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    The Undeath of Trapshooting

    Trap lives on, and for good reason. [by Terry Wieland] THERE WAS A TIME, 20 years ago, when you could hop in your car, drive around Arizona, and ...

    On June 18, 2019 / By
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    Redemption from the Bow of Shame

    Oil up that casting arm and bring your A game—this is permit country. [by Jerry Gibbs] ...

    On June 3, 2019 / By
  • Angling

    The Other Fish

    New Zealand’s lesser-known fly fishing opportunity. [by Miles Nolte] THE WIDE, DARK FIGURE—roughly the size and shape of a sunwarped Hula-Hoop—glided through knee-deep water, stirring sand. My cast ...

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    Every Least Thing

    He looked upon His work and called it good. [by Russ Lumpkin] It has been said that God is the original conservationist. Few people preach that message more ...

    On April 29, 2019 / By
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    Ten-Year Tarpon

    Achieving a dream and finding it’s not enough. [by Ryan Brod] I’M IN THE BACKCOUNTRY OF FLORIDA BAY, somewhere between Islamorada and Flamingo, gripping the cork handle of ...

    On April 1, 2019 / By
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    Journal – Spey Lessons: A day on the River Tweed.

    CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO BEGIN ...

    On March 6, 2019 / By
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    Beyond Big Snowbird

    Through laurel and rhododendron, toward the brookie hole. [by Franklin Tate] OCTOBER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, season of the hunter’s moon and pickups with kennels wedged into their ...

    On February 26, 2019 / By
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    Fathers & Daughters

    Melancholy and hope, on a season’s bitter end. [by Samuel Lucy] PAUL WAS THINKING OF CAMILLE’S THICK WAVY HAIR and her smile that expressed an air of importance ...

    On January 8, 2019 / By
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    Notes for a Story About My Grandfather

    [Story by Mark Kissler & Paintings by Arthur Shilstone] It will be about hunting. About the goose blind, the nylon-net camouflage that broke up the corners, the plywood walls, the ...

    On November 8, 2018 / By
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    EXCERPT: The Devil’s Game

    (from the November/December 2013 issue) by O. Victor Miller BEFORE ORION FADES INTO A FROSTY DIXIE DAWN, we step from a stolen rowboat into the owls. We’ve spent ...

    On October 10, 2018 / By
  • Big Game

    Fifty-Inch Minimum

    The words “unmitigated disaster” spring to mind. [by Terry Wieland] THE TRAIL OUT OF CAMP LED THROUGH A TANGLE OF PINES SKIRTING THE RIVERBANK. Moss, perpetually soaked and ...

    On September 14, 2018 / By
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    Reading the Water

    The rivers of Kulik will tell you what is and what is to come. [by Russ Lumpkin] “THE KULIK… will tell me where to fish,” said Kelly Burmeister-Petz, ...

    On September 12, 2018 / By