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| January |
Features - Dogged Courage (Our boat flipped in whitewater, and my wife was trapped underneath. How could she escape); The Killer Bears (Some bears regard human beings as defenseless prey, far easier to kill than rabbits); All About Worm Colors (New evidence suggests that bass couldn't care less what color worm you use); Mule Deer: Nobody's Fool (I have news for you if you think taking a big mule deer buck is easy. None of it is good); Catch A World-Record Snook (If you want to catch a world-record snook, I can tell you the time and the place); How To Stay Out In The Cold (When the season's short, you've got to keep warm and keep hunting. Here's how); At Home In The Wilderness (In years of wilderness living, we have had no disasters, but living here is sheer adventure); Go West For Whitetails (Western whitetail hunting can exceed any hunter's expectations. It did mine - by a long shot); New World-Record Fish (The very latest all-tackle records for freshwater and saltwater fish) Midwest Specials - When Bowhunting Gets Harey (Bowhunters, jackrabbits and snow combine for a unique and challenging North Dakota hunt); Fox Of The Upper Midwest (Pursuit of the red or gray fox offers Midwest hunters fun, excitement and profit); Trouting In The Parks (You can flyfish for trout in the middle of winter at one of Missouri's special "trout parks"); Secret Streams For Steelhead (Try one of these unknown Wisconsin steelhead rivers for unspoiled and spectacular fishing); Stripers Through The Ice (The stripers grow so big in these two Kansas waters that icefishermen have to bring gaffes); Flag Down Your Pike (Michigan waters contain plenty of pike. Here's the best way to put those northerns on ice); Illinios Sleeper Rivers (Walleyes and smallmouths - not fishermen - are abundant in these underfished Illinois rivers); Around Your Region (Kansas winter pheasants, turkey hunter-orange test, Wisconsin perch comeback and more); The Backwater Bass Boom (Ohio River dams and locks have created backwaters and exploding largemouth bass populations) Departments - Editorial Trails (East is East and West is West, etc.); What's On Your Mind? (All a quiver); Starnes-At-Large (Alaska showdown); Fishing (Skirted squidlife lures); Shooting (Great shotguns); Sport Vehicles (Motor homes: economical?); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Bowhunting (Answers to your questions); Sports Medicine (Taking off holiday fat); Hunting Dogs (In the doghouse); The Last Laugh (Hunting camp etiquette) Reader Information - Dog And Game Breeding; Dog And Kennel; Where To Go; Classified |
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| February |
Features - Saved By A Buoy (When the sandbar collapsed and the current swept me away, I thought I'd never reach the surface); Early Trout Like Worms (Outdoor Life brings back a 25-year-old classic on how to catch early-season trout); Spring Gobblers Are Dumb (It doesn't take genius to outwit a gobbler. Turkeys are downright dumb and you can get one); Calling Coyotes To The Gun (When you call up a coyote, remember that you are the hunted and the coyote is the hunter); The Walleye Whiz (Some say he is the greatest walleye man in North America. I'm a believer. His tactics catch fish); A New Trick For Bass (Thousands of bass live below the water level most anglers fish. Here's how to get to them); Spark Plug Marlin (A simple mishap with my outboard motor soon led me to a battle with the marlin of my lifetime); Add A Little Allure To Your Bait (Don't ignore a fish's ability to smell and taste or you may lose out on some great fishing); Reasonably Accuracy Standards (There are no accepted standards of rifle accuracy, but shooters and rifle makers need them) Midwest Specials - Midwest Turkey Roundup (Interested in bagging a long-bearded tom turkey this spring? Zero in on your gobbler now!); Huron's Salmon Explosion (Schools of salmon are about to stream toward Lake Huron's shoreline and you can await their arrival); Power Plant Steelhead (The steelhead fishing is hot in the warm-water discharge canals of Illinois power plants); New Ways To Catch Winter Bass (Missouri bass get sluggish when the temperature dips, and it takes special tactics