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Winter fishing safety means defining hard limits, standardizing your procedures, and treating every winter outing as a cold-exposure operation. Operating principle: Abort criteria guardrails come first. Always assume worst-case. Standard definitions used throughout this article: Winter fishing: Any fishing activity when air temperatures are near or below freezing, ice is present, or water temperatures are...
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Concealed carry reciprocity decides where your permit is honored. Here's how to check it before you travel or hunt across state lines — using USA Carry's map.
Read the articleHunting safely and legally. Firearm handling in the field, permit reciprocity while traveling, cold-water and ice risk, and the pre-season checks worth doing.
Could You Actually Hunt With a Desert Eagle? Desert Eagle hunting is one of those ideas that sounds simple until you picture it in real terrain, in real weather, with real adrenaline. So, could you actually hunt with a Desert Eagle? Sometimes—however, whether it’s practical depends on your carry setup, your practice, and your local…
Spring turkey hunting preparation starts before daylight: lock your plan, verify legality, and build conservative abort criteria so spring turkey hunting safety, a turkey scouting checklist, and turkey shotgun patterning are settled before you ever call to a gobbler. Define your spring window, lock in regulations, and build conservative abort criteria before you ever call…
Winter fishing safety means defining hard limits, standardizing your procedures, and treating every winter outing as a cold-exposure operation. Operating principle: Abort criteria guardrails come first. Always assume worst-case. Standard definitions used throughout this article: Winter fishing: Any fishing activity when air temperatures are near or below freezing, ice is present, or water temperatures are…
Apparently not everyone in the bayous appreciates duck hunting… Shortly after Christmas, duck hunters in Venice, Louisiana, had a very interesting “flock” come into their spread: a pistol-packing jerk named Brendan Nolan. Although Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents haven’t indicated Nolan’s alleged reasons for doing so, Nolan has been arrested for…
In the wake of the Waukesha Christmas parade murders, a sobering reminder: Murderers all start somewhere. Most reasonable people can agree that the definition of human evil starts with a lack of empathy and respect for the rule of law. However, most human predators don’t start with murder; they tend to start small and work…
Falls from tree stands are the leading cause of hunter deaths. Bowhunting seasons are in full swing throughout most of the country, and firearm seasons have just begun. As hunters hit the woods, Whitetails Unlimited reminds hunters to use the proper safety equipment. Hunting from elevated stands of all types creates an inherently dangerous situation…
It’s a must-watch for outdoorsmen…only maybe after you’ve already come home safely. Although we sportsmen refuse to allow 2020 to keep us out of the fields, even dedicated outdoorspeople like to watch TV on occasion. The latest reality-TV obsession is an Amazon Prime documentary called “Missing 411: The Hunted,” and if you’re as big a…
Hunting is one of the safest sports there is. Let’s keep it that way. Each year, about 700 American hunters meet their end while in the field. That may sound like a lot, but when you consider that the U.S. averages approximately 15 million hunting licenses per year, you’ll understand why, statistically, hunting is safer than golf…
With hunting season around the corner, hundreds of hunters are now ready to step into the woods. But then not everyone can have a good hunting experience because most of them either don’t know or don’t follow the safety tips to help create a better hunting experience for everyone. Since, hunting comes with a few…
Hunting is truly a wonderful activity. It allows you to enjoy the outdoors and learn a lot more about yourself and the value of life. Many hunters feel that they still have a lot to learn, even when they have been hunting for years. If you have the question of how to become a hunter,…
