Wisconsin Leopold Fans Reflect as They Reenact “Good Oak” Chapter
When felling an old red oak by committee, you learn plenty about the tree, the land that nurtured it, and the animals, birds, and people who benefited from its long life. That was just one lesson...
View ArticleSuspected Cop Killer Caught in Pennsylvania, Hunting Bans Lifted
Update 11-3-2014: As of Friday evening, restrictions on hunting and trapping in the areas affected by the search had been lifted. For more than seven weeks, Eric Frein, 31, has been on the run in...
View ArticleWhat Makes Deer Grow Strange Antlers?
Like fingerprints or snowflakes, no two sets of antlers are ever exactly alike. For humans they are a source of fascination and can be surprisingly useful, if the tools of our early ancestors and the...
View Article26 Amazing Women in the Outdoors, from A to Z
There are some amazing women in the outdoor world; many I am proud to call friends and colleagues. Here’s my list from A to Z of women making a difference in their own unique ways. I respect this group...
View ArticleSeeing What You Can’t See, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love...
If you really want to be able to see, sometimes you have to use a lens that you can’t see through. I recently toured one of FLIR’s manufacturing facilities and got quite the lesson on how to see things...
View ArticleVideo: 7 Heart-pounding Close Encounters of the Bear Kind
Generally, the only time hunters ever want to see a bear up close is when they're actually hunting for one. Otherwise, running into a bear can be a tense situation, especially if you got several pounds...
View Article5 Knives You Should Purchase with Your Tax Refund
Like many Americans, my fear of tax season is offset in a small way by the promise of a refund. It's the added incentive that many of us need to file taxes early---or at least before the post office...
View ArticleVideo: 5 Cheap, Unconventional Ways to Sharpen Your Knife
The odds are that if you own a knife, you have already perused the different knife sharpeners out on the market today and probably balked at their prices. $150 for a Japanese water stone, or double...
View ArticlePhoto: Bald Eagle Fights Coyote over Deer Carcass, Raven Wins
What is the most epic picture you've ever pulled from a trail cam? Did it involve four different species, a life or death battle, and perhaps the most stunningly clear case of opportunism caught in the...
View ArticleLife Hack Video: How to Make Your Own Tick Repellent
As the weather warms and the last vestiges of winter melt away, millions of Americans are looking forward to enjoying spring outside. Yet it seems that every year we are warned about the presence of...
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