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Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Tips from the Readers of Field & Stream
Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Tips from the Readers of Field & Stream
Have you ever wondered how to keep from losing your fresh salmon-egg bait to a strong current? Simply empty your jar of eggs on a saucer and sprinkle lightly with table salt. Return them to the jar and go fishing immediately. Your eggs will seem to have become “rubberized” and will stay on the hook. —John Minerly, via e-mail
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Some of the best hunting and fishing tips that appear in Field & Stream every month don't come from the editors or writers at the magazine. They come from you, the readers. We get so many good tip submissions, in fact, that it's sometimes tough to select the winners for our "Reader Tips" section. But there was never any doubt about the tips in this gallery. Here are the 34 best Reader Tips from the past two years.
If you have a good Reader Tip for the magazine, e-mail it to fsletters@bonniercorp.com, or post it on The Tip Board. If it appears in the magazine, we'll send you some great outdoor gear—free!
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Photo Gallery Comments (16)
Reader tips.... You just can't beat 'em!!
Great tips thanks to those who shared
So many tips, not enough time haha Great work
ill trade a tip for a tip. ill use the 1/2full tic tacs tip (thanks!), and ill add another tip for all to use. use a telescopic crappie pole (16ft) for a "treestand guage" so when you find a good tree you can lean the pole up agianst it instead of havin to lug a stand around.
Exellent tips! THANKS! I cut old bicycle inner tubes into rubber bands and wrap a couple around the lighter that I always carry in winter (though I don't smoke). It keeps the lighter from sliding out of my pocket and also serves as a great, waterproof, emergency fire starter.
Great tips. I like 14 especially, because I have the same problem with my hooks getting really mixed up. I am going to grab a couple safety pins and go organize them now.
Another bad idea, never change the contents of a container without first changing the label.
Another bad idea, never change the contents of a container without first changing the label.
so true
Good,some old tips became new,anyway refreshing
the knowledge mantain the brain full of what to do's
in to the fields.
Hunting Tip: On of the big problems Big Game hunters have is cooling down their
Big Game animal after the kill. I use 1 Gallon Milk Jugs with screw on lids filled with clean water. Fill them about 3/4 full and freeze them. They fit easily into a cooler. Then put 2-3 jugs inside the carcass after you gut it. Really cools them down fast. This is cheaper than buying ice and you can add replacements as needed. Depending on what size animal you kill, will depend on how many jugs you need. Usually 2 for deer or antelope three for elk. If you are not successful, you can always use extra water to drink etc. Plastic milk jugs are virtually free and reuseable.
duk90jul
I remember a tip from a F/S thats not here. Keep Sabiki rigs from tangling by raping them around a wine cork so you can stick all 4 hooks in. Also an excuse to drink a bottle of wine.
for number 4 about the floss if you put the string in there wouldnt you get the smell on the line from the floss? and spok the fish.
on number 14 water proof is good but a there a another way you can dip the tips in hot wax and let them dry and there water proof and just strike and the waxs will come off and then thell light.
A good fuel for fire starting is new skin liquid bandaid.Just a little bit will burn for about 30 seconds.Doesnt take up very much room in your backpack and can also seal a small wound to help fight infection.
F&S should put all these in a book. It could be the "F&S Reader Tips: 2009" and have one every year. These things are GOLD!
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Hunting Tip: On of the big problems Big Game hunters have is cooling down their
Big Game animal after the kill. I use 1 Gallon Milk Jugs with screw on lids filled with clean water. Fill them about 3/4 full and freeze them. They fit easily into a cooler. Then put 2-3 jugs inside the carcass after you gut it. Really cools them down fast. This is cheaper than buying ice and you can add replacements as needed. Depending on what size animal you kill, will depend on how many jugs you need. Usually 2 for deer or antelope three for elk. If you are not successful, you can always use extra water to drink etc. Plastic milk jugs are virtually free and reuseable.
duk90jul
I remember a tip from a F/S thats not here. Keep Sabiki rigs from tangling by raping them around a wine cork so you can stick all 4 hooks in. Also an excuse to drink a bottle of wine.
Reader tips.... You just can't beat 'em!!
Great tips thanks to those who shared
So many tips, not enough time haha Great work
ill trade a tip for a tip. ill use the 1/2full tic tacs tip (thanks!), and ill add another tip for all to use. use a telescopic crappie pole (16ft) for a "treestand guage" so when you find a good tree you can lean the pole up agianst it instead of havin to lug a stand around.
Exellent tips! THANKS! I cut old bicycle inner tubes into rubber bands and wrap a couple around the lighter that I always carry in winter (though I don't smoke). It keeps the lighter from sliding out of my pocket and also serves as a great, waterproof, emergency fire starter.
Great tips. I like 14 especially, because I have the same problem with my hooks getting really mixed up. I am going to grab a couple safety pins and go organize them now.
Another bad idea, never change the contents of a container without first changing the label.
Another bad idea, never change the contents of a container without first changing the label.
so true
Good,some old tips became new,anyway refreshing
the knowledge mantain the brain full of what to do's
in to the fields.
for number 4 about the floss if you put the string in there wouldnt you get the smell on the line from the floss? and spok the fish.
on number 14 water proof is good but a there a another way you can dip the tips in hot wax and let them dry and there water proof and just strike and the waxs will come off and then thell light.
A good fuel for fire starting is new skin liquid bandaid.Just a little bit will burn for about 30 seconds.Doesnt take up very much room in your backpack and can also seal a small wound to help fight infection.
F&S should put all these in a book. It could be the "F&S Reader Tips: 2009" and have one every year. These things are GOLD!
Post a Comment