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| January |
Features - Dog Days (You can lead a dog to good fishing waters, but you can't make him behave), Grandpa And The Kid (When carelessness turns a Duck hunt into a disaster, you can only hope for the best), An Unfilled Tag (This time the hunter brought home only memories - but what memories they were), Bowhunting Dry (Here's how you can protect yourself and your gear in wet weather), Our 100th Year! - In The Spirit Of True Sportsmanship (Field & Stream begins its Centennial celebration), Looking Back: The Early Years 1895-1914 (Both Field & Stream and Tootsie Rolls were born in 1895), A True Course To Adventure (A nose for adventure can lead you high and low...even in your own backyard. Ten of our experts show you how to find the best hunting and fishing across North America), The Vision (Once you've seen the Buck of a lifetime, what are the odds of finding it's equal), All That A Gun Store Should Be (New England Arms has been called the finest of its kind. One look tells you why), New Tackle '95 (New lures, lines, reels and other good things brighten this year's offerings), Backwater Boats (These lightweight craft have the versatility of a canoe and the stability of a flats boat), The Speed Factor (Here's how using faster shotshell loads can help you hit more targets) Midwest Edition - In an effort to reduce pressure on the Big River's Smallmouths, Missouri is asking its anglers to catch - and keep - the river's spotted Bass. Also, poachers pay more in the Hawkeye State; a new club is founded for hunters of grounded antlers; and Kansas comes up with a solution to Eagle shocking. Departments - Up Front, Cheers & Jeers, Hill Country, Conservation, How It's Done, Gearing Up, By The Way..., Fishing, Boating, Books & Comments, Vehicles, Shooting, F&S Tips, Gun Dogs, Solunar Tables, Finally... |
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| February |
Features - Silence is Golden (Sound travels nearly four times as fast as an arrow. Deal with it.), Celebrating and Saving Our Seas (TMM gets ready to launch a major exposition on marine conservation - Ocean Planet.(, Call of the Wild (When you make strange sounds in the woods, there's no telling what the effects might be.), Field & Stream Jr. (Raise your own night crusaders..see where bears have been,,,and more) Turkey Hunting Special - Color Blind (These radical new decoys will challenge what you 'know' about turkey hunting.),This Bird's No Dumb Cluck (Say what you will about its barnyard kin, the wild turkey is as crafty as they come.), Sight and Sound (Turkey hunting is a celebration of the eyes and the ears.), The Turning (Memories of long-ago gobblers hunts can liven up the most solemn occasion.), The Lure of Labrador (Some of the best lodges and fisheries in eastern Canada are also the least visited.), Sonora Again (The deer may bring you back, or the doves...but you will return.), Minivan Camp Cabinets (One unique storage unit turns a minivan into bona fide hunting and fishing vehicle.), Midwest Edition - A deal between the federal government and a timber company could mean private land will become public in Oklahoma - and vice-versa. Also, game animals stand to suffer from the shrinking number of aspens in Michigan and Kansas holds its first official trout season. |
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| March |
Features - Arrow Flight (Can't hit anything? The fault may not be yours), Without A Paddle (Famed canoe builder Cyrus P. Filbert reveals his one true passion), Burt's Place (In the old days, the local garage was like a sportsman's club), Ocean's Planet (Here's a special report on our largest and least understood ecosystem), A Leg Up (This newly designed hiking staff can change the way you walk, wade or take aim), Hot Plastic, Cold Steel (They go by many names, but each is a fabulous fake), Plugging Along (No other lure catches fish with the style and the grace of the casting plug), Spinner Savvy (With a little skill, these lures will perform like vitamin-charged Minnows), Speaking Of Spoons (The "universal lure" is actually more specialized than you think), The Soft Touch (They may be made of plastic, but they're a match for just about any real thing), Dynamite! (When it comes to catching fish, the night crawler is the breakfast of champions), Looking Back: 1915-1940 - The War Years, The Jazz Age And The Great Depression (The world was changing dramatically - and Field & Stream kept pace), Sidearms No More (Think of these handguns as very short, light rifles), Boat Control (Electric motors can keep your boat where you want it till you're ready to move on) Midwest Edition - Whether they hunt Turkeys in the fall of fish Largemouths in the spring, all Oklahoma sportsmen will soon be using the same license under the state's new permit system. Also, White Bass have become the hottest subject of study in the Midwest; and hunters are called in to control Elk in the Sunflower State. Departments - Up Front, Cheers & Jeers, Hill Country, Conservation, Gearing Up, Saltwater Fishing, By The Way..., Fishing, Shooting, Vehicles, Myths & Misconceptions, F&S Tips, Gun Dogs, Solunar Tables, Books & Comments, Finally... |