to limit out); Whitefish Through The Ice (Race to the ice as winter fades and you can catch the best-tasting fish that swims); Best Bet For Spring Bears (Don't wait until fall to tag your bruin. Here's where to get your bear this spring); Early-Bird Walleyes (When bass and crappies get stubborn, Kansas anglers can now turn to some hot walleye fishing); Around Your Region (Huge Wisconsin brown trout, Michigan salmon, Iowa prairie chickens and much more); The I-80 Chain O'Lakes (Some of the best fishing in the Midwest can be found along a single stretch of highway in Nebraska) Departments - Editorial Trails (The battle lines are drawn); What's On Your Mind? (Boy Scouts didn't stop hunting); Starnes-At-Large (Anti-hunters use slick tactics); Fishing (Two new magnetic reels); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Sports Medicine (Blood poisoning); Sport Vehicles (The right auxiliary light); Boating (Time to prime?); Shooting (Reasonable accuracy standards); Hunting Dogs (Starting a beagle pup); The Last Laugh (The hunting season) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel; Game Breeding; Where To Go; Classified |
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| March |
Features - A Raging Boar (The wild boar had seriously injured my hound. I should have taken that as a warning); The Great Deception Of '51 (Where lay enlightment? My parents said the schoolhouse, but I said the pond); Build And Set Your Own Bait Trap (The plans for an easy-to-build trap and the instructions for how to set it); Light Lines Plus (Perhaps the best plus for using lighter lines is that the lighter lines mean heavier stringers); Hottest Trout Stream In America (The Bighorn River boasts Trout fishing and statistics that would be unheard of anywhere else); The Legend Of Sleepy Homosassa (Armed only with fly rods, these anglers seek a legendary, gutbustin' tussle with a 200-pound Tarpon); The Trophy Turkey Hunter (Fred Darty specializes in hunting canny old turkey gobblers that no one else would kill); Shedding Light On Nighttime Bass (Fishing at night with a blindfold on revealed startling facts about Largemouth to this angler); Varmint Calling Can Be Dangerous (Calling bears, cougars, coyotes and foxes is an exciting sport but sometimes it's dangerous); Jiggerpole Bass (A cane pole, short length of line and a lure is all you need to outfish even the best bass men); Return Of The Real Rabbit Dog (Here's what you should know about the great revival of the old-time rabbit-hunting hound); Attacked By A Grizzly (The only things that could help me when I was attacked were my fists and quick thinking); Save Your Tail (All it takes are pegboards and string to preserve your turkey tails and the memories of your hunt); The Wealth Of Age (A sportsman's "declining years" can be much more rewarding than his frantic salad days); Tickle Their Ribs (If you filleting fish the way most sportsmen do - you're wasting some good eating); Windin' For Crappies (Windin' is a bit of flippin; and a lot of flyfishing - and it sure brings in crappies!); Grabbin' Cats (Catching big Catfish barehandedly requires two things; a little rope and a lot of nerve) Midwest Specials - Midwest Mystery Fish (What's a sauger? Midwestern anglers are quickly finding a tasty answer to the much-asked question); Steelhead At Your Door (Here they are! The very best steelhead streams in the Midwest, and they're just a cast away); Hottest Lake In The Ozarks (Break out the fishing rods! Missouri's Truman Reservoir is making big headlines with big fish); Bronzeback Boom (A fish-stocking experiment gone haywire. Smallmouths are growing faster and fatter in Kansas); Michigan Walleye Comeback (After a 20-year layoff, Walleyes - lots of them - are again prowling Michigan waters); Spring Thaw Salmon (It can get downright cold at times, but early-bird Salmon fishing on Lake Michigan is tops); There's Trout In Them Black Hills (Don't go West, fishermen. South Dakota has just what you're looking for - Trout-filled streams); Around Your Region (Illinois honkers, Ontario Trophy Bass, Iowa Catfish, South Dakota Walleyes, falconry and more); Bushwackin' Hoosier Bass (When the water is high from late-winter rains, Bass go on a feeding binge in Indiana impoundments) Departments - Editorial Trails (They're still selling your forests); What's On Your Mind? (Start eating); Fishing (The unbelievable Lawrence X-15); Sport Vehicles (Back on track); Shooting (The 1983 riflescopes); Starnes-At-Large (Holding gun-makers liable); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Bowhunting (Answers to questions); Sports Medicine (Prevent choking death); Hunting Dogs (On a dog's own terms); The Last Laugh (The art of getting lost) |
