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Make a Tic Tac Box Bait Dispenser + 44 More Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Tips from the Readers of Field & Stream

Dave_Maccar — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:19:38 -0500

Here are the best Reader Tips from 2009 to the present.

Geese Tip: Add Wings To Silo Decoys

Online Editors — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:02:45 -0500

Want to upgrade your silo decoys? Make them more life-like with this cheap wing trick

Recipe: How To Cook Roast Grouse With Mushrooms

Online Editors — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:19:17 -0500

Grouse. Mushrooms. Whiskey. Bacon. You can't go wrong with this roast bird recipe.

Tip: Call In More Coyotes

Online Editors — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:09:51 -0500

A study shows why sometimes less is more when using decoys and calls to hunt coyotes.

Teach Your Dog To Find Sheds

Online Editors — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:11:30 -0500

Want to find more sheds? Turn your retriever into an antler-finding machine.

How To Make A Handmade Slingshot

Online Editors — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:57:41 -0400

How to build your own slingshot capable of 225 fps

Recipe: How To Cook Green Chile Venison Stew

Online Editors — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:38:21 -0400

Spice up venison with green chile using this Southwest-inspired stew recipe

Recipe: How To Cook Trucker's Rice With Deer Jerky

Online Editors — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:53:47 -0400

Need an easy camping recipe? You can't go wrong with "trucker's rice" with deer jerky.

Shooting Clays Tip: Springing Teal

Online Editors — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:17:06 -0400

MOST PEOPLE MISS teal for the same reason, says Mike Mohr, director of sporting clays at Seven Springs Mountain Resort (7springs.com). The problem arises when shooters “pull through” the target. Instead of pulling the trigger the moment the barrel passes over the clay bird, “they stop the gun for a split second” when they no longer see it. Here's how Mohr suggests avoiding the mistake:

Recipe: How To Cook Root Beer Glazed Duck Breast

Online Editors — Sat, 15 May 2010 20:33:04 -0400

The rich flavors of duck meat have always attracted sweet, fruit-based sauces. Witness duck à l'orange, for instance. In this recipe, we forgo the fruit for something darker, woodsier, but no less sweet: root beer. Once it is reduced down to a saucy glaze, the root beer offers a tangy new twist on the classic combination. It's incredibly easy, but more than elegant enough to serve guests. And when they take their first bites, ask to see if they can guess the secret ingredient.

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How To Make A Fishing Lure Out of a Wine Cork

Online Editors — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:42:36 -0400

Next time you enjoy wine with dinner, hang on to the cork, which you can make into an effective bass plug. I've fooled more than one lunker with these lures—and saved some money, too. They're easy to make, and chances are you already have most of the necessary parts. One tip: Use plastic wine corks. They don't crack, are easy to cut and shape, and have a smooth finish once painted.

Make A Cheap Recoil Reducer

Online Editors — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:21:46 -0500

Here's a quick and easy way to add weight to the front of your waterfowl gun, where it will help smooth your swing dampen muzzle jump, and reduce recoil by 6 to 7 percent. This recoil reducer replaces the factory magazine plug.

1. Cut the PVC to the length of the magazine plug in your gun (allow 1/8 inch for each cap). If using open pipe (shown) instead of stub-out, glue a cap on one end with PVC cement.

How to Snowshoe Up and Down Hills

Online Editors — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:09:04 -0500

The saying goes that if you can walk, then you can snowshoe. Maybe, but it would be wrongheaded to simply strap a pair on and hit the backcountry. “You're basically tying these big tennis rackets to your feet,” says former Mount Rainier chief climbing ranger Mike Gauthier. “It's not as intuitive as one might think." Here's Gauthier's advice for traversing a steep hill in deep snow.

How To Ice-Fish With A Sounder

Online Editors — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:37:06 -0500

Successful fishing with tip-ups begins with suspending the bait in the cruising lane of the fish. Pike, pickerel, panfish, walleyes, and bass often frequent the area about 12 inches above the weed tops. Here's how to make sure your bait is in the strike zone and not buried in the grass.

