • Prescribed Fires, Why are they Important?

    We learn from Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama Part of Long-term Longleaf Pine Restoration Alabama State Parks will conduct a prescribed burn of two longleaf pine tree zones at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Ala., during March 2019, weather permitting. The prescribed burns will take place in two locations within the park: approximately 168 acres near the upper ... Read More >