1962 Outdoor Life

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January
Features - Adventure In Mozambique (The author takes African game with bow and arrows), Beware Of Everything (This Sheep hunt started with a wilderness plane crash), Mississippi Icecapades (When the river's frozen anglers outnumber summer's hordes), Deer To Spare (Watch Kentucky. It has a fast-growing herd and need for hunters), Sprinkle With Nuts (My barber was merciless till I agreed to an Ozark Coon hunt), Mohammed Was My Guide (After Trout fishing in Kashmir, everything was anticlimatic), Goose Bedlam (Those 5,000 Louisiana Geese exploded like a bomb), The Tarpon Are In The Woods (What a find - wild fishing for me and wilder beach for my family), The Three Bears Strike Back (The Bears won this skirmish with Montana fishermen), An Idea Catches Fire (Farm families, sportsmen co-operate in unique Pheasant plan), Volcanic Cats (For men and dogs, cooled Oregon lava once again gets hot), Revolutionary Idea On A Little Stream (Simple plan keeps good Trout water open to everyone) Departments - Angling (What's in your tackle box?), Archery (Bowhunting via the water route), Boating (What to know when switching to salt water), Camping (Your next camping season begins right now), Dogs (Basic breed traits in dogs), Salt Water (Codfishing for winter sport), Shooting (A run-down on the .30 calibers), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, Where To Go, What's On Your Mind, Shopping, Roundup
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February
Features - Salty Cottontails (New York's Long Island has top-notch, sea-view Rabbit hunting), Paradise In Turkistan (A hunt for exotic Sheep near the Russian border), The Outdoingest Bears (I'd been waiting half a lifetime for this Alaska hunt), Keep This Throwback (Everything about the Paddlefish is odd - except his flavor), Brave Was My Dog (When death approached me, he forced it to turn aside), I Love My Work (Key to ice fishing: Get out and earn your catch. Here's how), I Hunt The Storm Fronts (Hunt when sensible folk stay home, and you'll hit the jackpot), Curiosity Kills The 'Cuda (His nose-trouble means year-round sport for savvy anglers), Walking The Tracks (Rugged Michigan sportsmen hunt Foxes the hard way), Warm-Up For Crows (These Crow hunters get hot shooting in freezing weather), Bass Secret Leaks Out (Springs in Mississippi flood lakes yield whoppers), Milestone Elk (I came home bandaged and limping, but I'm eager to go again), On The Pass (It was his first chance at Mallards. Would he make it?), 1962 Boats And Motors (Special section: Complete guide to new boats, motors, trailers) Departments - Angling (What you should know about hooks), Archery (Bowbending at Air Force Academy), Boating (Choosing and using your new boating rig), Camping (Camping out in pioneer style), Dogs (How to cure "hard mouth"), Salt Water (Stalking the shallows for Bonefish), Shooting (Long-range rifle work), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, Where To Go, What's On Your Mind, Shopping, Roundup
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March
Features - Black And White Of It (Far West Crappies, like those anywhere, fall for these tricks), Why Bass Strike (Three-year study explodes many theories on Bass behavior), Killer Black Bear (A Tennessee hunt turns to bare-hand battle with bruin), Strawberry Shake (The famed trout lake was sick, the prescription drastic), Head For The Hills (We hunt, fish, camp on fall and spring weekends. So could you), North To The Last Frontier (Anglers find rich lode of Trout in Great Bear Lake), A Bearded Legend (Georgia and Tennessee hunters competed for this turkey), Is The Weak Back? (Downbeat cycle on weakfish runs shows signs of turning up), A Lake Comes Back (This California lake's Trout are no longer "uncatchable"), The Spooky Rockchuck (Hard to find, harder to hit, he's tops with precision riflemen), Bulls Along The Slana (I was after a Moose that would make an Elk look like a midget), It Takes A Creep To Catch A Carp (This sneaky system turns Carp into gamefish), Listenin' For Rattlers (That crazy gear drove rattlesnakes right out of the ground) Departments - Angling (The right kind of hooks), Archery (How to score your bow-shot trophies), Boating (Choosing a craft for shallow waters), Camping (Camping in Canada's Maritimes), Dogs (German shorthair pointer trial), Salt Water (Light-tackle sport with Barracuda), Shooting (The 7 mm. Magnum cartridges), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It. Where To Go, What's On Your Mind, Shopping, Roundup
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April
Features - Hooray For Rainbows! (I say Rainbows outfight Browns and Brookies twice their size), "Tigre, Dos!" (Two Mexican Jaguars try slashing our pack into houndburger), The Double Haul (This system of timed line tugs takes the work out of casting), Making The Book On Antelope (South Dakota Antelope hunters aim for the record book), That's Where I Want To Be (Outdoor Life's editors tell where they'd like most to go fishing), Things That Catch Bass (Second installment on the lowdown of largemouth fishing), Bears Are Where They Find You (Black Bears don't charge, but this brain didn't get the message), All Stops For Trout (We had to avoid taking too many of those Washington fish), In Case Of Death...(Who would ever dream we'd get two record Wrangell rams?), Make Like A Rabbit (If you want cheap hunting, action, suspense, here's how), Too Many Fish (Spectacular was the word for fishing in this Artic lake), Skinning And Filleting (Fast and easy way to get the table meat off good fish) Departments - Angling (New size code for fly lines), Archery (Making your own bow-shooting gear), Boating (How to ready your rig for the season ahead), Camping (Cycle camping offers variety of appeals), Dogs (Springer Spaniel championship), Salt Water (The Amberjack - topflight bottomfish), Shooting (Choosing a choke for your shotgun), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Fishing Seasons, Shopping
