Tails from the Squirrel Master Classic
Though I wasn't sure what to expect, I had a plan going in to the 2014 Gamo Squirrel Master Classic. I had been asked to come and participate in a squirrel hunting competition. Since I most frequently...
View ArticleDogging Yotes: Using Man’s Best Friend to Hunt Coyotes
There are several ways to hunt coyotes. Calling them in is always an exciting and rewarding way to pursue them, yet it can sometimes humble even the savviest of hunters---let alone those that are new...
View ArticleTonight is a Good Night for Frogs
He sat on the front porch rocking, listening; the distinguishing remarks of the bullfrog singing from the pond in front of his cabin. It was almost ethereal when the crickets clicked to the rhythm and...
View ArticleDogs Gone By: On the Front Line in the War Against Prairie Dogs
We awoke at dawn. Most of us were slightly nervous, but energized by the certainty of impending combat. I doubt the enemy ever sleeps. They’re too busy digging tunnel networks. We’d been the ones to...
View ArticleTips for Calling Squirrels to Enhance Hunting Fun and Success
Communicating with game is one of the absolute joys of hunting. For squirrel hunters, calling can fire up a forest and increase fun and success, just as it can for turkey, deer, and elk hunters....
View ArticleCookin’ in Camo: Coniglio alla Cacciatora (Hunter-style Rabbit)
Rabbit hunting is pretty emotional for me. Like many, I cut my "outdoors teeth" on small game hunting. Some of my earliest memories are of trudging through chin-high brush carrying a pocket knife...
View ArticleMichigan’s Youth Hunting Programs Keep Sporting Traditions Strong
Most of us who hunt come from families of hunters. The love for the sport gets passed down from one generation to the next, with fathers and mothers looking on with pride as sons and daughters take to...
View ArticleCookin’ in Camo: Suds and Squirrel with a Mushroom-vegetable Ragout
Squirrel is one my favorite small game animals. They come in a variety of species and are wildly abundant throughout the world. With many of our states’ squirrel seasons finally open, it only seems to...
View ArticleHunting Michigan’s Mighty Squirrels
Many hunters remember their first deer or turkey fondly, but few recall their first squirrel. For many sportsmen and women, the very first game animal they chased in the autumn woods was a squirrel...
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