5 Ways to Weather-Proof Your Dog’s Offseason Training
Weather extremes make it difficult to train and keep your hunting dog sharp during the offseason. Just as you probably don’t want to work in kneedeep snow, heavy rain or brutally hot, humid days, neither does your dog. Professional gun dog trainers Paul McGagh, Clyde...
Featured Artist: Shawn McAvoy
The realistic approach that Shawn McAvoy reflects in his sculptures is a testament to his respect for the natural world. With over twenty years of experience, his attention to every detail is precise, depicting his subjects in an exceptional fashion, capturing extreme...
Minnesota DNR Adding 2 Extra Weekends in December for Deer Hunters
These hunts are being held to help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease. Dates Friday, Dec. 21, through Sunday, Dec. 23 Friday, Dec. 28, through Sunday, Dec. 30 The hunts will occur in deer permit areas 603, 347 and 348 and portions of deer permit areas 343 and...
Excerpt from “Amid Whirring Wings”
“Bob White” Shrill and clear, from thicket near, A song within the woodland ringing, A treble note from silver throat The siren of the fields is singing— “Bob White! Bob White!” And from the height, an answer sweet Floats gently o’er the rippling wheat— “Bob White!...
RMEF Acquires More Prime Elk Country for Public Access
The Eagle Cap Wilderness is the largest and most popular in Oregon. And thanks to conservation work by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and it partners, it’s now more accessible for hunters, anglers, hikers and others to use and enjoy. RMEF acquired a 471-acre chunk...
Alaska Hunt: Ten Essential Tips (Part Two)
This article originally appeared at RonSpomerOutdoors.com In her previous blog on RSO, Alaska hunting guide and bush pilot Tia Shoemaker gave us five great AK hunt tips for a successful hunting experience in her neck of the woods. In this blog she gives us five more....
MidwayUSA Supports DSC as 2019 Diamond Level Corporate Sponsor
(Nov. 30, 2018 - DALLAS) -- With gratitude, DSC, along with Sports Afield, recognizes MidwayUSA as a Diamond level sponsor for the 2019 Convention, Mogambo: Dagga Boy Danger. Because of the endorsement of generous companies such as MidwayUSA, DSC's mission of...
Sporting Classics 10 Years Ago – A Woman’s Place
From the November/December 2008 Woman's Place column of Sporting Classics Magazine. Augusts full moon – the “dog days” moon relating to the rising of the Dog star Sirius - has a chorus of coyotes baying at the fringes of mv suburban neighborhood. My aging Shetland...
A “Typical” Duck Hunt
Many of my non-duck hunting friends often inquire about what is so special about crawling out of bed way before the sun even thinks of spreading its golden rays, swigging down a couple of quick cups of coffee, then loading the duck boat with decoys, shotguns and all...
Alaska Hunt: 5 Essential Tips
This article first appeared on Ron Spomer Outdoors An Alaska hunt is a romantic ideal for many, but the reality is it’s cold, wet, windy and just plain hard sometimes. Most of the time on the Alaska Peninsula. In this two-part article professional guide Tia Shoemaker...