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| January |
Features - The Trouble With Tarpon (I hooked my Tarpon, but then came the hard part - getting it away from an attacking Shark), Beat A Gobbler At His Own Game (Can't peg a tough Gobbler? Think out the hunt from the Turkey's point of view), Art And Science Of Plastic Wormology (Juicing up artificials can make Bass think these lures are better than the real thing), El Nino: The Temperamental Child (This warm weather current is playing havoc with fish from Peru to Alaska), The Catalog Game (They tell you how to buy the best while shopping at home from your easy chair), Sweetspots For Bass (Find a sweetspot, treat it with care and you may never be skunked by Bass again), The One-Year Plan For Muleys (Will Henderson hunts for Muleys all year but he doesn't fire a shot until Deer season), Man-Eater (Bears are harmless, we were told, and I almost believed it. Then the killer Bear attacked), What Is A Whitetail? (Do you really know what a Whitetail is? If you think you do, you are in for a surprise) Midwest Specials - Hunting's Season Stretchers (Don't rack your rifle or shotgun just yet. These wintertime targets will test your skills), Post-Season Partridge (The hunting won't be easy, bit it can be exceptional during Ohio's bonus Grouse season), Winter's Wildest Wingshooting (Gray Partridge may be the only game in town for Iowa wingshooters, but what a game it is), Defroster Trout (You don't need an auger to catch fish in winter. Give these Michigan Trout streams a cast), Icing Black Hills Trout (South Dakota's Black Hills may be desolate in winter, but the Trout will keep you company), Showshoe To Hares (You may need showshoes to bag Minnesota's hares but this season's best hunting is just starting), Around Your Region (Colleges that teach fishing, the truth about Sunfish Creek, cash for fish, Wisconsin Splake and more), Late Great Bobwhite Bonanza (Here's how you Kansans can come home with stuffed game pouches - late in the season) Departments - Editorial Trails (Are "parkies" for preservation?). What's On Your Mind (Teach don't preach), Sport Vehicles (Snowmobiles grow up), What's New (Gear for sportsmen), Fishing (Make your point), Taking Aim (Protect access to public lands), Shooting (What makes a rifle great?), Hunting Dogs (Perpetual puppyhood), The Last Laugh (Advanced duck hunting skills) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| February |
Features - First Outdoor Life Challenge Cup (We challenged eight professional football players to prove their might - with a shotgun), Outdoor Life Conservation Award (Nature Conservancy wins Outdoor Life Conservation Award. Presentation made in Washington, D.C.), Deadline Dates For Western Hunts (Don't miss out on your Western hunt this year. Here's how and when to get your license), Hog Wild (My Squirrel hunt turned into a brush with death when my dogs confronted wild Hogs), Be A Trout Hunter (Every Trout lake and stream contains "best" fishing areas - find them and you'll find fish), Tracking The Mystery Rack (Where is the new No. 1 Whitetail and who has it?), Turkey Hunting With Six Experts (Everybody has problems, expecially Turkey hunters, but here are answers to a lot of them), The Day The Duck Hunters Died (It began as a perfect day for waterfowling. It ended with hunter dead in their blinds), The Acid Test: pH For Finding Phish (New experiments show a pH "breakline" may be a breakthrough for finding fish), Venison Recipes From L.L. Bean (Classic recipes to dress up your Whitetail and Mule Deer meat.), Mastermind A Troll For Big Bass (Fine tune lures, lines, depth finder and speed and you can put a lock on Lunkers), Bears Are Never Boring (When you're Bear hunting you can guarantee that the unplanned will always happen), The Man Behind The Gun (A previously unpublished Jack O'Connor manuscript with an important message to you) Midwest Specials - Newton's Laws For Winter Bass (Illinois' Newton Lakes is hot in winter and that's when the bassing is at its best), North Country Natives (On Ontario's Albany River you can tangle with Trout where few have ever fished