October 29, 2024

Pre-Rut in Georgia

First Impressions

Growing up, I never really had any experience with hunting. It just wasn’t something my family did. Some of my friends would go, and I thought it was pretty cool, but I didn’t know much about it.

Last year, we spent Thanksgiving with my wife'...

April 18, 2024

Every seventeen years, a natural spectacle unfolds across various regions in the United States: the emergence of cicadas in vast numbers. This year, a rare and exciting event is set to occur—a double brood. This phenomenon not only captivates entomologists but also excites anglers, offering a unique...

February 6, 2024

After a tumultuous year marked by high interest rates, inflation, and multiple rounds of layoffs, many economists had pessimistic forecasts for 2023, some all but guaranteeing a recession. Despite interest rates reaching a 22-year high at the end of 202...

November 7, 2023

They can reach five feet in length, grow to 400 pounds, and run 30 miles per hour. They’re tusked, hairy, sharp-toothed, and aggressive. They’ll eat nearly anything and they have no major natural predators.

Call them [feral swine](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/operation...

August 3, 2022

Recording America’s biggest fish is easier said than done. After all, most truly enormous fish are released before someone can grab a scale, or they dry out on the way. Also, plenty of people say they’ve hooked a monster back in their glory days, but whose to say what’s true?

Sturgeon

Just...

February 28, 2022

Fishing Slams

Anglers who love to challenge themselves will thoroughly enjoy fishing slams. Fishing slams are pretty straightforward, catch a certain number of fish in a set amount of time, in theory, it’s just that easy. When it comes to the slams themselves there are official IGFA Slams and...