For me personally, using tip-ups to catch pike through the ice is boring, and no offense to those who fish in this manner, but to me its not really fishing. In my mind as a musky angler, fishing is a constant game of movement to seek out active fish, not waiting for something to swim by for hours. This mindset...

One of the qualities that makes the members of the deer family, Cervidae, so unique to the animal kingdom is their antlers. Cervidae, which includes species from around the world such as caribou, deer, moose and elk, is made up of a wide diversity of hooved animals (ungulates) that grow antlers. Antlers differ from horns in that they are made...

Most of us hunters or firearm enthusiasts have a good bit of ammo laying around, and some of it may be fairly old, but just how long is that old ammo good for? Plenty of enthusiasts have asked this question and as it turns out there are many variables at play when it comes to ammo storage. Most manufacturers will...

With the exception of parts of the arid Western US, wood ducks are a pretty common species throughout the United States and southern Canada. In many locations throughout all four flyways—especially the Pacific, Mississippi and Atlantic flyways—wood ducks can be found year-round. Their habits of living in a variety of commonly found habitats such as ponds, beaver sloughs and creeks...

Over roughly the past 15 years soft plastics have exploded into the ice fishing world asserting its dominance as bait and becoming the standard for many ice anglers today.    Why Use Soft Plastics? Soft plastics have numerous advantages, even when compared to live bait. Wax worms as many of you know are often the standard live bait in ice...

So, you shot a buck or a bull! You want to preserve the memory of the hunt, but a full shoulder mount isn’t for you. Shoulder mounts are beautiful, but they can also be very expensive and take up a lot of space. You could cut the skull so that it and the antlers can be mounted on a plaque,...