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| April |
Features - Cut The Trees And Damn The Recreation (Timbering on Oregon's BLM lands may destroy most wildlife habitat); Hunted By A Humpback (Without warning, the huge humpback whale surfaced under my boat and left me for a dead man); Wait For The Biggest Bear (The big bear had eluded me for the entire previous season. Now he was within 10 yards); Topwater Temptation (Topwater bass fishing isn't always the most productive method, but it's tops in excitement); Trophy Bass At Bargain Prices (You can catch huge Canadian northern pike now, without putting a strain on your pocketbook); The Linetracker System (Can't see the bass for the weeds? This new technique lets you baitfish in the thickest of tangles); Beginner's Gobbler (Want a gobbler this spring? My 10 commandments of turkey hunting can put a tom in your lap); Computerized Hunting (With a computer and two minutes you can plan the hunt of a lifetime); How To Fish At Night (Nocturnal angling is fun, provided you keep cool and master basic survival technique); 4 x 4 Roundup: On And Off The Road (Many outdoor enthusiasts today are buying 4x4's to serve as second - or even first - family cars); A Bowhunter's Challenge (Bowhunting for carp provides fast action and a chance to sharpen your shooting skills); Guide - Wrapping Rapture (This added touch to customizing your fishing rod will make you the talk of the streams); Guide To Rod Guides (The most overlooked part of your fishing rod is also the most important. Don't neglect your guides); Racoons To Remember (Hound music tells the story of the hunt, and coon hunters have knowing ears for every note) Midwest Specials - Bobbing For Lakers (It was virtually unheard of - a lake trout that fights like a rampaging bass. Now it's not); Corn Belt Crappies (The Iowa and Missouri Corn Belt is loaded with lakes that are overloaded with husky crappies); Trolley Line Fever (Shoreline angling with a creel-filling twist. Trolley line fishing isn't just fun - it works); Black Hawk's Back (The dead lives again. Iowa's Black Hawk Lake, once devoid of gamefish, is on the comeback trail); Motor City Walleyes (The pollution is gone and the walleyes are back. Nothing but good news awaits Detroit River anglers); Go Late For Hares (Still got the itch to go hunting? Snowshoe hares are fair game in the snowy north woods); The Hoosier Strippers (In Indiana, fishing is the pits - the strip pits that is - and here's where you load up on fillets); Around Your Region (Tricks for spring trout, Michigan turkeys, Wisconsin geese, Missouri catfish and more); Those Dam Catfish (The waters are fast, the catfish are fat and the fishing's fabulous below Kansas and Missouri dams) Departments - Editorial Trails (Hatching the hatchery plot); What's On Your Mind? (A pocketful of OL); Fishing (The new Rapala); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Bowhunting (Answers to questions); Sports Medicine (Poisonous snakebite); Starnes-At-Large (Are your guns crook-proof); Shooting (The .22 Mag comes of age); Sport Vehicles (4 x 4 roundup); Hunting Dogs (Stress, season and feeding); The Last Laugh (Ma's imaginary gun) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel; Game Breeding; Where To Go; Classified |
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| May |
