Description
Contents: Late-Season Deer Section – The Toughest Bucks Of All (How one diehard hunter gets them, year after year), The Bottom Line On Bottomland (It’s a jungle down there), Down On The Farm (The Deer are closer than you think), Northern Exposure (Shelter from the storm is the key), The Big Open (Even in big country, Deer need only a few acres), Best Of The Best (What’s the top gear for 1998? Read on and find out), Unfair Chase: An Inside Look At Big Velvet Game Farm, The Trouble With Game Ranching (The story behind one pay-to-shoot big game farm – and why the practice may doom our sporting heritage) Departments – Cheers & Jeers (You know what we think. Here’s what you think), Upfront (Coast Guard lawsuit. Killer fish. The quietest hunting buddy), Perspective (Disgusting? Sickening/ Or strangely liberating?), Conservation (Nature-faking isn’t honorable, but it’s venerable), Destination (A land where the “Trout” have steel-trap jaws), Field Guide (Here’s a new way to age Deer before you shoot), Making A Difference (How one man saved a Trout stream), Sportsman’s Notebook (Taking too much stuff? Here’s how to cut down), Fishing Techniques (Learn how to catch Bass with the versatile spider grub), Fishing (Set your drag the right way), Shooting (How much should your rifle weigh?), Vehicles (Remember the Bionic Man? Here’s the Bionic Truck), A Cook’s Game (Rich, rewarding ribs), Hunting Tactics (Use smarter tactics to fool smart Geese), F&S Tips (Flushing Pheasants, Turkey talk, and fish-hook finesse), F&S Fundamentals (Bass lures you shouldn’t be without), Gun Dogs (Some dogs don’t need to be taught how to hunt), F&S Classic (What’s the number-one gamefish out there?), Finally…(Some feasts have little to do with food) Dateline: Midwest – Nebraska’s highway crews are working to improve Pheasant habitat, while Wisconsin ponders statewide Deer-management changes. Michigan Deer hunters can score by checking migration routes, Minnesota has abundant Grouse, and Iowa hunters need to climb some hills.
Issue: December 1998
Condition: Very Good