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| April |
Features - Lake Michigan Smallmouths (Years of neglect have made this fishery a real find), The Takings Issue (New laws regarding landowner rights could be the hottest conservation issue in years), Grandpa And The Kid (Finding likely Pheasant cover is easy; getting permission to hunt it is the hard part), Alone In The Woods (Living in solitude isn't quite as lonely as you'd think), Special Canadian Fishing Section, Heartland Trio (Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Pike, Walleyes, Lakers. Enough said), By Rail To Moosonee (Heading north on The Little Bear), The Lure Of The North (Here's a lure that really does it all), These Fields Are Bird-Friendly (How to make farm fields safer for nesting gamebirds), John's Bear (When bait and dogs are forbidden, a bruin hunter needs skill - and advice from Dad), The State Of The Striped Bass (Now that the Striper is finally making a comeback, will we allow it to be overfished again?) Midwest Edition - For the first time ever, Indiana received a federal grant for a waterfowl project aimed at reclaiming land on the Kankakee watershed, which once consisted of almost 500,000 acres. Also, Missouri finds border collies to be the best way to keep Deer from damaging property, and a killer plague looms over prairie dogs in North Dakota. Departments - Up Front, Cheers & Jeers, Hill Country, Conservation, Health & Safety, By The Way..., Fishing, Shooting, Boating, Vehicles, F&S Tips, Gun Dogs, Finally... |
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| May |
Features - Are Hunting Laws Getting Dumber? (Too many laws today have nothing to do with the welfare of wildlife), Fallback Flats (It's the place to be when the fishing is more important than the catching), Field & Stream Jr. (Color-coded animals...the truth about fish slime...how to make a better fly box), When Less Is More (Compound shooters: Are you suffering from excess poundage?), The Accidental Purist (Mama had no use for fly-fishing fanatics. Then she became one), Bass On The Move (When these fish get the urge to travel, you'd better know where they're going), Special Bait Casting Section - Thumb And Spool (Fishing fads come and go, but the art of bait-casting has stood the test of time), Casting With Pride (There's nothing tacky about today's top-end bait-casting gear), Walkin' And Talkin' (Tips from an expert on how to make a Bass plug strut its stuff), Confessions Of A Plug Chunker (To turn casting into something like ballet, try using two hands), House Of Long Rifles (When it comes to building guns, this man is a living legend), Montana Dixie (What are the chances an angler can find the heart of the South in Big Sky Country), Looking Back: 1941-1965 (World War II, the new prosperity, and the winds of change. Field & Stream enters modern times in a blaze of glory) Midwest Edition - Both fish and anglers must adapt to Lake Erie's clearer waters, which has Smallmouth and Walleyes swimming deeper and responding well to trolling tactics. Also, the first Bobcat sightings in northern Indiana since the 1950's gives hope for more; Chicago stocks up for it's urban anglers; and White Bass fishing fit for Kings) Departments - Up Front, Cheers & Jeers, Hill Country, Gearing Up, Health & Safety, By The Way..., Fishing, Shooting, Saltwater Fishing, Vehicles, Sportsman's Project, Myths & Misconceptions, F&S Tips, Gun Dogs, Solunar Tables, Books & Comments, Finally... |
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| June |