How To Make A Custom Turkey Call Striker

Online Editors — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:29:40 -0500

Calling in a gobbler is especially gratifying when you do it with a peg you've made. Materials aren't fancy: a 1/4-inch oak dowel plus a corncob; a solid fiberglass rod (white bicycle flagstaffs are great) or a broken carbon arrow shaft plus a 3/4-inch oak dowel. Experiment with striker-tip angles, overall lengths, and materials—including hard plastics, laminates, and even hard rubber—to get a tone that works.

How To Make A Duck Call Lanyard

Online Editors — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:48:53 -0500

A good waterfowl call lanyard has a purpose above and beyond keeping calls handy and organized. It's insurance against damage and loss—deep water and swamp mud aren't friendly to $60 duck calls. You can make a strong and comfortable lanyard in about two hours out of 100 feet of 550 parachute cord for less than $10.

Photo by Pete Sucheski

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How To Shoot A Winter Coyote

Online Editors — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:43:58 -0500

December through February can be a tough time for hunters. If your tag is punched or the season has closed, you've got a long wait until spring gobblers. But with coyotes you're looking at a year-round season—no limits, no license. Outfitter Cory Lundberg (codahunts.com), who guides predator hunters in Wyoming and Utah, says, “This kind of hunting is a waiting game. A mature coyote can take a long time to come in, and you must be able to sit still the whole time. If he smells, sees, or hears you, the game is over.”

Wild Turkey Recipe: How to Cook Wild Turkey Pot Pie

Online Editors — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:53:05 -0500

Banish all memories of the frozen, supermarket pot pies you ate in childhood. This pie boasts an ultraflaky crust that caps a luscious mixture of winter squash, herbs, and wild turkey. If using leftover cooked turkey, skip the browning.

Still Hunting Tip: Tracking Bucks Through Clear-Cuts

Online Editors — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:14:40 -0500

You won’t find Jim Lepage sitting in a treestand, waiting for a deer to show up. A vice president at Orvis, Lepage, who has stalked whitetails for 40 years, hunts the old-fashioned way—by tracking a moving deer. Lepage hunts in the Allagash wilderness of northern Maine, where the deer are less pressured, but the general principles translate to any hunter who goes after deer in big forests.

Understanding Seven Deer Glands

Online Editors — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:16:13 -0500

The odiferous qualities of whitetail deer come from no fewer than seven different glands scattered literally from head to toe. Researchers at the University of Georgia have tried to figure out which stink comes from what stinky gland, and what each might mean to a deer.

How To Rattle in Bucks With One Hand

Online Editors — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:59:46 -0500

The movement required to rattle in a buck can torpedo the best setup, especially when a wise whitetail hangs up in thick brush. This easy-to-make rig allows a hunter to
rattle one-handed, with minimal movement, to draw in big deer. The rig installs easily on stands with catwalk-type floors. You’ll need to drill a hole in the floor of wooden stands.

Antler Rattling Tips: How to Call In Big Bucks During The Rut

Online Editors — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:08:54 -0400

Antler rattling is an effective technique during the rut, when bucks are more aggressive

Cheap Taxidermy: How to Mount a Fish Tail

Online Editors — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:01:25 -0400

Ever notice that you can gauge the size of a fish just by looking at the tail? If you don’t want to pay for a replica mount or waste the meat having a skin mount made, fillet your next whopper, save the tail, and make your own trophy.

Step 1: Hollow Out the Pocket
Remove as much meat as possible from the base of the tail with a sharp knife or grapefruit spoon. With wire cutters, clip the spine as far back as possible. Don’t damage the skin or lose any scales. What’s left should be a hollow pocket.

Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Tips from the Readers of Field & Stream

colinkearns — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:47:49 -0400

Here they are: the 34 best Reader Tips from the past two years.

Squirrel Hunting Tips

Online Editors — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:51:35 -0400

Take better shots when stalking squirrels