before), Shantytown Sturgeon (Here's how Wisconsin ice men can haul prehistoric fish through a hole in the ice), Crappies When It Rots (Watch the weather. When the ice on Saginaw Bay rots, the Crappie fishing doesn't), Strategies For The Walleye Opener (Catching spring Walleyes is not difficult no matter where you live in the Midwest), Kamloops For Cabin Fever (Minnesota anglers don't have to chop ice to catch fish. Kamloops Trout cure cabin fever), Break The Ice For Trout (Iowa Trout anglers don't have to count the days till spring. Great fishing can be had now), Around Your Region (Deadlines for your Spring Turkey hunt, Dakota Smelt, Michigan's giant Geese, Iowa Walleye fishermen wanted), Breakup Catfish (Get your fishing gear in shape - the best time for Kansas Catfish is upon us) Departments - Editorial Trails (Teaching anti-hunting), What's On Your Mind (What children should learn), What's New (Gear for sportsmen), Fishing (Tackle-talking time), Taking Aim (Whitetails make the map), Sport Vehicles (New kick from the Bronco II), Shooting (Handguns for all outdoors), Boating (New rigs for fishermen), Hunting Dogs (A hound for the hunting), The Last Laugh (Encounters of the bird kind) Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| March |
Features - Trapped! (One moment in carelessness nearly cost me my life), Stranger Than Fact (After hearing so many tales, I can't tell fact from fantasy), Triggering The Strike Reaction (Here's a brand-new fish-catching technique for Lunker hunters only), The Spell (I'd have done anything to end my luckless spell. I guess I did), Turkey Talk (Can we talk - like a Turkey, that is? With these calls - sure!), Master Bass Detective (Gary Klein adapted the methods of Sherlock Holmes to catch Bass), Fine Tune Your Spinnerbaits (When altered, these big safety pins take even more Bass), Catch It In Canada (Canada fishing isn't all it's cracked up to be - it's more), New Tackle For '84 (Quality's up, prices are down and space-age materials are in), The Ol' Tackle Box (An angler meets the ghosts of seasons past while dusting his lures) Midwest Specials - Strung Out Catfish (Here's how to ferret out monstrous Ozark cats with trotlines), Early Spring's Crappie Magic (Early spring is prime time for Crappies throughout the Midwest), Gospel For Gobblers (Here's where you can go to bag your Michigan Tom this spring), Spring Run For White Bass (Frisky spring-run White Bass are thick in these Kansas streams), Voyageurs For Walleyes (Voyageurs Park in northern Minnesota is simply Walleye heaven), Meltdown For Suckers (They're not pretty, but Ohio spring suckers are winter killers), Your Ticket To Turkeys (Here's where Iowa hunters can escape crowds and take a Tom), Around Your Region (Increased Ontario license fees, Oahe Salmon, Missouri Bass and more), Tip-Of-The-Thumb Lakers (Get ready for Lake Huron's very best Lake Trout fishing) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, Shooting, What's New, Taking Aim, Boating, Sport Vehicles, Fishing, Hunting Dogs, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| April |
Features - At The End Of My Rope (The Shark made off with my fish stringer with me still attached), Grouse Don't Have To Be Scarce (Grouse populations can grow and be maintained at high levels), Shooting The Bull With Stripers (Freshwater Striper tracking studies open), The Newest Vans And Wagons (Now these gas-easy rigs can tote it all along and still tow a trailer), Big Bass From Small Waters (That nearby puddle may be the home of the biggest Bass of your life), Fishing's Newest Magic Box (Space-age Lorans can steer freshwater anglers to undergroung action), Alaska! (You can indeed afford to hunt and fish Alaska), The Angler's Dictionary (Here's what Webster never told you about fishing), The All-Purpose Streamer (This streamer is all you need for any and all open-water species), Big-Game Fishing's Greatest Catch (This 1,780-pound, world-record Tiger Shark was caught from a pier), In The Dark About Walleyes (If you're hard up for a Walleye dinner, try fishing under the stars), Three-In-One Deer (We do a combination hula and rain