Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole
Drive north from Jackson on Highway 89, into the heart of the National Elk Refuge. If you're alert, if you know it's there and you're looking for it, you might see the museum. On the other hand, you might not, and that's intentional. When my father was stationed in...
Chicken-Fried Rabbit
Chicken Fried Rabbit The eating of rabbits and hares has a venerable history in Europe. Greeks, Germans, Spaniards and Britons love rabbits and hares, as do Italians in certain regions. they also happen to be the building blocks of any true hunter's repertoire. At the...
Monsters, Mayhem and Miracles
New from Sporting Classics, Monsters, Mayhem and Miracles is an endearing and absorbing collection of wild and wacky stories featuring both fictional and true-to-life adventures. Truly a first in the world of outdoor publishing, Monsters, Mayhem and Miracles is a...
Marinades – The Derrydale Game Cookbook
Marinades The word MARINATE comes from an old Spanish word meaning "to pickle," and it is the acid of the marinade that does the work, adding new flavor, softening tough fibers, increasing their natural sapidity through the action of penetration, lifting ordinary...
Jay Kemp Swinging for the Fence
"I don't want to bunt every time. I'm going to swing for the fence." Jay Kemp is explaining how his most successful painting came to life. He wanted to paint a big bull elk, he says, running a hand through his hair, green eyes looking beyond the glass doors of his...
10 Best Hunting States Ranked
Fresh off my annual multi-state fall hunting tour — part of the occupational hazard of being an outdoor television host, former magazine editor and book author (I know, it’s a dirty job…) — it seems an opportune time to assess the state of hunting. That is, with more...
Road Trip Discoveries – Candid Cameron
Road Trip Time! On a recent bird hunting road trip (yes, Mike was driving the truck in case you were wondering), I passed through South Dakota. It’s a great state with more ring-necked pheasants living there than people. WOW! There is also South Dakota’s Governor...
The Cold Burn Cognition of Living
Islands in the stream...eras in the flow of a man’s lifetime. Days lapse January meager now, and this one is dying. In the twilight of its wake, snow is born. Death to one, life to another. Waylaid at my threshold by the magic, rescued from the zephyr of melancholy...
Blacktail Bait with Wine Grapes
Blacktail hunting in California vineyards is an uncommon pursuit because California vineyard blacktails are an uncommon animal. Texans have a saying. Don’t Californicate Texas. Keep your ground hugging Ferraris, man buns and cappuccinos on the Left Coast. Texas is the...
Hunting Gear – Ode to Old Ways
We all know the type. Maybe it’s you, most likely it’s your old man or, perhaps, a grandfather. The one who is stuck in the “good old days.” “God almighty this is heavy,” doing my best impression of Atlas carrying what only could have amounted to the weight of the...
New Year’s Resolutions, Candid Cameron
What are these New Year's Resolutions hoomans keep talking about? I have heard many hoomans make plans for the New Year, and they set lofty goals or unreachable restrictions upon themselves. Yikes, more of you should live carefree like we dogs do. Nothing matters, har...
Mountain Rifles Matter
SPONSORED CONTENT What kind of mountain rifles do you get when you combine the input from more than 50 hard-core sheep hunters and guides and then take five years to design, research and test those ideas? High-altitude hunting delivers many challenges. It’s...
SEWE Celebrates 40 Years
SEWE 2022 Celebrates 40 Years 40th Annual Southeastern Wildlife Exposition February 18-20, 2022 | VIP events begin February 17 Downtown Charleston, S.C. SEWE Celebrates 40 years this February: The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) has proudly presented...
Tips for Packaging and Freezing Game
Now that the 2021 hunting season is winding down, it is time to consider the best way to store our harvest for the coming months and year. The proper packaging and storage of game is a necessary step to preserve the nutritional contents of the game and lengthen the...
End of Bird Hunting Season
The end is near! OK, don’t panic hoomans, but the end of bird hunting seasons are near in some areas of America. My plans are to make a few more jaunts for grouse in the high country before snows up there reach waist-high depths. It will be cold in the high country,...
Winter Fishing Relations – North Dakota
Winter Fishing Regulations Anglers are encouraged to refer to the North Dakota 2020-22 Fishing Guide or the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website for winter fishing regulations, plus fishing questions and answers. Some winter fishing regulations include: A...
