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January
Features - Four Men Alone (We hunted on foot for 21 days for food and trophies in Alaska), New Things In Ice Fishing (Jig easily and come running when someone yells "Scramble"), Moose In A Blind Alley (Our hunt went well until my partner met big trouble face to face), Tigress Of Elephantville (Mrs. O'Connor meets up with a killer and becomes a heroine), Three Kinds Of Quail (Payoff on this hunt was shooting a bird with a polka-dot vest), BONUS: 500-Pound Bear (I didn't fira a shot, but my teen-aged son had phenomenal luck), Drums Along Otter Creek (This West Virginia project may herald many miles of new trout waters), Gift Of Gabbling (That's what my Indian guide had on this Maryland goose hunt), Nightmare Gobbler (He outsmarted me all season, then gave me my best hunting hour), Stalking Winter Wildlife (Photographing game is easy in winter and top practice for hunters), Foxes Aren't Killed By Accident (That's what I learned from hunters with 146 years of savvy), The Runy-Nose Brigade (Icy weather doesn't stop these hearty Washington fly fishermen), Motors And Boats For 1966 (Special section: Newest developments of interest to sportsmen), Coal Dusting Saves A Lake (South Dakota sportsmen solve a serious winterkill problem) Departments - Angling (The magnificent Artic Char), Archery (Archery outlook for 1966), Boating (Motors and boats for 1966), Camping (Exploring Saskatchewans campgrounds), Dogs (Second-season madness), Salt Water (Catching the rainbows of the sea), Shooting (Guns and loads for waterfowl)
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February
Features - Adventure In Latin America (The Mexican leg of our 10,000-mile trip led to great fishing), Africa's Meanest Game (Two buffalos tried to kill us. Could my bow stop such terror?), New Way To Find Winter Bluegills (Know why and when they move and you'll hit them big), Giant Of Newcomer Hollow (My 10-pointer ruined the family buck race, and that's not all), A Day On Snake Mountain (Rattlers and copperheads were everywhere, and we tongued many), Devil Jaguar (It took seven years and a bloody fight to corner this killer), How Wild The Wolf? (This Wisconsin river teems with trout, but can we keep it wild?), Our Most Neglected Gamebird (Here's the success formula for millions of chukar-teeming acres), Pronghorns In The Pasture (To get your antelope, just ignore all expert advice), Hitting The Hot Line (Hunting rabbits with a beagle is great sport and a good teacher), Midwinter SPECKtacle (Anglers mob Okeechobee for fastest panfishing I've ever seen), Elk To Whistle About (We called our own on our first-time elk hunt in Colorado) Departments - Angling (Scooting for bass and trout), Archery (Tackle care pays off), Boating (Boat handling gets fish), Camping (Know your camping manners), Dogs (To err is canine), Salt Water (Bottom fishing in the Gulf), Shooting (The .30 caliber magnums)
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March
Features - No Hunting And Fishing (Georgia plan opening land to sportsmen may have widespread effect), Adventure In Latin America (Second leg of our trip to new hunting and fishing hotspots), The Bold, Bad Tigers Of Ghatpiparia (It took the last of our luck to finish this mean Indian tiger), Bed Fishing For Bass (Here's how to catch lunker largemouths on the spawning bed), Strange Doings On Otsego Lake (In a noisy New York ice shanty, I caught macaroni-loving whitefish), Last Frontier (We pioneered North America's finest untapped big-game stronghold), The Perfect Camper (I wanted one for my family, and here's what I did to get it), The Reformation Of Bill (On this turkey hunt, young Bill Rae proved he'd learned patience), How To Catch The Smartest Trout Of All (There's no magic involved. Just follow these six simple rules), Shot In The Dark (I bowhunted the same record-breaking Ohio buck for two years), The Challenge (The incredible happens in Yellowstone, and I photographed it), Twin Bill (A young boy's fabulous encounter with a sailfish and a marlin) Departments - Angling (White bass. the boom-or-bust fish), Archery (Learning archery the right way), Boating (Car-carried boats), Camping (What's happening to camping?), Dogs (Springer championship), Salt Water (The rough-and-ready snook), Shooting (Choosing the right scope)
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April
