Breaking Ice on Hard Water Fishing — A Cool Introduction to a Fun Sport
By Linda Gabris
Issue #91 • January/February, 2005
Only thing hard about hard water fishing is the ice. Once you've broken through that obstacle, the rest is easy gliding. Ice fishing is great sport for the...
Build a Groundhog Snare
By Allen Easterly
Issue #98 • March/April, 2006
In just a few minutes your completed snare is ready to put an end to your groundhog woes. A snare set vertically is very effective catching groundhogs with...
Getting Ready for Deer Season … Now
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #155 • September/October, 2015
As summer blends into fall, "deer season" is on the horizon. In the United States, the deer is by far the most popular big game. When I was...
Snapping Turtles
By Jason Akers
Issue #136 • July/August, 2012
When the first of the snapping turtles roamed the lands during the Oligocene epoch in the Tertiary period of the Cenozoic era some 40 million years ago, they...
Preparing for Hunting Season
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #119 • September/October, 2009
For a great many rural folk, big game hunting season is a high pointoften the annual high pointof their involvement with firearms. In some locales, the big game...
The Trigger Line
By Len McDougall
Issue #108 • November/December, 2007
With most of our planet underwater, fish have been a part of the human diet since before recorded history. Almost any permanent body of water can be presumed...
Hunting to Fill the Dinner Pot
By Len McDougall
Issue #110 • March/April, 2008
It was November in northern Michigan, and I was supposed to be deer hunting, but it seemed I'd brought the wrong gun today. The deer I did see...
Marlin 336 — The Other Classic Backwoods Home Deer Rifle
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #95 • September/October, 2005
In the March/April 2005 issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, this space was devoted to the "Winchester '94: the Classic Backwoods Home Deer Rifle." And you know, even when...
