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Making your own gear has it rewards, especially when a fresh chrome trout yanks it down. Check out these step-by-step instructions for DIY cured eggs that will be sure to put a trout on your line.
Decoy realism counts in turkey hunting, but I’m not yet ready to spend several hundred dollars on an ultra-realistic model. Instead, I make use of the spoils of a previous hunt... Using this process, your decoy will be almost indistinguishable from the real thing, and moreover, it will appear to be in strut.
As anglers, we subject our fishing rods to a fair amount of abuse.... Dirty rod cork got you down? Here's a quick and easy fix.
Often, a ground blind is a hunter's best option. Unfortunately, commercial models aren't necessarily suited to longer compound or traditional bows. Luckily, making an inexpensive, lightweight blind is easy.
Get your rain gear back into top shape with a quick clean and a waterproofing treatment.
I love taking perfectly good lures and altering them to make them better... the one I’m sharing is liquid dynamite for all major winter species.
Here are some innovations for moving deer we have used over the years...
OOD's Steve Galea breaks down butchering so you can do it yourself.
What you need to bring that bull out in the open
