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Contents: Listening To The River (Life’s great escape may be running through your backyard), Appetite For Destruction: The Fine Madness Of Smashing Pumpkins (Seeds become shrapnel when homemade catapults and air cannons discharge orange orbs at the annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin’), Prime Time – The Best Season, The Most Fun – Legends Of The Lava Beds (This eerie volcanic California terrain is wild hiking country – and the site of one of America’s strangest battles), 15 Monumental Adventures (Backpack, climb and raft through history. National treasures that offer more than a great view), A Confederacy Of Puppies (Four unruly dogs, three eager hunters, one veteran Lab and one authentic guide. Let the Washington wingshoot begin), Getting Started: Saltwater Flyfishing (It isn’t just for the tropics anymore. Stripers ande Bluefish are hot quarry in cold water. The techniques, gear and destinations to reel them in), The Deer, The Writer And The Mississippi Gloam (Larry Brown quit hunting 15 years ago to become an award-winning author of Southern fiction. One autumn day last year, he returned to the anonymity of the woods), The Outfitter (Woolly Comeback: The natural advantage of wool sweaters; Rack Steady: Sturdy trunk-mount bike racks; Knockout Knives: Folding blades for any outdoor need), Backcountry (Wading the undammed to reach the trail ahead) Almanac – News, Tips, Facts and Lore (What Frogs Are Telling Humans: Environmental degradation may be killing the amphibians; Avoid Desert Disaster: Precautions to seasonal challenges; Dove Season Prep: Tips to improve your take; The Lowdown On Flats: Repairing trail blowouts; Caring For An Older Dog: Ensuring quality of life and longevity) Departments – Editor’s Notes, Letters, Reports Afield, New Gear Review (1998 Editor’s Choice Awards), Ecowatch, Mountain Biking, Outdoor Skills, Off-Road, Angling, Rock & Trail, Fitness & Health, Survival, Hunting, Trout, Deer, Shooting, Arms & Ammo
Issue: October 1998
Condition: Very Good