Features - New Atlantic Salmon Fishing (We found virgin Salmon water in subartic Quebec), My Greatest Trophy (Trapped by Lions, I was determined to kill one with my bow), Look To The Lakes For Trout (For more and better Stream Trout, fish the lakes, Here's how), Pleasure Before Work (Four Oregon plinkers find a great way to start a workday), Mountain Hospitality (We paid $10 a day for lodging, meals, guides, hunting, fishing), Trail Of The 10-Pound Bass (After a lifetime of trying, I finally got my 10-pounder), Follow The Drum Beat (I caught Channel Bass at all four major East Coast ho.spots), Roy Rogers Goes North (He brought along all his shootin' irons, and we took fine Polar Bears), Adventures In Latin America (Final leg of our trip leads to Lunker Bass in Honduras), Death Walked The Duck Marsh (Trapped in mud, I saw water creeping in. I was going to drown), Opening For A Young Man (Here's how my son viewed the magic of his first opening day), 45 Experts Tell You Where To Fish (Outdoor Life's editors and guests pinpoint season's hotspots) Departments - Angling (The high-flying landlocked Salmon), Archery (How to make more and surer kills), Boating (Selecting the right family boat), Camping (Camping has its hazards), Dogs (Great day for the Irish), Salt Water (Terminal rigs for bottom fishing), Shooting (The .22 varmint cartridges), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, What's New, Shopping, Fishing Seasons
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Missing back cover

May
buFeatures - North Of Nakina (For $210 per man, we had a great week's fishing in Ontario bush), Two-Time Loser (After watching two huge bears battle, we began a hair-raising stalk), Blueprint For Big Bass (I catch up to 125 big bass every year on small ponds), Longest Coon Hunt (My week-long hunt with top coon men and dogs produced 40 chases), Spring On The Miramichi (That's when salmon are hungriest on this famed New Brunswick river), The Face Of Death (I was 20 minutes from death when I was thrown into the icy water), Antelope Play In Florida (New game transplant - Colorado pronghorns fly to Florida), My Panfish-On-Light-Tackle Kick (Now's the time for the delights of panfish on light gear), A Thanksgiving Hunt (Nothing has equalled the hunt I made when I was 11 and alone), Get A Good Thing Going (You're missing furious action if you've never hunted the bobcat), Desert Rainbows (We caught and released big trout for four days in Oregon desert), Tidal River Grab-Bag (For nonstop, no-limit sport, chum a hole with shrimps) Departments - Angling (First you catch a catfish), Archery (Chincoteague hunt for Asian deer), Boating (Lifesaving gear and how to use it), Camping (New camping equipment for 1966), Dogs (Internal parasites), Salt Water (Fishing the shad runs), Shooting (Why we miss shots)
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June
Features - The Kokanee Comes East (A Western Salmon moves East and scores high with anglers), The Invisible Moose (A white Bull gave us a crack at one of the rarest trophies), Trout That Never Hear Traffic (The Colorado Rockies are a Shangri-la of spectacle and sport), New Gamebird For The South (It's a Pheasant, a Wild Bird making itself at home in Dixie), Sure Tricks For Big Bass (Here's how I catch 100 Lunker every year in small ponds), The Haystack Bear (An Artic Grizzly stole our Caribou then hid in thick brush), The Pike Strike Back (Breaking out light tackle on this Ontario lake can be risky), The Long Quest (Bighorns frustrated me for four years. Then I got lucky), Beautiful New Ohio (New Ohio River dams mean fabulous fishing for millions), Father's Fling On The Flats (A terrific gift brought us sport all fishing dad's should have), Where Hunters Never Fail (The local Bucks eluded me, so I headed for southwest Idaho), Party Boat Bonanza (I had great California fishing. Cost: $33.50 for three trips) Departments - Angling (Dry flies for sundown Trout), Archery (Bowfishing time again), Boating (Learning the basics of canoeing), Camping (Planning trips pays off), Dogs (Shooting-dog championship), Salt Water (Battling Bluefin Tuna), Shooting (Binoculars for the hunter), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Shopping, Where To Go
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July