dance for Deer. It works) Midwest Specials - Hill Country Gobblers (If you've got the permit, Ohio's Hill Country has got the Turkeys), Bass In The Hills (Want to fish away from it all? Try these Bass-thick Kansas streams), Spring Laker Breaker (If you've been winching Lakers off the bottom, try ice - out for action up top), The Ozark's Current Pickerel (Ozark Pickerel never get attention - until they're on your line), Fishing The Great Lakes Pier (Landlubbers can also land limits of Great Lakes Salmon and Trout), Cornhusker Walleyes (Walleye fever has hit Nebraska. Here's your cure), Tactics For Tailrace Giants (North Dakota's Garrison Trailrace is record-breaker territory), Around Your Region (How to catch more Salmon, South Dakota Burbot, Ohio rental camps, and more), April Fool Bassing (April is prime time to fool Hoosier Largemouth Bass) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, Shooting, Boating, Fishing, Taking Aim, What's New, Sport Vehicles, Hunting Dogs, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Where To Go, Game Breeding, Classified |
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| May |
Features - New Trends For Camping (Latest developments in gear and techniques are adding action), The Bass That Thinks It's A Trout (Some days, you'd swear that Smallmouths are part Brown Trout), Fishing The Fronts (These weather phenomena may be your key to improved fishing), Big Bucks I've Hunted (Houdini himself would envy the vanishing acts of big Mule Deer), I Love To Fish With Sally (Salamanders are the best bait you can use for big Bass), Books...For Love And Money (Outdoor books make good reading and good investments), Are Turkeys Really Smart? (That gobbler is no genius, and anyone can outsmart him), In Defense Of Rainbows (Rainbows are the roughest and most intelligent fish you can catch), Antelope: Everybody's Game (An Antelope hunt is a chance for everyone to get in on the action), Bear's Aren't Kid Stuff (What looked like a successful Deer hunt almost ended in death) Midwest Specials - White Bass Wipe Out (Quick! Get to the streams. The White Bass invasion has begun), Secret Lakes Of The North Woods (Wisconsin's biggest fishing secret can now be told), Giant 'Gills Of The Pocket Lakes (You can catch giant Kansas Bluegills from tiny Kansas lakes), Borderline Bassing (May means great Bassing on these Iowa/Illinois waters), Map Out Your Muskie (Ontario sounds far away, but you can drive to top Muskie fishing), Unsung Salmon (When Lake Michigan's Salmon fishing heats up, be there to meet it), Power Fish In Farm Country (Here's where you can tame a ferocious Illinois Tiger - or two), Around Your Region (World Walleye championship, Michigan to get Moose, Bighorn Sheep transplant, and more), Spring Striper Starter (Norfork Lake in Missouri is a haven for huge Spring Stripers) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, Shooting, Boating, Taking Aim, Fishing, Sport Vehicles, What's New, Hunting Dogs, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| June |
Features - Hats Off To Rattlers (Stalking Deer in Rattler country can be downright dangerous), Dr. Juice And His Amazing Elixir (It smells weird, but this new potion works like a charm on fish), Rogue Bears (When man and Grizzly meet one-on-one, legends are born), Wired For Trout (A Trout fly that works under any conditions? This may be it), Antler Reading (Rattling for Deer is a Texas ploy, but it does work in other states), Go Back To School For Bass (Look for schools to provide you with more Bass), Boots That Lighten The Load (A new look at what's afoot in better boorwear), The Trout That Broke The Ice (We were considered outsiders until my daughter caught a Brookie), Commonsense Ringnecks (The "cleverness" of Pheasants may be a result of your own ignorance), 100-Proof Worms (For a challenge, try to dig angleworms in western Oklahoma), Opening Day Doves (The Dove opener is the closest thing to heaven on this earth), Build Your Own Home...Easy (With cordwood, you can inexpensively build a sturdy home), Don't Get Snakebit (Learn the ways to see them first - and then stay away) Midwest