Features - Hints From Hal O'Wise (At last, your most difficult questions about the outdoors answered), It Takes A Hero (Can one person make a difference? Some outstanding conservationists did), Birding For Sportsmen (Their variety is nearly infinite, and their company is delightful), Ocean Planet (Vast as the seas are, they can be conserved by steps that you can take), Field & Stream Jr. (Like a watch to find north...the truth about Trout...gun safety Q & A), Buying Traditional (Looking to take up the stickbow? Here's how to get started), Small Flies Mean Big Trout (Even in a cloud of giant mayflies, it often pays to think small), You've Got To Love A Mule (A horse is a horse, of course, but a mule is better), Another Man's Meat (A mountain man's menu might make you gag, but they were eating to stay alive), A Fishing Life (No matter how far he roamed, the river was always there), City Water, Country Fish (From coast to coast, urban water supply systems offer fishing opportunities that are well worth tapping into), Help From The Bass Lab (When in doubt about a fishing technique, ask the experts), Spring Swapping (If your shotgun isn't as "firgiving" as it should be, now is the time to find one that is) Midwest Edition - Biologists try stocking two new strains of Brown Trout in Lake Michigan and double the catch rate. Also, three-year-old regulations save three fisheries in the Show-Me State; biologists in Nebraska try to fix human-caused problems in Lake Ogallala; and a new use for land damaged in the '93 floods. Departments - Up Front, Cheers & Jeers, Hill Country, Conservation, Health & Safety, Gearing Up, By The Way..., Vehicles, Boating, Outdoor Basics, F&S Tips, Gun Dogs, Finally... |
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| July |
Features - Grandpa And The Kid (In life, as in fishing, sometimes you have to move on), Peep-A-Boo (Want to shoot much better? Look at the world through a hole), The Blues Were Running (For doctors, the patient always comes first...except when fish are involved), The Biggest Smallmouth...Ever (This fish broke the previous record by almost 2 pounds. Can anyone top that?), The Perfect Fish (You think bluegill fising is for kids? Think again!), Between The Hatches (Trout eat lots of things besides flies. Here's how to match their off-hatch menu), Private Game (What would happen if wildlife didn't belong to the people?), Wild River Salmon (Venture down an incredible river with no named pools and a guide who hums), The Fastidious Catfisher (Not all catfish baits stink. Here are some that even you can eat), Looking Back 1966-1980 A Nation In Transition (These were the years when "everything" happened, and almost nothing stayed the same), Summer Bass Savvy (Fish take it slow in hot weather - which is why you should, too) Midwest Edition - Good habitat and special fishing regs make for great trout fishing in the Black Hills region of the Coyote State. Also, cyberspace surfers explore Nebraska on the internet; controversy looms over the baiting issue in the Midwest; and paddlefish are plagued by dam problems in Missouri Departments - Up Front, Cheers & Jeers, Hill Country, Conservation, Gearing Up, Sportsman's Project, Outdoor Basics, By The Way, Shooting, Vehicles, Fishing Techniques, Myths & Misconceptions, Books & Comments, Boating, F&S Tips, Gun Dogs, Solunar Tables, Finally... |
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| August |
Features - Pumping Steel (You can do anything with a slide-action...but wear it out), Muleys, Whities And Pushing Brush (These days, Alberta's Muleys are as impressive as its Whitetails), Channel Bass (Finding big mid-summer Bass isn't easy...until you learn to check the channels), A Southern Taste For The Ugly (What looks awful and tastes great? These mouthwatering mud-dwellers from Dixie), Water, Clean And Clear (When farmers take steps to reduce agricultural runnoff, fish - and fishermen - reap the benefits), The Perfect Imposter (Feather Flex's new Deer decoy has sparked a lot of interest...especially among Whitetail Deer), Virtual Reality Taxidermy (Replica mounts make it possible for anglers to release their fish and mount them too), Children And The Animal Rights Agenda (It's almost schooltime; do you know what your children will be told about hunters?) Departments - Up Front (Is USFWS raising their Duck limit too fast?), Cheers & Jeers (You know what we think. Here's what you think), Hill Country (This month, a sampling of puppy poetry), Bowhunting (Wood shafts make good shafts), Conservation (Do you know the "father of American conservation"?), Destination (Nova Scotia heats up in late October), Field & Stream Jr. (How animals post their property...), Gearing Up (Sports tape for the not-so-thick-skinned), By The Way...(Lawbreaking is a way of life in the Mississippi Flyway), Fishing (Ants may be a nuisance at your picnic, but Trout love them), Vehicles (Is leasing a 4x4 for you? Maybe...maybe not), Gun Dogs (From the past, a lesson for today), F&S Tips (How to release your fish and clean your kennel...), Finally...(For Turkey hunters, there's always next year) Midwest News - Wisconsin reintroduces Elk after a 130-year absence, but do they have a future in the state's wildlife population? Also, a sixteen-year-old breaks a forty-five-year-old Mule Deer record in Nebraska; Ohio offers summer hunting; and Kansas teaches it's jet-skiers a lesson) |