Features - How To Beat The Summer Slump (I do it with float trips, new fishing tactics, even frog hunts), Luck Of The Yukon (Our jinx ended when a trophy caribou almost walked into camp), Last Days Of The Colorado? (Two dams may ruin this great wild river and descrate Grand Canyon), Summer Deer Hunt (Colorado's early season gives us an edge on this trophy hunt), Rooftop River (Backpack-fishing spree on an untouched stretch of Southern river), How To Shoot The Bird Of Peace (He masquerades as a songbird, but the dove's a hunter delight), New Muskie Water (I sampled Niagra's booming muskie fishery with a local expert), 350 Miles Of Walleyes (Lunker Walleyes in the Mississippi from Rock Island to Minneapolis), Once Too Often (Catching the rattler was easy, but it had enough slack to strike), Sluggers Of The Saco (This Maine river has best summer striper fishing I've ever seen), Shots Heard Round The World (Remington celebrates 150th anniversary, Winchester it's 100th), Silver From The Sea (Four cowtowners strike it rich with Salmon off the Oregon coast), A New Tool For Gun Safety (TV firearms course for women teaches safety and dispels fears) Departments - Angling (How to find fish in midsummer), Archery (Tips on buying archery gear), Boating (Camp by boat for more space and pleasure), Camping (How to start trail camping), Dogs (Prairie proving ground), Salt Water (On playing and landing fish), Shooting (Remington and Winchester anniversaries)
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August
Features - LET"S NOT KILL OURSELVES Part 1: The Threat To Fishing (Pesticide buildup is menacing this sport and perhaps man himself), A Hunt For The Records (We took four Boone and Crockett trophies in British Columbia), Dream Trip For Fall Trout (We fished 14 days on hottest streams in the West for $80 each), We Found The Elephant Place (Trophy for a lifetime in an elephant paradise), Bass With A Bang (The Bass, the Delaware and something else gave me great sport), Ross And His Ram (My son wanted a Ram and it took a cussing by Napoleon to get it), Rough Water Bass (Perched on jagged rocks, six of us took 150 California Stripers), Trophy Browns Of The Brule (I fished the August run of banner Trout on this Wisconsin river), Hunting Atomic Energy Reserve (Space-age Deer hunt on a reserve not hunted for 15 years), Old Wino's Last Stand (I stopped the death charge of the No. 2 Black in California), Worms Beat The Drum (Plastic worms filled by boasts and my stringer on the Texas flats), Jackfish Country (Strong wrists and big nets are musts for Manitoba Pike) Departments - Angling (Year-round sport with Yellow Perch), Archery (Midsummer sport and practice), Boating (Handling your boat on rough water), Camping (Camping with a boat), Dogs (Jagdterrier, Boykin spaniel), Salt Water (How to catch snapper blues), Shooting (Hit game exactly right), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, What's New, Shopping, Where To Go
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September
Features - Let's Not Kill Ourselves Part 2: The Threat To Hunting (Pesticides may leave a legacy of stilled guns, poisoned game), I Hunt Mongolia's Argali (Texan finds a new frontier for trophy sheep hunters), Angling Paradise Of The Apaches (Bragging-size trout, bass abound on these historic Indian lands), How To Drive Deer (Expert reveals often-ignored details that can determine success), The Black Handsaws (Brawling smallmouths cap a grand slam on Maine's Spednic Lake), Bandtail Flyby (West Coast hunters have this sporty pigeon all to themselves), My Rockpile Fishing Hole (We built a reef and created a fish haven in a once barren bay), Found: New Duck Bonanza (Ducks plastered the Dakota island, yet we saw no other hunters), Wow! What A Wapiti! (Hunt meat, I was told, but then a great Elk rack came my way), Fall Windfall (How-to of two more months of North Carolina trout fishing), Too Many Bucks (On our Utah hunt, 13 bowmen took 16 male deer in five days), Snow Hunt For Stew (I filled the pot with squirrel meat by changing my hunting habits) Departments - Archery (Whitetails vs. mule deer), Boating (Learn to be weather wise), Camping (Proper footgear for campers), Dogs (Travel care for dogs), Salt Water (Fishing for the awesome drum), Shooting (The good ole "Thutty-Thutty")
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October