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June
Features - The Elk Shooting (Amid a storm of protest, rangers set out to shoot 5,000 Elk), We Climbed A Wild River (For 200 watery miles we found fabulous Ontario fishing), The Coyote (The Prairie Wolf is a good bet for hunter's craving action), Plug Like An Expert (The right-way to use bait-casting tackle), You Can Afford A Pack Trip (Many men miss this thrill; they don't know how easy it is), Moose Of Necessity (We Alberta homesteaders had to get game - or starve), Great Grayling Rivers (I fished rivers where Grayling swim like Trout in a hatchery), Smallmouths Are Different (Here's how to find and catch these choosy fish), How To Get In A Stew (Stalking Squirrels in Georgia mountains with a .22), I Watched A Forest Die (God alone knew how much wildlife Nech fire would cremate), This River Gets Hot (Even on doggiest dog days, Penobscot fishing can't be beaten), You Always Yell (You can't help it when you're in a school of Yellowtail) Departments - Anglilng (When Trout rise for flies), Archery (Join a club to improve your shooting), Boating (Selecting the right prop for your rig), Camping (How to get more space and more protection), Dogs (Shooting-Dog championship), Salt Water (Recipes for Dolphin and Snook), Shooting (Medicine for varmints at long range), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Where To Go, Roundup, Shopping
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July
Features - Fisherman's Dreams Come True (How to tour the country and fish when the spirit moves you), Ten Terrible Days (Our Ontario hunt became an ordeal that nearly finished us), Smallmouth Boom (Invasion of Bass brings new sport to lakes on Canada border), Don't Feed The Bears (This is the way to make sure your camp grub stays yours), Dragonfly Kick (Southern Bass are suckers for imitation Dragonflies), Street For Stripers (I went to try out the fabulous fishing in Cape Cod's big ditch), Pictures With Reach (Spotting scopes and binoculars get long-range photos), Rainbows Hate The Fourth Of July (Rainbow Ernie tells how to fish when speedboats crowd you), I Watched A Forest Die (My orders: abandon lookout! Where could a helicopter land?), A Crappie Primer (How to fill your stringers with this sporty little panfish), America's Newest Big Game (He was one of 300 hunting Barbary Sheep he'd stocked on a gamble), Magic "R" Means Fish (Here's the symbol that means summertime limit catches) Departments - Angling (Fishing shorelines for Smallmouth), Archery (Bowfishing in ocean waters), Boating (Fine points of canoe handling), Camping (Enjoy your campfires, but avoid camp fires), Dogs (Pick the best dog for the job), Salt Water (Stalking Redfish and Speckled Trout), Shooting (The fit of the shotgun stock), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, Where To Go, Shopping, What's On Your Mind
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August
Features - Should We Kill Bears This Way? (Washington trappers snare and shoot tree-damaging Bears), 262 M'Goose (Like to fish where four-pound Trout are commonplace?), To Hell With You (Selfishness among sportsmen is increasing. Why?), Secrets Of Mountain Trout Lakes (Most vacationing anglers fail because they use wrong gear), New Wild Boar (No license, no season, no limits on this wily Texas Hog), How To Fish Muddy Water (It has a lot to offer, and the payoff's often surprising), We Were Loaded For Rabbit (Handguns save two Michigan Rabbit hunters when Bear attack), Fish The Little Lakes (Florida's hidden waters hold Lunkers ready to fight any time), A Family Affair (I was glad it was when Caroline clobbered that ringneck), Houseboat Hunt For Deer (Ontario deer hunting with a difference and a bonus) Codfish Ball (I had no idea Maine codding could be so interesting and exciting), My 3,000 Muskies (A Muskie specialist tells how he does it) Departments - Angling (How to fish the lilly pads), Archery (Bowsights and how to use them), Boating (Choosing a craft for river boating), Camping (Answers to campers most common questions), Dogs (Case history of a "blinker"), Salt Water (Trolling strategy for big blues), Shooting (The various types of rifle actions), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, Where To Go, Roundup, Shopping, What's On Your Mind
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September
