Public-land deer hunting might be more popular right now than it's ever been. It can be as good as private land hunting, too, but with some subtle twists. There are some unspoken rules of the road so if you're a public land hunter, avoid doing these 13 things, for the...
June 14, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
A group of scientists and environmentalists are making the argument that jaguars should be reintroduced in the Southwestern United States. In a piece published in Conservation Science and Practice last month, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Pace University, and the Center for Biological Diversity, among other groups, advocated to reintroduce the...
Summertime bass fishing is a boom or bust sport. Long periods of inactivity are interrupted by brief moments of greatness, when it seems nothing can go wrong. The reasons for this are simple. Following the springtime spawn, bass begin to group up and move offshore, where they favor subtle spots...
I’m a big fan of trading wild fish and game meat with other outdoors people. When a friend messaged me that he had just returned from a Great Lakes fishing trip and had an abundance of lake trout fillets, I jumped at his offer to send a few my way...
June 11, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
A Florida man was free diving in the Myakka River in search of fossilized shark teeth when a predator that has remained relatively unchanged from its own prehistoric ancestors clamped down on his head with its powerful jaws. According to Fox News , Jeffrey Heim was coming up for air...
And just like that, the long spring turkey season is over. A little part of you is probably okay with it, but mostly you wish you were out there, still listening for daybreak gobbles and trying to get one more longbeard in range. Well, here are some things you can...
If you’ve ever had a great steak at a Japanese restaurant and wondered where all of that umami flavor came from, miso paste was probably somehow responsible. Miso what? Miso paste is made from a mixture of soybeans, rice, or barley that has been fermented with salt and water. The...
Sprouting crop fields are always my cue to start looking ahead to the next deer season. Knowing what’s planted where — and how long it’s likely to be green and when it’s likely to be cut — is a critical part of the game plan, especially for September. This year,...