A True Firearm Upgrade
SPONSORED CONTENT Big game hunters around the globe demand that firearms meet two key standards—accuracy and reliability. For some hunters, “good enough” accuracy may mean three-inch groups at 100 yards and reliability only that the rifle normally chambers rounds. For...
North Dakota Ice Fishing Dangers
District Game Warden Ken Skuza speaks on the North Dakota Ice Fishing Dangers: When I think of December, I think of ice fishing. That first ice can result in some amazing fishing, but also can be very dangerous. These are some North Dakota ice fishing dangers. I...
Earthly Yuletide Decor – Natural Christmas
In today’s world, obtaining the family Christmas tree involves nothing more than a stop at a store, viewing trees stacked side-by-side in a vacant lot, or retrieving an artificial tree from the attic. Real “adventure” in obtaining the family tree involves going to a...
Season 2 of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey
Season 2 of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey now on Waypoint TV 9 Episodes of The Most Watched Outdoor TV Program in the World Added to Waypoint Programming Dorsey Pictures announces that Season 2 of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey - the most watched outdoor TV...
AZ Guidelines 2023/24 – 2027/28
Overview - AZ Guidelines for 2023-24 through 2027-28: The Arizona Game and Fish Department follows a multi-tiered process for setting hunting season structures, hunting season dates, hunt permit allocations, and other controlling elements for regulating hunting of...
Winter Goose Hunt, Just Perfect
It was December, and the goose season in New York’s Duchess County had three more weeks to run. This is a winter goose hunt from long ago, where an unexpected hunting partner joined me — after all other companions fell through. In this Yuletide season, we remember...
Kansas State Parks Director Honored
Linda Lanterman, Kansas State Parks director for the Department of Wildlife and Parks, was recently honored with the Fran P. Mainella Award by the Clemson University Institute for Parks (CUIP). Lanterman was gifted the award in recognition of her long-standing...
Rare 16-Point Deer – Missouri
A Missouri hunter scored a surprise 16-pointer. Pleased with his kill, he came out of cover to study, tag and field dress his prize. "Samuel Perotti had seen this well-antlered deer in photos captured by his game camera," the state Department of Conservation said,...
10 Gift Ideas for the Sportsman in Your Life
Something for everyone at every price point.
AZ Community Fishing License Discontinuation
The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) will discontinue selling Community Fishing licenses beginning Jan. 1, 2022. Over the last eight years, the hugely popular Community Fishing Program (CFP) has expanded from 21 waters to 49 waters, which are located in 23...
Robert Bonnie Confirmed USDA Undersecretary
Robert Bonnie Confirmed USDA Undersecretary The National Wild Turkey Federation celebrates the Senate confirmation of Robert Bonnie as undersecretary of farm production and conservation for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Robert is supremely qualified for this...
Argentina Big Game – Beautifully Weird
On a mixed-bag Argentina big game hunt, the author experiences an entirely new continent and its game. It was evident when I met Gaucho the houndsman that he either did not speak English or didn’t choose to around me. When I shook his hand after my hunting guide and...
Best Little Aoudad Hunt, Texas
Wild sheep and sheep country have inspired a rich tradition of longing, struggle and adventure, perhaps a richer tapestry of hunting lore and literature. Some of it even true. Bighorns. Dall’s. Stone’s. Desert. Argalis. Snow sheep. These are the regal rams of fevered...
Kansas – Big Game Permits
CBGP program gives organizations chance to draw one of seven special big game permits, can be sold to raise funds for conservation projects. Local chapters of nonprofit organizations based or operating in Kansas – that actively promote wildlife conservation and the...
Deer Hides Benefit Disabled Vets
Deer Hides Benefit Disabled Vets Hunters donated nearly 4,000 deer hides to Elks Lodges across Iowa last year, which was a slight decrease from the 2020-2021 season. The deer hides are used by the Veterans Leather Program to make professionally-crafted leather gloves...
GFP Shares Important December Dates
GFP Shares Important December Dates - several major dates individuals need to be aware of as GFP transitions to a new e-commerce system. The new e-commerce system is called Go Outdoors South Dakota and will go live December 15, 2021. This system combines the purchases...
Candid Cameron – Hitting the Highway
This week on Candid Cameron, "Hitting the highway means I'm going hunting!" It’s that time of year when there are so few days to hunt but so many birds to hunt. When I see Mike is digging into a box of shotshells or putting a shotgun into a case, I rush to the garage...
