April/May 2019

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Make A (spring) Break For It
A COUPLE OF THINGS came to mind as I read Will Brantley’s feature in this issue, “The Turkey Truants” (p. 70). First, Brantley is a hell of a lot of fun to chase gobblers with. A few springs back, I traveled to his Kentucky home and enjoyed some of t
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Contributor
F&S: Given how much time you’ve spent with bass pros, have you started to think like one when you’re on the water? PR: I think that my overall skill set has improved, but I’m too mentally conservative to be a successful bass pro. I’ve always said tha
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Hidden Jewels
• THE SEASON • THE TOTAL OUTDOORSMAN • FISHING • SHOTGUNS • RIFLES • THE WILD CHEF • HUNTING ONE DAY, MY FRIEND PETE Fleischman was driving in the sand country of central Wisconsin when a couple of Huck Finn lookalikes popped out of the trees. They w
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Sense Of Place
WHEN I PULLED UP TO THE end of the farm path by Dead Dog Field, I checked the map on my cellphone before turning toward Stillwater—and that’s when I realized this had gotten out of hand. I knew to turn left to get to my deer camp; I had driven out fr
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Smashed, Trashed, And Hammered
THE FIRST TIME I ever fished a Drunk & Disorderly, I hated the fly. A friend had given the streamer to me in 2015, swearing it was a next-level ringer. All I knew about it was that the unique head, made of packed deer-body hair and shaved into a stee
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Me, Wrong?
WHEN I STARTED READING about guns, in 1954, the world of shooting was unrecognizable from what it is today. Winchester and Remington bestrode the sport like colossi, with Savage snapping at the scraps. Ruger was an obscure gun company that made .22 h
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Ruff Times
WORDS FAIL GUIDE Paul Jaeger when the grouse blasts off. “AAUGH!” he screams. I think he’s fallen into a hole until he adds “grouse!” and I glimpse a fleeting gray blur zipping through the woods. It’s day two of the Ruffed Grouse Society’s National H
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On Missing
YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW not to miss. The pages of F&S have detailed the mechanics of improved shooting through form, repetition, and practice so thoroughly that you really have no excuses for missing anything ever again. Thing is, I’ve not only read all
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Million Dollar Lure$
It’s no secret that many of today’s professional bass anglers supplement their income handsomely with payments from sponsors and appearance fees. That’s all part of the game. In the long run, however, that money comes regardless of tourney standings.
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Corned Wild Turkey Breast
This turkey isn’t technically “corned,” or preserved, but a three-day steep in a pickling-spice-infused brine gives it the unmistakable tang of corned beef, that springtime staple. The ultra-gentle poaching technique—cooking the meat at less than a s
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No Fish Guts, No Glory
A large bear appeared on the ridge above us and checked the wind, no doubt picking up the scent of dead carp. We’d supplemented our bait site with fish and stuffed them inside burlap bags that we hung from the trees. The boar then stepped through a t
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The Ultimate PRS Rifle
In the race to stay competitive in practical precision rifle matches, shooters have pushed the development of rifles, bullets, cartridges, optics, and shooting accessories forward at an unprecedented rate. The companies that are in tune with the need
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Restoration Pieces
The fountain of youth for humans has yet to be discovered, but for firearms, it has been around since 1983, when an artist named Doug Turnbull began restoring old, classic guns for Creekside Gun Shop in Bloomfield, New York. Among the discerning, the
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The Turkey Truants
THE ALARM ON MY WRISTWATCH BUZZED, SIGNALING THE POINT OF NO RETURN. IT WAS 7:30, AND HAD MATT SEYMORE AND I STOOD UP AND LEFT THE WOODS RIGHT THEN, WE’D HAVE GOTTEN BACK TO SCHOOL JUST IN TIME FOR FIRST PERIOD. We’d left the same turkey gobbling on
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One More buck
At 105, Clyde Roberts no longer stacks them up like he did at 100, when he took three whitetail bucks and two does in a single season. He still lives in the same house he’s been in for 70 years, still drives himself to church on Sunday, still mows an
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Break Free from Neuropathy with a New Supportive Care Cream
Raymond Wilson The Associated Heath Press AHP − A recent breakthrough stands to help millions of Americans plagued by burning, tingling and numb legs and feet. But this time it comes in the form of a cream, not a pill, suggesting the medical communit
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2019 Gobbler Gear Guide
LIKE A LOT OF OTHER TURKEY HUNTERS, Brantley and I like to call ourselves minimalists. But, of course, that only goes so far. It makes me think of the classic Steve Martin comedy, The Jerk. To paraphrase: “I don’t need anything but a mouth call and a
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Life Line
Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, kicking off WWI • Clyde Roberts turns 1 year old The 18th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, and Prohibition begins • Clyde starts elementary school at age 6 The Scopes Monkey Trial i
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Passing Time
I HAD A COYOTE AT 10 FEET last year, didn’t shoot, and the damn thing—with the lack of manners so widespread among wild animals—didn’t even thank me for sparing its life. I was in Pennsylvania during that state’s late flintlock season. It was a warm
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Cast in Bronze
SPECIAL BONUS SECTION I live in one of the most trout-rich states. Idaho is chock-full of blue-ribbon waters, and fly anglers descend upon them every spring. I like to target trout as much as the next guy, but I can only dodge drift boats and outrun

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