Specials - News From The Midwest (Michigan Elk hunt and Indiana Dove hunt are on, huge Great Lakes Salmon, and more), The Wildest Buckeye Bass (Canada-like wilderness fishing is now available in Ohio), Trout Off The Beaten Path (These Michigan streams don't draw crowds, but the Trout fishing is superb), Northerns In The Heat (Indiana Pike fishing is best when the heat is on), Walleyes From The Heartland (Kansas Walleyes grow larger than their North Country counterparts), Lakers On The Wire (Here's the latest way to put some fight into your Laker fishing), Bassing The Flats (Missouri summer Bass fishing doesn't have to be frustrating), Black Hills Whitetails (Rolling hills, mountains, gorges and Deer await Black Hill hunters) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, Boating, Shooting, Sport Vehicles, Fishing, Hunting Dogs, What's New, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Game Breeding, Dog And Kennel, Where To Go, Classified |
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| July |
Features - Calling All Deer (Don't be a skeptic. You can call Deer to you), Downrigging For Everything (New downrigger methods allow you to catch most any kind of fish), A Log Cabin From A Kit (From Deer camps to luxury homes - all efficient and economical), Babe In The Woods (I took my 4-year-old hunting, and the outcome surprised everyone), Stumped For A New Knife? (Folder, fillet, hunter and camper blades have all been updated), In Pursuit Of The Elusive Salmonfly (I drove 600 miles to ask, "Is the Salmonfly hatch on?"), They're Spiffing Up The Pickups (New looks and performance are features of these versatile trucks), Fifty Years Of Duck Stamps (The stamp has accomplished much, but there is more to do), Shape Up Your Pup (Obedience training is the basis of all happy man/dog relations), A Bear-Sized Effort (I broke a shovel on its head, but the Bear just wanted my son) Midwest Specials - News From The Midwest (Superior Lakers on the rise, new Wisconsin fish, Illinois charter news, and more), Whitetails And Wheat Fields (Western Kansas is now Whitetail Deer country), Bears: A Midwest Forecast (Here's where to get your Bear in the upper Midwest), Iowa's Great Lakes Muskies (It may be far from Canada, but Iowa Muskie fishing is wild), Panhandle Your Buck (Plenty of land and Deer are available in Nebraska's Pine Ridge), Special Deer Hunts (Here's how to draw a special permit for better Deer hunting success), Erie's Forgotten Bay (Never get blown off Erie again! Ride it out while fishing Sandusky) Departments - Editorial Trail, What's On Your Mind?, Taking Aim, Shooting, What's New, Sport Vehicles, Hunting Dogs, Fishing, Boating, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| August |
Features - Where America's Super Deer Are (If you want a Buck for the book, try my formula for super Deer), Secret Of The Giant Bull Elk (Look for Elk in the last place yo'd expect to find them), A Walleye For The Wall (Ten-pound Walleye mania has just one known cure, and here it is), How To Decoy An Antelope (One group of hunters has lured Antelope to within 10 feet), Back To Basics Bassing (The best tackle won't get you a sunny if you don't know Bass behavior), Twelve Ways To Find Your Buck (Follow these easy routes to your meeting with a Deer this fall), Junk Food Trout (Don't go Trout fishing without raiding your refrigerator first), How To Hunt Easy (Your success in the field can depend on these keys to condition), To Be A Bird Shooter (Take only easy shots but, it you take tough ones, know how to hit), Beware The Grass Patch (More than just game animals are harvested on public lands), Death Raft (The river was a deathtrap trying to ensnare more victims) Midwest Specials - News From The Midwest (Tagged Dakota Walleyes, Indiana fishing hotline, Kansas bowhunters jam, and more), Return Of The Northerns (Fish today like you did in the good ol' days, on Minnesota's St. Louis River), Trophy Buck Guide To The Midwest (Here's a guide to documented trophy Buck territories in your state), Hurondezvous With Salmon (Millions of Salmon are poised for an assault on Huron's rivers and harbors), Corn-Fed Bucks (Illinois Bucks are giants, and bowmen have a couple months to hunt them), Hottest Bowhunting In The Midwest (A state-by-state rundown of the Midwest's best bowhunting), Ohio's Fantasy Islands (The Ohio River just may be a Buckeye fisherman's best bet for Bass) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, What's New, Sport Vehicles, Boating, Hunting Dogs, Shooting, Taking Aim, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Where To Go, Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Classified |