Features - Bear On A Tear (A huge black bear stole my buck, but I wasn't about to let him keep it. I wanted it back - somehow); Secrets Of Alpine Trout (Some say lucky. Others - impossible. I've studied trout of alpine lakes and they are catchable); Gear Up For Camping (Special bonus section helps you gear up for camping comfort and adventure); Trophies Of Packstring Hunting (Some wait until it's almost too late for their high-country hunt. I well remember a man like that); Smallmouths That Break The Rules (Many renegade smallmouths are adapting themselves to areas you'd recognize as largemouth habitat); Tricks That Take Tough Turkeys (Some old toms are just plain stubborn. That's when it pays to let 'em eavesdrop on girl talk); The Legend Of Muskie Joe (Muskie Joe's legend will be alive forever, searching for the six-foot muskie of his dreams); The Best Bugs For Bass (The modern flyrodder uses lures constructed of plastic, synthetic hairs and who knows what else); Outdoor Life On Television (Fishing trip washed out? Down with a cold? Don't despair. Dial "Outdoor Life on Television" and enjoy all outdoors); A Bead On Shad (Fluorescent red beads make these shad flies look bug-eyed - and they drive shad batty); Spring For Canada Bear (Much sitting had made me indifferent for bear hunting, but a snapping twig changed my mind); Deadlines For Your Big-Game Hunt (Don't miss out on Western hunts this year. Now's the time to write for applications and permits); The Eyes Have It (Look at your bass plugs. If they don't look back, you aren't catching as many fish as you could) Midwest Specials - New Strategy For Wary Browns (The hot lures have cooled off! To catch brown trout regularly, it takes new know-how); Trouting The Ozarks (You'll have company, but there are more than enough trout to go around in Missouri Ozark waters); Bass Bounty In Buckeye Land (Ohio muskie and walleye anglers are focusing their attention on the big bass at Pymatuning Lake); White Bass At Red Rock (A May day at Iowa's red Rock Dam means a day spent adding white bass to your stringer); Little Green For Big Muskies (It is the best muskie lake in Wisconsin, and I've got the fishing facts to prove it's true); Super Lake Of The Sandhills (A Nebraskan smorgasbord! Merritt Reservoir harbors populations of almost every fish that swims); Around Your Region (Killer crayfish, first-ever Missouri grouse hunt, gas tax boon to boating, poaching bust and more); Drifting In The Midwest (A fishing secret of the West has come east and is helping anglers haul in steelhead and salmon); Walleye Wonderland (Walleyes, walleyes everywhere! The tailwaters below these South Dakota dams are loaded with fish) Departments - Editorial Trails (Park Service vs. hunting); What's On Your Mind? (the real conservationists); Starnes-At-Large (Trophies for the outdoors); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Sports Medicine (Battling allergies); Boating (The popular bass boats); Bowhunting (Answers to your questions); Sport Vehicles (The diesel decision); Shooting (Home workshop accuracy); Fishing (How to always catch trout); Hunting Dogs (Bewara four-letter words); The Last Laugh (The grasshopper trap) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel; Where To Go; Game Breeding; Classified |
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| June |
Features - Wrath Of The Rattler (That rattler wanted to get into our canoe no matter how much we tried to change its mind); Makin' Fish Jerky (You can make this tasty and unique trail food in your oven in just a couple of hours); Bass With Depth (To catch really big bass you're going to have to learn how to fish in deep water); Hunting North Woods Bucks (My experience proves that wilderness whitetails do have chinks in their armor); Great Knives For Under $35 (When you know what to look for, you can buy fine quality at a bargain price); The Amazing Floating Streamer (With my incredible floating streamer I can catch trout anytime and anywhere); Hard-Workin' Hunter (Jerry Walters doesn't score on every hunt. But when he does, it's usually a record); Downriggers For Walleyes (Trout and salmon fishermen know how well they work. Walleye anglers are about to find out); How To Fight Fish And Win (Don't blame your tackle! It's your fault when the line connecting you to your lunker snags) Midwest Specials - Salmon In The Shadows (Don't bother with graphs and downriggers. Lake Superior salmon are on the surface); Brookies By The Bunch (Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota streams are bristling with trout. Here's where to find 'em); Muskies By The Million (Better make room. Illinois may soon have a new No. 1 gamefish. The muskie is taking over); Water Demon Of