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| September |
Features - Bowhunting Special Section - Bowhunting Comes Of Age (It is truly "hunting the hard way". Then why do we love it so much?), Down From The Trees A new kind of bowhunter has evolved...smarter, stealthier and no longer dependent on a tree stand), Bows And Arrows (This is bowhuntings golden rule: If you can't laugh at yourself, stay at home), Tiny Tools (Think of them as grown-up bows and arrows made for small people), Go To The Head Of The Class (If you love learning from your own dumb mistakes, that's fine...but there's a much better way), Tactics For Trickles (To fish Trout in little water, you have to get down and dirty), Looking Back (1981-1995 Fifteen years that changed the world) Departments - Up Front (A unique hunter-ethics program in Utah..), Cheers & Jeers (You know what we think. Here's what you think), Hill Country (Misery means nothing to a true Duck hunter), Conservation (At last - an Ohio Dove season), Gearing Up (Decoys that make Duck hunting easier), In Balance (A new chance to help our public lands), Wildlife Management (One city is turning wastewater into wetlands), Guest Shot (Meet Mr. Snipe, who - despite rumors to the contrary - is no joke), Health & Safety (How to keep a tree-stand accident from turning into a tragedy), Fishing Techniques (Not using this technique is the No. 1 reason Bass anglers fail), Outdoor Basics (The way you carry your shotgun can make all the difference), By The Way... (A cool reason to use sunscreen...a warm way to wade...), Shooting (What's a super slug gun? Read on. Find out), Saltwater Fishing (Here's a cheap and easy way to customize your jigs and flies), Fishing (The keys to successful nymphing can be found on top of the water), Gun Dogs (A good education for Pup starts at home), Vehicles (Here's a big, new 4x4 in a slightly smaller package), F&S Tips (How to make big game step into sight), Solunar Tables (Major and minor feeding times of game and fish), Finally...(Sometimes life is like a dream) Midwest News - Minnesota's Twin Cities go on a wild Goose chase to decrease the numbers of Canadas. Also, Nebraska plans to make an old railway route recreational; an anti-hunting protest in North Dakota results in more support for sportsmen; and the "tooth fairy" predicts good Deer hunting this fall in South Dakota. |
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| October |
Features - Looking Back (In 1895, a small regional magazine was founded in the Midwest. Then it grew), Best Of The Rest (A magazine's greatest treasure is its writers. Some gems from Gene Hill, A.J. McClane, Robert Ruark, Ted Trueblood, George Reiger, Norman Strung, Bob Brister, Warren Page and Ed Zern, plus Corey Ford's unforgettable "The Road To Tinkhamtown"), Field Dressed (What we wear has always said who we are - and we are hunters and fishermen), Driving Forces: 100 Years Of Motorized Sportsmen (The automobile offered us freedom and adventure, and we took it to our hearts), A Century Of Piscatorial Progress (Anglers who yearn for the good old days do not remember what the good old days were like), More Bang For The Buck (Guns have improved enormously in the last century...but they've changed very little), Something About A Dog (Dogs have always had a special place in Field & Stream. We salute this relationship inexcerpts from Havilah Babcock, John Taintor Foote, Datus Proper, Burton Spiller, and our own Gun Dogs Editor, Bill Tarrant), Best Of The Best - Covers (They're like the faces of old friends you haven't seen for years), Tap's Tips (For thirty-five years, Tap Tapply turned out miniature masterpieces of outdoor advice), Photo Gallery (Our memories may fail, but pictures capture the fields and stream forever), By The Way (These old gadgets, gizmos, concepts and ads weren't meant to be funny, but...), Conservation Scorecard (Sportsmen have fought a long and often lonely battle to save our wild places. Here's how we've done), Laughing All The Way (The need to snicker at our antics has produced some memorable writing, sampled here in excerpts from Patrick McNanus, Nick Lyons, Joel Vance, W.C. Tuttle, Russell Annabel, Ted Leeson, Cliff Hauptman and Ray Bronk), Growing Up Wild And Free (If you took to the outdoors as a kid, you know how exciting those early years could be. Five writers tell us about their own good young days), A Thrill An Issue (You never feel half so alive as when your pulse pounds. Armchair adventurers could face danger every month in yarns by Zane Grey and other tellers of hair-raising tales), The Hardbark Gallery (From the fevered brain of a great illustrator, a collection of ads that never were), Hindsight (All good things must come to an end...even our 100th Anniversary issue) |