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| September |
Features - Deer Forecast For 1984 (Prospects are good in spite of winter-kill in a few states), Bringing Home The Game (The spoils of your hunt may do just that - without the proper care), Deer Talk (Deer have a body language all their own, and you can translate), Light At The End Of Your Line (New lures that give out a glow can get the big ones), So You Want To Hunt A Muley (Big Mule Deer have to be hunted like cagey Whitetails), Night In The Woods (We had plans for emergencies, so what went wrong?), Roosters In The Rough (The adaptable Pheasant can be found anywhere you look), The Story Of A Record Brown (On May 16, 1984, fishing history was made on Michigan's Arcadia Lake), How To Score In A Crowd (Here's how you can use other hunters to get your Deer), Ducks From A Coffin (This simple yet effective blind is a cinch to build. Here's how), Boss Hog (My dog couldn't hold the huge hog's attention any longer - it wanted me) Midwest Specials - News From The Midwest (New Ohio Quail hunt, Minnesota Deer mortality, North Dakota Antelope buildup, and more), Midwest Deer Forecast (Here's where to find your Buck in the Midwest this hunting season), Stream Tactics For King Salmon (The fall Salmon run is about to peak in these Michigan streams), Teal With Zeal (Your hunting season can begin this month with Ohio's special Teal season) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, What's New, Fishing, Boating, Taking Aim, Shooting, Sport Vehicles, Hunting Dogs, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| October |
Features - Antelope Are Easy (For sheer joy of sport, nothing beats an Antelope stalk on the plains), Deer Hunting - Weather Or Not (Your sweetest chance of tagging a Deer is when the weather is sour), Plane Your Way To Fish (You can fish more water - and catch more fish - with side-planers), Scraping Up A Deer (Some hunters are fooling Bucks with mock scrapes - and it works!), Little Cheaters, More Trout (Can't tell when Trout take your fly? "Cheat" with a strike indicator), Wear To Hunt (Space-age synthetics mean warmer, stronger less expensive gear), A Dog For Turkey? (A Turkey dog does a lot to earn its keep: some are astonishing), Elk Hunting With The Crowds (To take Elk consistently, you need ingenuity and common sense), Don't Lose That Deer (You can find that Deer even after the trail has gone cold), Better Pheasant Hunting Alone (It's about time you were out and on your own - for Pheasants), Deliverance (My son was trapped in the capsized boat, minutes from death), The Rung Way To Hunt Deer (Easy-to-build, sturdy ladder stands can help you get that Buck), Danger In The Deer Woods (Falls, exertion, and exposure are the Deer hunter's biggest enemies), Tasty Game Every Time (There's only one right way to handle game meat. Here's how) Midwest Specials - News From The Midwest (Michigan Grousing, Ohio Salmon, Nebraska and South Dakota Deer, plus more), The Badgerland Double (Hunters with an eye to the winds can take both Woodcock and Grouse), Big Four Pheasant Forecast (Herre's what you need to know and where to go for Pheasant hunting in '84), Switzerland's Giant Bucks (This Indiana county is about to make the record book), Quail On The Rise (Missouri Quail hunting should be good despite the winter of '84), Hunt Michigan's Islands (Deer, Waterfowl, Rabbits and more await Michigan's island hunters), Buckeye Bushytails (These tracts of Ohio forest are teaming with Gray and Fox Squirrels) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, Taking Aim, Sport Vehicles, Fishing, Shooting, Boating, What's New, Hunting Dogs, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Where To Go, Game Breeding, Classified |