Devils Lake (North Dakota's Devils Lake is loaded with pike. You just have to know where to look); Bronzebacks In Paradise (Northern Minnesota's BWCA is paradie! Unconvinced? How about a smallmouth on every cast?); Dog Day Cats (Catfish and summer are the perfect match in the Hoosier State. Here's where to catch a mess); Bigmouths And Bushytails (You can hunt for squirrels all summer long in Kansas. Take along a fishing rod, too); Around Your Region (Return of Iowa grouse, Wisconsin Chinooks and carp, Ohio largemouths, Illinois lunker awards and more); Bassin' The Watershed (Ohio's Muskingum Watershed lakes are sprawling bass producers located right near home); The Man Who Killed 2,000 Bears (His total score is astonishing, but the fact that he's still alive is downright amazing) Departments - Editorial Trails (The changing of the guard); What's On Your Mind? (Write to save the hatcheries); Fishing (How to set a record); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Shooting (Two new big game loads); Starnes-At-Large (Starnes says farewell); Boating (New for fitting out); Bowhunting (Answers to your questions); Sport Vehicles (Rent-a-rig bargains); Sports Medicine (How to avoid sunburn); Hunting Dogs (Handicapped dogs); The Last Laugh (The Cub Scout outing) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel; Game Breeding; Where To Go; Classified |
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| July |
Features - A Wave Of Terror (We clung to our overturned boat and prayed. It was all we had - faith, and our trolling motor); The Lucky 7 Deer-Hunting Places (If you have a date with a deer, I can tell you where you're least likely to be stood up); Where The Rainbows Reign (Many anglers are convinced that the next world-record Rainbow will come from Pend Oreille); The No-Think Trajectory Table (With many rifles, you can aim dead-on and forget bullet drop out 275 yards and more); Bass Like It Hot (Several studies show that Bass like warmer water than was previously thought); New Sport Trucks To Take Afield (The latest in pickups can pack in with more performance and sure-footed style); Llama Trekking For Trout (Fuzzy-faced friends from the Andes offer a new aid for pack-in fishing); Pandemonium Panfish (There's a ruckus among us - and it's the secret to catching boatloads of Bream) Midwest Specials - Salmon At Death's Door (Find lots of fish and shelter from winds while other Lake Michigan anglers are dry-docked); Float To Summertime Bass (Get away from the crowds and get in on the great Missouri summer stream fishing); Bass And Blue (Float-fishing Indiana's Blue River is the perfect cure for the summertime blues); Pike Above The Fire Line (The Northern Pike is a prize that few Ohio anglers hear of. But word is spreading); Pride Of Milwaukeeland (These Wisconsin hotspots are just a short drive away and are perfectly proven trophy lakes); Hawkeye's Best Bass Lake (Don't cuss the snags. There just might be a six-pound Iowa Bass in there someplace); Erie Catfish (Erie Catfish aren't spooky at all. If nact, catching a cooler full is child's play); Around Your Region (Wisconsin Brown hotspot, Iowa Wipers, Minnesota Wolves, new lake Trout strain and much more); Walleye Capital Of The World (South Dakota's Lake Oahie has got Walleyes galore and may soon be a hotspot for Salmon, too); They're Selling Our Forests - Chapter II (We've won the first battle to save our land but the war has just begun) Departments - Editorial Trails (Hunting at the crossroads); What's On Your Mind? (Taking on the BIA at last); Taking Aim (Should hunters pay for crime?); Fishing (The end of the line); Shooting (Your dream gun); Boating (Fireworks to go afloat); Sport Vehicles (New performance pickups); The Last Laugh (A boy and his (ugh!) dog) |
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| August |