Features - How To Prepare For A Hunting Trip (A much-traveled field editor tells how to do it), Kill Or Be Killed (The giant Kodiak bear became the hunter and I the hunted), Ghost Bass Of Dead Lakes (Bass hit anything, they say, when ghosts walk here at night), Highballing Through The Rye (It took top-level strategy to stop these speedy Oregon doves), Walleyes Are Fall Guys (Best time for Walleyes - the approaching Fall months), All This And A White Moose, Too (Land of many moose also offers good cnance at caribou, bear), A Bull Of A Bass (A novice hits the jackpot in Rhode Island's foaming surf), Crazy Coon Call (This plastic squaller makes coons come down fighting), The Border Jumpers (Hunting Washington bucks that spend the winter in Canada), "X" Marks The Spot (I just had to fish this unnamed, unmapped Colorado stream), Mistakes Get You Lost (When you enter the woods, don't leave common sense behind), Pack Light And Tight (How to protect your outdoor gear on trail and in transit) Departments - Angling (My five favorite lures), Archery (How to prepare for deer season), Boating (To get more speed from your rig), Camping (Many treats await campers who head South), Dogs (How my dogs feed themselves), Salt Water (Where and how to catch chinooks), Shooting (Choosing a rifle for deer), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Where To Go, Roundup, Shopping, Hunting Seasons
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October
Features - Shot In The Dark (I'd faced Vermont bears before, but none to match this black), I Work For My Bucks (I was ready for trouble when I went after the ghost Muley), We Hired A Bus (How to relax on low-cost trip to far-off fielding, hunting), Where I Went To Hunt (Outdoor Life's editors tell us where they'd most like to hunt), Blue Bombers (We weren't after ordinary Grouse on that high mountain ridge), Who Wants Sunny California? (The weather was foul, but the Salmon fishing was spectacular), How To Stalk A Ram (Knowing Sheep habits give you a big advantage), Make Elk Come To You (How to make the bamboo bugle that lures Bull Elk), Rescue By A Fisherman (The never-to-be-forgotten ending of a bonefishing trip), Divers Take A Heap Of Doing (Our special decoy spread fools 'em 90 percent of the time), Ringneck Railroad (Find birds hard to come by? Try abandoned rights of way), Modern First-Aid Kit (Light and compact, it's practical medical insurance) Departments - Angling (Fishing for Walleyes), Archery (Selecting the bowhunters kit), Boating (Building a kit boat can save you money), Camping (Camping and hunting in national forests), Dogs (Labrador: King of Retrievers), Salt Water (Late-season fishing for Striped Bass), Shooting (Where to hit game animals), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Where To Go, Shopping, Hunting Seasons
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November
Features - We Live With A Wolf (Can a Timber Wolf be converted into a house dog?), Art Of Hunting Mule Deer (The muley surprises hunters accustomed to Whitetails), Fisherman's Tour Of Ireland (The way to catch Ireland's fish is to listen to the Irish), Feed A Fever (Our medicinal British Columbia hunt failed to cure us), Waterfowl Way Station (Klamath Basin may have nation's best waterfowl shooting), Stop The Boat (The bluefish is a fighter, and our method lets him prove it), For Men Only (Running coyotes with dogs in snow is rough, even with sleds), Bull Brier Grouse (Cape Cod is full of grouse, but hunting them demands valor), Steelhead Hideout (Here's how to fish in privacy in crowded California), Yalobusha Deer Drive (Camp tradition demanded a young buck for Thanksgiving), Sable In The Magic Forest (My wife hasn't been the same since she bagged her sable), Get The Net! (That's what we've been yelling at each other for 36 years), Roads To Ruin (Must the Beaverkill and Willowemoc be killed by "highwaymen") Departments - Angling (Choosing a fly reel), Archery (How to hunt the smaller game), Boating (Care and repair of aluminum craft), Camping (Mistakes like these can spoil your camping), Dogs (Manners afield - Trainer talk), Salt Water (Marlin: Pacific high-jumpers), Shooting (The historic and indestructable .30/06)
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December
Features - I Say Polar (Few men have been close to such danger from so many bears), A Rhino That Would Have Amused T.R. (Teddy Roosevelt's safari is copied in an unplanned way), Ice Cold Trout (Those Michigan anglers catch lakers 200 feet below the ice), Those Faraway Antelope (How to hit those elusive animals and also how to miss them), Ghost Geese (Hunters at Great Salt Lake crawl for their geese), Whitetails Make Mistakes (Give a deer a chance to goof, and you might have venison), Fisherman's Tour Of England (Good fishing on waters famous in history of artificial fly), Hawaiian Hara-Kiri (When razor-tusked hogs get mad, shoot straight or climb), Off-Season Jackpot (December is prime-time for Lower California's off-shore fishing), Snowshoe Runaround (We matched footgear with fleet New Hampshire hares), Big Bucks Of The Secret Canyon (Washington hunters drive a cowpath to a canyon full of deer), Up To Here In Bass (Our Seminole Lake trip taught us how to get in with the fish), Coogan's Cornfield (Good duck hunting in the suburbs of Chicago) Deoartments - Angling (Choosing a spinning reel), Archery (The various types of targets), Boating (New and old wrinkles in art of anchoring) Camping (How to beat the bugs you may meet in camp), Dogs (New dog-training devices), Salt Water (Tackle and methods for pugnacious jacks), Shooting (How the little gauges stack up), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Roundup, Shopping, Where To Go
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