If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.

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Whether fishing out of your kayak after work, on the boat for the weekend, or on the ice in winter, a portable fish finder will come in handy. The movable device will help you determine structure, ...

Before we get into the Remington Model 742 and its descendants, let me start out by saying that people are strange about guns. I can point out that the Marlin 336 is a better lever-action rifle than ...

My editors have informed me that my recent article on the failings of the Remington 742 family of autoloaders may have filled some of you with fear and trembling, intolerable anxiety, and deep-seated ...

The development of heated gloves—like with heated vests—is one of the better innovations in outdoor wear. As much as we enjoy spending time in nature during the winter months, we hate cold hands. It’s ...

I cannot stand being cold. I cannot stand it. That’s fine when I’m at home and can just turn up the thermostat but it’s not so fine when I’m in the jon boat at 3 a.m. on a frigid December morning. As ...

Am I obsolete? Of course. I haven’t spent the night on an airport floor since January, 1982, courtesy of Delta. People of modern manufacture get to do it all the time. Are iron sights obsolete for ...

You can have the latest and greatest crossbow on the market and it won’t do you a bit of good if you can’t put the arrow where you want it—which is where a crossbow scope comes in. The best one will ...

Hollywood made a feature film about it. Buffalo Bill declared it to be “The Boss.” Winchester called it, simply, the New Model of 1873. The rifle came from a dingy brick factory in New Haven, ...

If you own a 9mm handgun for self-defense, whether at home or in the woods, you probably want to know exactly, beyond any doubt, what ammunition will works best if you have to use it. Well, this ...

There is a commonsense rule about wild mushrooms that all outdoorsmen should heed: Avoid them. There are about 10,000 species of fungi out there, of which only a small number will kill you. From that ...