The 10 Best Treestand Locations

Let's say that on opening morning of deer season, you were magically picked up and were told you were going to be deer hunting in a place you'd never been to before and it wasn't in your home State. And what's more, you could only pick one place to hunt deer. Oh yeah, and if [...]

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Bad Year for Big Bucks?

by Scott Bestul

Most of the post-season deer shows in the Midwest have wrapped up by now, and from reports I’m getting, overall entries into the big buck contests were down significantly. According to a scorer friend at the Illinois Deer Classic, hunters brought in 307 bucks to the Prairie State show, a drop of 192 deer from last year. Over the last seven years, the Illinois Classic has averaged 517 entries in the big buck contests, and in two years (2005 and 2008) measurers scored over 600 bucks in each show.

Illinois isn’t alone, however. Deer shows in Ohio and Missouri also saw a drop in big buck entries this year, with the Buckeye numbers down some 30% and Show Me entries dropping some 40%.

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Source: http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/whitetail-365/2011/04/bad-year-big-bucks

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Outdoors Lessons: Don?t Feed The Bears

This is a guest post from Karen Ho Fatt, publisher of www.familyfirepit.com. It is part of my Worst Outdoors Experience series, but has a more definite lesson.  I hope you enjoy! The summer camping season is here again and the … Continue reading

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Huge Sale At Sportsmans Warehouse

Sportsmans Warehouse is having a huge Clearance Sale, just before hunting season! Most of what I saw on sale was camping gear, but heck, a sale is a sale and who doesn't need more camping gear? LOL Hurry though, this special sale ends SOON!. They're also running a special on their other products. Anymore, this [...]

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?Winds died down a tad? ? BAM ? Face first right in the nettles!!

Anyway ? on the day of the royal wedding we ended up heading to the Clyde to get away from the madness. The forecast looked positive and we were full of hope on the journey down ? it was overcast and it looked like it was going to heat up gradually. Even [...]

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McKenzie Trout Fishing 3/23/2011

This past Wednesday the 23rd, I had the day off; so I decided to fish the McKenzie for trout, since I was booked for Thursday. I figured fish for fun before the trip on Thursday, and so I decided to invite my friends Brian Morris and Scott Richmond along. We floated the lower river and the conditions were looking spot on for some good McKenzie trout fishing.

We met at 9am, put in and took care of shuttling my rig down to the takeout before we even started. Scott had to do a presentation for the local fly fishing club in Eugene (the Cascade Family Fly Fishers), and he needed to be ready for his obligation at 5pm. Scott Richmond is the person behind the popular fly fishing website westfly.com, and he is the author of several popular fly fishing books; so check out some of Scott's work when you have a chance. His book Fishing in Oregon's Deschutes River, 2nd Edition is the best publication written about the Deschutes river; so pick yourself up a copy. It is a must for the fly fishing book collector, or the angler who frequents the Deschutes River.

Brian had the hot hand on this day; as he tended to be the one who was picking up the nicest fish out there. It was a day where Scott and I had some trouble landing the big ones, and it seemed that every time Brian probed nymphs into a spot or swung a wetfly, he would cheerfully grin and say,"FISH ON!" Luckily Scott and I enjoy watching beautiful fish get caught as much as getting them on our own. Seeing beautiful wild rainbows tear your friend up is always a fun thing to do; especially when you are not having the luck of high frequency catching.

On this day, the famous March Brown hatch did not amount to anything significant. They came off way later than the standard 2pm hatch time, and we literally only saw about 10 or less actual tangible bugs. We only saw about 3 rises all day, but the fish were taking swing wet flies, and deeply probed nymphs. The golden stone nymph was the nymph that received the most attention from the nicest trout. For swinging wet flies, using a size #12 peacock red butted bead thorax softhackle was the best fly to use. Another good example of catching nice fish during the time frame of the March Brown hatch without March Brown dry flies. It is always a great time to fish on the McKenzie, but don't fix yourself on going to fish the river with dries and rising fish.

The fishing has been fair to good on the McKenzie River; since the last bouts of rain we had and water levels dropping into shape. Things should only improve for hatches and fish looking up. I have noticed over the past few day how the wet fly swing fishing has improved and how the fish are started to rise when the hatches are on. It is time to get out there!



If you are interested in booking a trip for trout on the McKenzie River, or any of our other trout fishing destinations call us at (503)-639-6400 or email us at travel@kman.com.

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Monopod Shooting Sticks

A monopod is the best shooting stick for a fast setup. Without multiple stick legs to adjust and balance, you can steady your shot in no time. Wood or Aluminum Monopod An aluminum monopod is adjustable, which makes it more flexible for use on uneven terrain or by more than one hunter. The downside to [...]

Source: http://blog.killzonehunting.com/monopod-shooting-sticks/

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StriperInc. Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Report 1/8/2011

Lake Texoma Fishing Report :: Lure Bite Turning On! Winter patterns are finally setting in here on Lake Texoma. Water temperature is at 49? and elevation is normal. Every year around January, the fish go through a transition as the water temperature drops into the 40’s. It seems like one day after catching limits for [...]

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Is It Spring Yet? All the Campers Want To Know!

Hey Campers!! How’s everyone doing? Are you waiting for Spring to really start?  I know it’s supposed to be officially here, but I hadn’t seen it yet. So my buddy Cookie and I headed out into the campground today to … Continue reading

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