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| November |
Features - A Wild Bear Chase (A wild goose chase ended in a fight against death), The Ones That Got Away (The big game I've missed have made me a better hunter), You Can Call Fall Gobblers (Here's a hunter who calls fall Gobblers in to bowhunting range), When Grizzlies Ruled California (Sometimes the great Bear hauled the rider in at the end of a rope), Migration Muleys (Finding the migration route of Muleys can be your best route to Venison), When The Signs Are Right (Some people don't think a dog's ear is a fishing barometer), How To Call Elk Anytime (Chirp like a Cow Elk and you may bring in a whole herd), The Incredible Swimming Jigs (Thses jigs will work on any fish from Pacific Salmon to Southern Bass), Design Your Own Deer Drive (Make those Deer move where you want them to, when you want them to), Ground Rules For Great Venison (The first ingredient for a tasty Venison meal is proper field care), The Invincible Grouse Hunter (A story of two Grouse hunters who shared a bond that went beyond life) Midwest Specials - News From The Midwest (A 50-year-old Lake Trout, Michigan Cougars, Indiana Whitetails, and more), Cattail Whitetails (Here's how to get down and dirty for North Dakota Whitetails), Whitetails One-On-One (Big Bucks abound in northern Minnesota, but hunters don't), Chicken Delight (Don't look in the hen house. Chickens, Kansas-style, roam the prairies), Wall-To-Wall Waterfowl (Is your waterfowling spotty? Give Iowa's Red Rock Wildlife Unit a try), GIANT Canadas (These huge Canada Geese are as wily as Whitetails), Big Bucks (Here's the lowdown on where you can take a trophy Buck in Michigan) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, What's New, Boating, Taking Aim, Shooting, Sport Vehicles, Hunting Dogs, Fishing, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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| December |
Features - Why We Miss Big Game (Most misses are the fault of the hunter - but they can be remedied), Psych Up A Buck (Voodoo hunting it's not, but your mind can improve your Deer hunting), How I Got My Greatest Pictures (More than 30 years of experience have gone into my top photographs), I Can Get Lost Anywhere...And I Do (Not really lost - I just don't end up where I expect to be), Snowtime Roosters (Get the shotgun off the rack. The best Pheasant hunting is yet to come), The Making Of A Wingshot (The boy missed every flying Duck; then a Mallard landed in his stool), Crankin' Bass (Crankbaits are unequalled Bass lures. Here's how to fish them), The Longest Season (Grouse season is the longest of them all, but it ends too soon), Venison: Tricks To Make It Better (Ensure that, whatever your game meat, it always tastes Grade A), Showshoes Without A Dog (A hound's help on showshoe Hares, but you can do without one), Hunting The Hunter (Elation turned into ordeal when a wild dog wanted my Buck) Midwest Specials - News From The Midwest (High Plains Duck hunting, new record Trout, Geese with radios, and more), Your Best Shot At Whitetails (Blackpowder men in Michigan call it their best chance at taking a Deer), Wake Up Winter Walleyes (Icefishing for Walleyes demands a change in tactics and lakes), Cottontails Galore! (Wisconsin Cottontails are abundant, especially on public hunting areas), Big Water Ducks (The hunting's tough, but Bull Shoals waterfowling is first rate), Iowa Timber Bucks (The Shimek State Forest spans 8,700 acres and is crawling with Deer), Predators Of The High Prairie (North Dakota Coyote hunting provides the greatest challenge of the season), Panfish On The Cold Side (From ice-up to ice-out, Ohio's Mogadore Reservoir is Panfish heaven) Departments - Editorial Trails, What's On Your Mind?, What's New, Shooting, Fishing, Sport Vehicles, Taking Aim, Boating, Hunting Dogs, The Last Laugh Reader Information - Dog And Kennel, Game Breeding, Where To Go, Classified |
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