FUR-FISH-GAME - June 2023

In this issue

FISH ON: MUSKY Madness - TROUT Tactics - Summer CATFISH; Kodiak Island BLACKTAILS; JAVELINA Face-Off; Edible WILD PLANTS; Backup BOBCATS; and Much, Much MORE.

Hunting Alaska's Kodiak Blacktail Deer

W e-my client and I - were sitting on the slope of a glassing knob, camouflaged by brown coastal grasses, looking for a respectable Alaskan brown bear

6 mins

Moonlight MUSKY Madness

I was lifting the super-sized topwater lure out of the water at the end of a half-hearted figure eight when the fish struck. The moon had just risen above the treetops, and he had slunk in, undetected, in the dark water, surprising me. Startled just short of a heart attack, I set the hook based more on fear than anything and now the big fish thrashed his head against the bow of the kayak. As I struggled to find the free spool and thumb the reel, the musky cartwheeled on 3 feet of line. A second later, I could just make out the rear treble hook tearing out of the musky's bony upper lip.

6 mins

Catching Crawdads

Your Ticket to a Cheap Gourmet Meal

5 mins

Honing Beaver Traps and Snares

Some beaver seasons in my area, the trapping is open water the entire season; some, it can be just the opposite, with periods of cold, the ponds and lakes frozen over in thick ice

6 mins

Ditch Run Mink

Though not a common feature in every region of the country, many Eastern and Midwestern traplines are comprised of varying degrees of farm fields, dissected by fencerows and drainage ditches

4 mins

Summertime Catfishin'

Imagine a cast iron skillet suspended over a wood cook fire along a remote creek bank

6 mins

Flies on Spinning Gear

Two well-tested techniques for catching trout

6 mins

Edible Wild Plants

A Free, Healthy, Marketable Food Source

7 mins

A Knife for Every Pocket

Originally created by first century a is one of the most important and basic tools for any hunter, trapper, fisherman or camper

4 mins

Tracking Dogs Found My Deer

Brian Palmiter, a veteran bowhunter of 45 seasons, was hunting from his tree stand on a Wednesday evening in Bradford County, Pennsylvania's \"big woods\" mountain country, when a 10-point whitetail buck sauntered into view

4 mins

A hit with the ladies

It started a few years ago as just a thought in Linda White’s head. Now, the She Side, a women-led program of the National Trapper’s Association (NTA) to introduce and educate women about the sport of fur trapping, is a change-making force

5 mins

Huskee: The Story of a Big Pike

The canoe slid along the glass smooth surface of the Quebec, Canada, lake on my solo trip

4 mins

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FUR-FISH-GAME Magazine Description:

America's #1 magazine for Practical Outdoorsmen since 1925. Our articles are written to instruct and entertain, by real life, everyday outdoorsmen who hunt, fish and trap year-round. Fact is we cover a greater variety of outdoor pursuits than any other magazine. We hunt rabbits and squirrels as well as turkey and deer. Pick mushrooms and other wild edibles for the dinner table. Yes, we love to catch lunker bass and trout. But we also run trot lines for catfish in the summer and harvest ginseng in the fall. We give you all the best how-to advice for your self-guided hunts. We cover it all and we keep it real. No exotic safaris or peacock bass fishing in Brazil. Our stories are always close to home, geared towards true practical everyday outdoorsmen.