Dave Richey’s: Meet Some of My Friends: Homer Circle
HOMER CIRCLE I’ve been a member of the Outdoor Writer’s Association of American since 1968, a year after I began writing outdoor magazine articles for Sports Afield and other major…
Buying old turkey hunting books
I spent just enough time outdoors today to go to the doctor, say hello to my neighbor and bask in the warming breezes. I’m trying to work some nasty knots…
Ever taken a gobbler with a muzzleloading shotgun?
A nice beard on a very nice spring gobbler Several years ago I killed a 24 1/2-pound long-beard gobbler while hunting in Iowa. My firearm of choice was a Knight…
Build your own fishing shanty
This shanty can be built quickly and towed across the ice Snow covers the ground and skimpy icy covers some lakes. Even though a few daring anglers are fishing, fishermen…
Michigan’s deer herd has had an easy winter
This snow isn’t too deep for deer; belly-deep snow exhausts the animals A study of deer facts can make anyone a better bow, muzzleloader, rifle or shotgun hunter. Here are…
Hunting pre-rut bucks 2
Bone-white antlers of a resting buck show above weeds during the pre-rut The buck was banging its antlers against a tree, and I listened to him working a scrape for…
Michigan’s 20 largest inland lakes
Big pike are found in all 20 of these lakes. Fish near submerged weedbeds. The outdoors is much more than just fishing and hunting. There is a vast store of…
Practice: Broadheads or target points?
I’m not an expert at anything. I just report what works for me. My way is not the only way, but it works and has been my system for more…