Features - Hunt Scrapes And Score (Before you can use scrapes to get a deer, you've got to know what they mean); Scent And Stand Hunting (The stand hunter should consider a buck's nose to be his greatest natural enemy); Super Structure For Bass (Within structure there is super structure - an area where bass spend almost all of their time); Rattle Up An Elk (Rattling with deer antlers may be the most effective method to bring in an elk); Optics For Fishing (Sunglasses and binoculars help prevent eye strain and they help you spot more fish); Optics For Shooting (Shooting glasses, sights and scopes boost success and they're up in quality, down in price); Hunt High For Muleys (Hunting muleys in the high country isn't easy, but it's your best bet for trophy deer); This Man Throws Rocks At Fish (Jim Teeny uses some very unusual tricks to catch several hundred steelhead each yeara); The Big Rip-Off (Here's a simple way to skin your deer by pulling the hide off with a rope. It takes only an hour or so); Barnstormin' Bruin (I nocked an arrow and waited for a deer, but instead got all the bruin I could handle); Peak For A Trophy Ram (I would not be denied a chance at a trophy Stone ram, no matter what the cost to my health) Midwest Specials - Hunt Two Million Acres (There are two million acres of prime Michigan land that are wide open to hunters - by law); Ohio's Forgotten Muskie Stream (Sunfish Creek is a bona fide top-notch muskie producer. Here's how to tap this untapped resource); Coast For Coho (You don't need a boat to score on coho salmon. Here's where to surf-fish the Great Lakes); Nebraska's Deer Toss-Up (Muleys or whitetails - the Frenchman Wildlife Unit in Nebraska is tops for either species); Hottest Bowhunting In The Midwest (This state-by-state roundup and forecast will help you get within range of a deer this fall); Don't Duck These Doves (Hunting land is accessible and doves are available for Missouri bird hunters); Special Hunts For Hoosier Bucks (Indiana hunters can get a jump on the 1983 season by applying for special hunt permits now); Around Your Region (Ohio deer hunting, Dakota dogs, Minnesota bears, Iowa farm ponds, Wisconsin muskies and much more); Rapid-Fire Rail (These Iowa marsh birds provide the perfect tune-up for Midwest shotgunners) Departments - Editorial Trails (Quiz time); What's On Your Mind? (A bang of a time); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Taking Aim (Wiping out the wetlands); Sports Medicine (What makes your skin crawl); Boating (Less boat - more action); Sport Vehicles (Maxi action in mini-vans); Bowhunting (Answers to your questions); Fishing (Optics for fishing); Shooting (Optics for shooting); Hunting Dogs (Puppy pin-pointing); The Last Laugh (How I won the wager) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel; Game Breeding; Where To Go; Classified |
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| September |
Features - White-Out Elk (The huge Bull Elk charged from out of the blizzard as I fired from the hip), Bonus Projects For Your Chain Saw (With this most versatile of self-powered tools, plus a little practice, you can turn firewood into furniture), Home Sweet Home For Whitetails (Bucks spend 90 percent of their time in one core area. Find that and you've found your Buck), River-Bottom Whitetails (To most hunters, the West is synonymous with Muleys but it's where I got my record Whitetail), Muleys In Your Pocket (Mountains and Muleys aren't inseperable. Low-land pockets of "barren" cover hold Deer), Plan Your Own Dream Hunt (That "hunt of a lifetime" is just around corner. My method makes it cheap and easy), A Lure For All Seasons (Two Bass fishing experts claim the spinnerbait is the deadliest lure of all), Get Elk With A Turkey Call (Wayne Carlton calls in three Bulls for every two days of hunting with his Turkey call), How To Find Pheasants (There's a new generation of Pheasants afield. The time has come for hunters to change tactics), 1983 Deer Hunting Forecast (Reports from coast to coast call for great Deer hunting in most states) Midwest Specials - Midwestern Deer Forecast (If you are getting shut out while Deer hunting, try hunting these Midwestern hotspots), Timetable For Timberdoodles (This fall, Michigan hunters can reliably predict when Woodcock hunting will be at it's best), Fall For Show-Me Turkeys (You may be thinking Deer but you can indeed Gobble up Turkeys this fall in Missouri), Double-Barrel Doves (Burn up those shells! The action on Doves is hot and heavy in the Land of Lincoln), Around Your Region (Great Lakes Pink Salmon, Wisconsin Whitetails, Iowa waterfowling, Michigan's great land grab, and more) Departments - Editorial Trails (We're having a party), What's On Your Mind? (Packstring poet), What's New (Gear for sportsmen), Taking Aim (Oil-rig reefs), Boating (How to buy a bargain), Sport Vehicles (Taking your car in tow), Shooting (Gnatweight Deer rifles), Bowhunting (Answers to your questions), Hunting Dogs (First aid for dogs), The Last Laugh (The swamp) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| October |
