Setting up for a great ocean fishing trip doesn’t mean focusing only on salmon fishing tackle. Tackle is important, of course, but you also want to make sure that you take other gear into consideration, such as fishing rods, fishing reels, the type of fishing line that you are going to use, terminal tackle such as hooks and weights, and of course baits and lures.

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Turkey, deer and dove are among the game animals that attract hunters with permits. What? Mule Shoe Conservation Area. Where? Camden and Hickory counties. This time of year, hunters can be found in the turkey woods. Spring season runs until May 6. Mule Shoe Conservation Area has been given a three-star rating for turkey hunting by the Missouri Department of Conservation, which maintains the property. This is the highest ranking the department gives for this activity.


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The Internet has grown into a huge billboard sign where anyone anywhere can sell or advertise whatever they want. The amount of information on the Internet is growing at such a rate that it is impossible to keep up with all of it, let alone decipher the good information from the bad. So how does one use the Internet to find reliable campground information? Simple, do your searching on appropriate Web sites.

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My friend was trying hard to direct me to a bonefish that was tailing on the flat only 80 feet from the boat, yet I couldn’t pick up anything.

"There, he did it again." I heard from the back of the boat as my friend poled us closer. "Can you see him? He’s right in front of you now. Fifty feet."

I panicked and fumbled with the mess of line as I watched the fish turn and slowly come my way. I felt as though I was hyperventilating, or maybe, I wasn’t breathing at all. I shook the tangle; I tried to cast. My friend, as excited as I was, said "Just do anything, roll cast, throw it at him, he will eat anything."

What’s the lesson I forgot? (more...)

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An understanding of deer behavior and travel patterns can help you choose a hunting site. Because deer feed primarily during low light conditions they have two primary rest periods, late at night and during mid-day.

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Over the years as a guide and writer I've learned that one of the best ways to hunt any animal is to use the right tactics at the right time. In order to do that we have to understand how the animal is acting at the time that we hunt it.


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Before you look into RV financing you should really determine the type of RV that best fits your family's needs and interests. Instead of letting price affect your initial search, let function be your guide; there may be some sticker shock in this process, but remember, information is power when it comes to finding financing. Reading the buyer's guides and checking out the ads in magazines is a good way to begin your shopping adventure. You should also make use of the price-shopping power of the Internet.

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Some very helpful, general steps to help you in your outdoor adventures like hunting and fishing.

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