Lake Ontario Fishing Derbies Start this Weekend Get ready to Rumble – Lake Ontario fishing style! This weekend, there will be three different fishing derbies going on, as well as a ladies tournament. The Fall Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby kicks off on August 18 and runs through Labor Day. There is a $25,000 is the Grand Prize for the largest Salmon. Check www.loc.org for details. The Second Annual Reelin’ for a Cure will also begin on August 18 out of Wilson and Olcott...

Gain the ScentLok Advantage with Full Season Taktix™  Every Year We Learn from Successful Hunters: They admit, CONCEALING Human Odor is at Top of List We Found this Affordable, Comfortable, Concealable Muskegon, MI (August 14, 2017) - Fooling a deer’s eyes and ears can be relatively easy.  Stealth and woodsmanship play critical roles, as does modern camouflage.  His nose, on the other hand, takes more, a lot more. The most successful hunters employ comprehensive scent-control regimens...

New Ulm, Minnesota (July 20, 2017) – Amtrak, which operates more than 300 trains daily across the United States, now allows passengers to transport archery equipment as checked baggage. Amtrak previously prohibited archery gear on its trains, but changed its policy thanks to advocacy by the Archery Trade Association, with support from U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Georgia, USA Archery and the National Field Archery Association. This change gives America’s estimated 23.8 million archers the...

SLOW-TROLL Tricks are Deadly on Walleye Waters Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, offers Hands-On Learning Bring a Camera: Canyon Colors and Walleye Go Good Together By Forest Fisher Wanna catch walleye?  Know the two rules that apply everywhere.  Rule #1: Catching fish is fun.  Rule #2: Fishing with a professional guide that understands fish movement helps to make Rule #1 possible.  You can do it on your own later. No matter where you go, catching quality walleye as a target species...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ducks Unlimited (DU) has achieved a conservation milestone with more than 14 million acres of habitat conserved in North America.  The groundbreaking number is a cumulative accomplishment of the millions of DU volunteers and partners who have been a part of the organization over the past 80 years. “As we celebrate our 80th anniversary, this milestone is a fitting tribute to the hard work of each and every volunteer, partner and staff member who has contributed to our mission...

Need a durable camp cooker that folds up to a VERY SMALL SIZE and can do it all for hunters, fishermen, campers or tailgate fun?   Check out FireDisc® Cookers: https://www.firedisccookers.com/products/ to see the manner of set-up, take-down and storage. So simple. Yet, FireDisc is massively overbuilt, is still light in weight, incredibly easy to use and designed to last for a long time. It’s perfect for anyone who likes to fish, hunt, camp, RV, tailgate or just recreate outdoors all year...

By Fern Fisher Many of my outdoor guide friends in the mid-west and northeast use this recipe, or a recipe quite similar to this one, to share in the bounty of fat-free deer meat found and harvested on our lands across this great country.  It's easy, tasty and healthy. Ingredients: 1 pound ground venison 1 egg 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs, adjust with addition of water to mix for proper burger forming consistency 1/4 -1/2 cup finely chopped sweet onion 2 tbsp. minced...

By NYSDEC iSeeMammals is a new citizen science project of DEC and the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Cornell University. It collects data to help researchers and DEC biologists study the distribution and size of the black bear population in New York. iSeeMammals will help researchers collect data from more areas than researchers can cover in the field. Participation is open to all. iSeeMammals collects information about where and when users identify bears or bear signs...

Need a durable camp cooker that folds up to a VERY SMALL SIZE and can do it all for hunters, fishermen, campers or tailgate fun?   Check out FireDisc® Cookers: https://www.firedisccookers.com/products/ to see the manner of set-up, take-down and storage. So simple. Yet, FireDisc is massively overbuilt, is still light in weight, incredibly easy to use and designed to last for a long time. It’s perfect for anyone who likes to fish, hunt, camp, RV, tailgate or just recreate outdoors all year...