Features - Man vs. Mantra (Ensnared in our anchor rope, the Mantra Ray headed for the bottom - with us in tow), A Second Look At Gun Control (The major media are giving more attention to the pro-gun faction - and it's about time), Solving The Whitetail Puzzle (Puzzled by Whitetails? This new research just may be your ticket to a venison dinner), The Biggest Deer Drive Ever (They tried to drive 10,000 Deer across the Grand Canyon, but the result was zilch), How To See Deer Before They See You (For every Deer the average hunter sees, there are 10 others that he doesn't see), Best Bet For Blackpowder Bucks (When you hunt during Utah's blackpowder season your Mule Deer is practically guaranteed), A Bassin' Man's Guide To Wormin' (When it comes to catching enough Hawg Bass for a fish fry, nothing beats the ol' worm), Four Who Stalk (Taking a stand and waiting isn't good enough for men who can go to the Deer), Squirrel Hunting: No Small Game (Employing big-game hunting methods for Squirrels often leads to a hefty game pouch), You Don't Have To Climb For Chukar (These birds choose the toughest terrain, but there are tricks to take them), A Tribute To Ben East (Outdoor Life Field Editor Ben East wins the distinguished service award), Do We Shoot Too Many Grouse? (It's often said that hunting doesn't reduce Grouse numbers, but it often may not be true), Wolves At My Door (It took global headlines to get the Yukon government to set up a Wolf program) Midwest Specials - Pheasant And Quail In Corn Country (Southern Iowans have hard-to-beat Pheasant and Quail hunting right at their doorsteps), The Big Buck Belt (Don't drive north this Deer season. Whitetails in southern Minnesota weigh up to 300 pounds), Steelhead: Stage The Fall Intercept (Once you feel the power of a fall Steelhead, you'll be hooked on this brand of stream fishing), The Dakotas' Double (Duck and Pheasant hunting in the Dakotas is a double play you won't want to pass up), Bucks Amid Ducks (Missouri's Whitetail areas are a bowhunter's best hope for a trophy Whitetail this fall), No-Joke Jacksnipe (Stop laughing. You Wisconsin gunners will burn shells when after these darting marsh birds), Around Your Region (Huron's missing Salmon, jump shooting Wisconsin Ducks, Indiana lifetime license, Ohio trapping, and mmore), Yesteryear Deer (Ohio hunters go primitive for Whitetails this fall on three state wilderness areas) Departments - Editorial Trails (Have I got a deal for you), What's On Your Mind? (In praise of Outdoor Life), Sport Vehicles (The new downsize Jeeps), Boating (Outboards for 1984 preview), Shooting (A scope for your .22), What's New (Gear for sportsmen), Bowhunting (Answers to your questions), Taking Aim (Maine Moose hunting extinct?), Fishing (Nets, tailers and gaffs), Sports Medicine (Put this in your first aid kit), Hunting Dogs (Hunting coons with a computer), The Last Laugh (Into each life a little fall) Reader Information - Dog And kennel, Where To Go, Game Breeding, Classified |
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| November |
Features - "Lucky" To Be Alive (Our duck hunting trip turned to disaster when a November nor'easter left us for dead); Can Handguns Save Lives Outdoors? (Here are the opinions of those who know baut bears, snakes and other dangerous wildlife); Whitetails When The Freeze Is On (Wind, cold and snow don't have to shut down your deer season. Here's how to ice your buck); The Don't Get Lost Guide (Using a map and a compass correctly also means using common sense); Prime Time For Whitetails (You can take 80 percent of your bucks when you hunt during midday); New Tactics For New Rabbits (To get your limit of rabbits, remember they're not where they're supposed to be); Bowhunting's Biggest Elk Ever (Dave Snyder has again put an elk in the Pope and Young record book. This time it's No. 1); Bass Myths Debunked (Ralph