Go Out{side} Giveaway Winner
Go Out{side} by Bassmaster was created to inspire and educate families as they begin exploring nature. Few things will motivate outdoor enthusiasts more than the incredible prizes in the Go Out{side} Giveaway, which included prizes from Big Green Egg, Eukanuba,...
Tucker Smith — A Celebration of Nature
Tour featuring major retrospective of Wyoming's Tucker Smith ends January 2, 2022. One enduring memory I have is of a silhouetted figure, the outline of a cowboy hat, the rangy gesture of a man, hand extended, holding what appeared to be a magic wand, reaching toward...
Mule Deer Foundation Launches New Website
The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) is proud to announce the release of its new website. Delivering improved content and enhanced user-experience, the new MDF website showcases who we are, how we conserve and educate, and how you can become more involved. “This complete...
Florida Fish Art Contest 2022
The Florida Fish Art Contest uses art, science, and creative writing to foster connections to the outdoors and inspire the next generation of stewards. The Florida Fish Art Contest was inspired in 1997 by a 5th grader’s homework assignment and has grown into an...
Hunting Plans – End of a Season
As countless millions of outdoorsmen's and women's hunting plans are structured around the seasons, they are done so usually without spending a moment contemplating when our last season will roll around. Each year I read articles of famous outdoorsman known for duck...
Steelhead Fishing in Ohio? Good News.
Ohio’s steelhead trout fishing is heating up now that colder weather is incoming, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. November through March provides peak action for anglers pursuing northeast Ohio’s silver bullets. Six...
Something for the First Time
A fella posed a question the other day that caused me pause... He asked, “When’s the last time you did something for the first time?” Not when’s the last time you did something again for the first time in a long time. But the last time you did something for...
FOLLOW FIRE RESTRICTIONS – Montana
Although the fading hours of daylight may suggest that we are in the heart of autumn and moving rapidly towards winter, fire danger across parts of north central Montana and especially along the Rocky Mountain Front remains high, and hunters and all other outdoor...
A Stillness by the Pool – Bob Kuhn
The Landing of a Wildlife Masterwork Once Belonging to T. Boone Pickens Now Available for the Public to Savor. This is Bob Kuhn's elusive tiger. Our eyes are drawn first inexorably to the carnivore paused peacefully in the aftermath of a kill. There is something...
Some Pretty Good Dogs – Scott Linden
There are plenty of canine rock stars, field trial money-makers, legendary bird dogs memorialized in literature, magazine stories and on hall of fame walls. But I’m a man of simple tastes, so those dogs that do yeoman’s duty are the ones that nudge their way into my...
Best Prescription Eyewear
We’re living in the golden age of prescription sporting lenses, with a litany of options to suit just about any activity in all light conditions. Here, then, is a selection high-performance glasses to fit any budget. Whether you’re tracking a clay target as it...
One of a Kind – Regis Darne
From its sliding breech to its retractable sling, this graceful French beauty stands as an objet d'art in a world of lookalikes. Truly, one of a kind. Guns, like most tools, evolve in almost the same way as animals do. And, in the same way that we tend...
New tM35 Thermal Imaging Clip-On
THE NEW tM35 FROM SWAROVSKI OPTIK – Detect. Decide. Hunt. ANNOUNCING the new tM35 thermal imaging clip-on device from SWAROVSKI OPTIK NORTH AMERICA, a subsidiary of the Austrian based company. Hunters can count on proven SWAROVSKI OPTIK quality with the tM35. For...
Colorado’s Newest State Park
Governor's letter to community announcing Colorado’s newest state park. Hello Colorado! I am so excited to announce Colorado’s newest state park located at Sweetwater Lake near the border of Garfield County and Eagle County, only about 15 miles off Highway 70. With...
A Place for ALL those Upland Decals! – DIY
At some point we ALL run out of room to place our decals on. What to do. If you are like me and have an ever-growing stash of decals, then do I have a solution for you. A DIY on a place for all those upland decals. In the early 1980s it was popular for school kids to...
Time To Hunt – Cameron the Weim Returns!
Well, in case you have been pulling a Rip Van Winkle and sleeping under a large tree, take a look at your calendar now. Hunting seasons are open. Time to hunt! Or to be more specific bird hunting seasons are open, across America. The list of birds to find, point,...
SC Store Deluxe Book Sale
Use code DELUXE15 during checkout to save. Beat the rush this season and save 15% off your total order on all books, including our deluxe limited editions! Each of our leather-bound limited edition books are signed and individually numbered by the author. Hurry sale...