Features - A Hunter Against Odds (In 9,000-mile trip, I get Ram, Elk, Antelope and Blacktail Deer), The New Look Of Duck Hunting (To get legal limits, you must learn to identify Ducks. Here's how), Bus Ride To Atlantic Salmon (We spend 16 days fishing seven of artic Norway's Salmon rivers), Fugitive Of Black Mountain (Even after Old Tom's eyes glazed, that Bobcat gave me a surprise), Chincoteague Clappers (Try rails for early-season sport with a generous bag limit), 45 Experts Tell You Where To Hunt Ducks (Trophy or meat? Near home or afar? Take your pick of hotspots), Line Of Scrimmage (For wild action and huge Salmon, line up on California's Smith), Alone With The Squirrels (Squirrels are good for ailing folks and great for solo hunters), The Harder They Come (I worked for most of my 400 Cougars. That's why I rate them tops), I'll Take The Bass Pits (We find new ways to catch Largemouths in Florida's strip-mine pits), New Place For Rabbits (We take limits in scrub-oak barrens of New York's Long Island), Just To Change The Subject (The anglerfish shames us all when he goes fishing at dinnertime) Departments - Angling (Some worthwhile tricks with "minnow" lures), Archery (Good and bad bowhunting), Boating (Tips on storing your boat outdoors), Camping (Revolutionary developments in tents), Dogs (Matching your gun and dog), Salt Water (Choosing plugs for the salt), Shooting (Preview: Ruger No. 1 single-shot rifle), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Shopping, What's New
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November
Features - Go To Sea For Ducks (Long East Coast ocean season offers high-limits, plenty of birds), Greatest Hunting Of All (Can't take Maine bear with dogs? My 20-year kill proves otherwise), Whitetails In The Sands (We get deer and sport aplenty in Michigan's lakeside dunes), Best U.S. Smallmouth Water (I say it's the Tennessee River in Alabama. Look at the evidence). What's Tough About Javelina (It's when you try for them at long range, as you can in three states), This Is Trophy Hunting (We wanted the biggest rack in that part of Wyoming), The Browns Of New Zealand (Trout we put back here would be wall-hangers anywhere else), Bird Hunter's Shangra-La (Oregon chukars provide fast shooting for Western hunters), Kansas' First Deer Hunt (It yielded many trophy bucks, topped by my record-class 18-pointer), Cattle Slayers Of Shiwishi-Wan (Sick and bloody, I staggered up that mountain after two killer cats), Feel Free To Hunt (Washington state farmers and hunters cooperate for good hunting), Drifter's Make Good (Experts on Florida's Caloosahatchee show me tricks I'd never seen), Ghosts Of The Shawnee (I find why deer hunting is so great in this area of Illinois), Don't Let The Eagle Lay An Egg (Look what's happening to the Land and Water Conservation Fund) Departments - Angling (Art of dapping for big trout), Archery (The questions readers ask), Boating (Boats powered by oar and paddle), Camping (Why learn camp know-how the hard way?), Dogs (All about coonhounds), Salt Water (The cod: King of the bottom), Shooting (Lowdown on the shotgun stock)
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December
Features - Bear That Broke A Jinx (Twice I've failed to bowkill an Artic Polar Bear. What about No. 3), Surefire Deer Country (For seven straight years I've had my choice of Big Bend Bucks in Texas), Far-Out Fishing Camp (Operating from a floating resort in the Keys, we get great fishing), The Giant Of Mission Creek (I held out for a trophy, but not a Bull Moose that could do me in), Jackpotful Of Bass (We struck it rich with Arkansas Bass at Greers Ferry), Know Your Ducks? (Here's a quiz that can help you obey the law and enjoy bonus limits), Bobwhites Teach Me A Lesson (My Grouse-hunting experience didn't prepare me for Delaware Quail), The Luck Of Irish Ridge (In 20 magic minutes, Dad and I take record Bucks, mine Ohio's best), Big Perch By Jiggers (Big Perch gobble the bugs we jig on an ice-bound New York lake), Old Hole-In-The-Head (Maine's Allagash country provides a baffling, amazing Bear yarn), The Magic Circle (Want new places to hunt and fish? Here's our key to success), Man-Eaters Of Naini Tal (Bonus Section: American prof finds boy's feet, turns tiger-hater) Departments - Angling (Easy way to improve your casting eye), Archery (Christmas gifts for archers), Boating (How to give new life to an old canoe), Camping (Fooling petty thievery of camp equipment), Dogs (Problems? Think like a dog), Salt Water (The toothy and sweet Kingfish), Shooting (A look at the elegant sporter), This Happened To Me, The Gist Of It, What's On Your Mind, Where To Go, Shopping, What's New
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