Mann's conclusions on bass contradict many theories but they work) Midwest Specials - Barnyard Bucks (Southern Michigan farm bucks outweigh their upstate counterparts and grow bigger racks, too); Trophy Bucks Hoosier Style (The Lincoln Hills region of Indiana grows big deer. Bucks - 200 pounds and more - are common); Best Bet For Cottontails (November means cottontail rabbits in Ohio and public hunting territories abounds); Cash In On Carlyle Waterfowl (Carlyle Lake in Illinois is a favorite stopover for massive flocks of waterfowl); Guarantee For Grouse (Taking your limit of ruffed grouse isn't easy, but here's the plan and the places to do just that); Wild-Country Whitetails (There's magic in hunting out of a deer camp set deep in Wisconsin's North Country); Great Gunning For Geese (More than 200,000 snow geese and 400,000 ducks are now huntable in northwest Missouri); Around Your Region (Kansas waterfowl hotspot, Iowa fox comeback, bigger Minnesota walleyes, Ohio winter trout, and more); A Forest Of Whitetails (The Stephens State Forest is 9,000 acres of one of Iowa's best-kept deer hunting secrets); Old Ripper (Seeing how the boar had attacked people, I wouldn't give him a chance to use his tusks) Departments - Editorial Trails (Words on the wind); What's On Your Mind? (Outdoor Life covers a hit); Shooting (Coast-to-coast deer rifles); Boating (Curing the chills afloat); Taking Aim (Mismanaging webless gamebirds); Fishing (Spoons for bass); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Sport Vehicles (New ways to give 'em air); Hunting Dogs (Reinventing the dog collar); The Last Laugh (The skunk ladder) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel; Game Breeding; Where To Go; Classified |
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| December |
Features - Black Death (The wounded bruin charged from the brush and gnashed my ankle, refusing to let go); Snowstorm Whitetails (Snow time is prime time for hunters it they know how deer change their ways when it snows); The Thaw (A December thaw brings magic to the grouse woods - magic that lasts all winter long); The Lure That Won't Die (Blow that dust off your jigs. They're the most effective lures in your tackle box); The Horn Hunters (How do these Adirondack hunters consistently take bucks. By thinking deer year-round); Christmas Gifts (Some new items and old favorites make ideal presents. Here are special selections by Outdoor Life's editors); Why You Miss A Duck (Some gunners miss for reasons they don't even suspect. Diagnosis comes before cure); The Ultimate Elk Hunter (Ed Simons is an elk hunter with a capital H. In 29 seasons he has taken 28 elk); Stop 'Em On The Run (Many hunters fire wildly at running deer and miss. Here's how to drop your buck) Midwest Specials - Pike On Purpose (Big northern are more than just skin and bones. Try squeezing these through the hole); Winter Wildcats (Bobcats are masters of deception and can outsmart even the cagiest hounds or humans); Walleyes In The Deep Freeze (Lay down your shotgun and pick up your rod. December is big walleye time in North Dakota); Quail Away From The Crowds (There are coveys of quail galore in Missouri's Scenic Riverway - late in the season); A Fairyland For Pheasants (More than 1.5 million pheasants were bagged in Kansas last season. This year looks even better); The Biggest Buckeye Bucks (Sick of taking spike horns? Here's where Ohio hunters can take a big buck); Duck Finale (Waterfowl flights are at their peak late in the season in Indiana's Southern Zone); Around Your Region (Poaching hotlines, Minnesota walleyes, South Dakota goats, Wisconsin Chinook record, and much more); Christmas Ice (These lakes freeze early and provide the best icefishing of the year - now) Departments - Editorial Trails (The news they see fit to print); What's On Your Mind? (Buck fever); Taking Aim (Raping the rangelands); Boating (Gadgets go electronics); What's New (Gear for sportsmen); Shooting (Why you miss a duck); Sport Vehicles (Tires to go off-road and on); Hunting Dogs (Work your dog with a whistle); The Last Laugh (On Christmas mourn) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel; Game Breeding; Where To Go; Classified |
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