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| November |
Features - Letter To A Young Sportsman, The Ten-Year Forecast (Field & Stream's experts look at the future of hunting and fishing and conclude that it will be better than you think), Those Maddening, Meandering Elk (Finding these animals becomes simpler when you know what puts them on the move), The All-American Fly (A classic lure that has stood the test of time), On The Track Of The King (In pursuit of his dream Buck, he learned some very good lessons), Escaping Detection (Getting close to big game is easier once you make yourself disappear), Rooster's Last Stand (Hunting Pheasants near site of Custer's last battle with a pointer named Crazy Horse) Departments - Up Front (Our very own cable show), Cheers & Jeers (You know what we think, Here's what you think), Hill Country (The secret of winning is not settling for anything less), Conservation (Conservation groups don't have to be large to be effective), Sporting Design (A new handle on handling fish), Guest Shot (For Dad, no place was so alive as the woods in fall), Health & Safety (Sometimes the sun can be your enemy), Food (Like liver? Try this scrumptious dish), Destination (This seemingly barren land in Montana is home to lots of game), Field & Stream Jr. (Why you should take a Heron on a Duck hunt...and more), Saltwater Fishing (The Carribbean's hottest new fishing resort), Gearing Up (A GPS that won't break the bank), By The Way...(A foolproof way to sex big-game tracks), Fishing (Superlines - new tackle that may change the way you fish), Shooting (Waterfowlers finally have a nontoxic legal alternative to steel shot), F&S Tips (Where to aim on big game), Gun Dogs (Time to take Pup's lessons afield), Solunar Tables (Major and minor feeding times of game and fish), Finally...(A little reasoning can go a very long way) Midwest News - When snagging was banned in Michigan's Tippy Dam, the site became popular with Salmon and anglers. Also, Ohio and Indiana expect record-breaking Deer harvests this year - again; an archery study in Minnesota yields surprising results; and poachers target antlers in Missouri. |
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| December |
Features - Twenty Who Made A Difference (Who says individual acts don't matter?), Racing With The Rains (From the Green Hell comes a giant Bass of many colors), Farmland Deer (Midwest Deer hunters are up to some new tricks), Christmas Grouse (Late-season hunts have more than birds to offer), On The Right Track (Elk trails can talk to you if you know how to listen), How To Draw The Best In The West (Do some people get in on the great hunting but not you? Here's why), Well-Cast Lines (Excerpts from a new book of fishing quotes collected "strictly for fun"), With Our Eyes Towards Heaven (Field & Stream presents a pictorial tribute to the misery and joy that is waterfowling) Departments - Up Front (Arkansas make the going rough for road hunters), Cheers & Jeers (You know what we think, Here's what you think), Hill Country (Some things in life can never be replaced), Conservation (We can save our marine fisheries, but it won't be easy), Gearing Up (Nikon's newest all-weather optics), TMM Conservation Council (Volunteers made Public Lands Appreciation Day a huge success), Essay (In the space of a heartbeat, he became a man), Hunting Tactics (These techniques will bring you closer to big game), Humor (Bird hunting - the next generation), Legends (James Heddon carved a niche for himself in history), Outdoor Basics (Bass find these lures simply irresistible), Myths & Misconceptions (Snapshooting: a popular and time-tested method for missing Grouse), Bowhunting (Now is the time when the unprepared fail...and freeze), Sportsman's Notebook (When things get tough...the Deer get going), By The Way...(A fly-fishing hall of fame), Fishing (Want more Bass? Try a subtle approach), Shooting (This is the year that sporting optics changed forever), Boating (If trouble strands you in the water, will you be prepared?), Vehicles (Getting to the top is a whole lot easier than staying there), F&S Tips (How to tell tomorrow's weather by looking at the sky), Gun Dogs (Introduce Pup to birds and guns the right way), Finally...(Opening day brings a different kind of reward) Midwest News - A bloody feud between Coyotes and Foxes is actually helping the Duck population in North Dakota and South Dakota. Also, RV owners in Illinois get a chance to show support for their state parks; a collector finds a barrel of unusual lures in Minnesota; and thousands of Geese entertain hungry hunters in Nebraska. |
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