Photo Gallery

As the cold arctic fronts blast the upper Midwest with snow and cold temps, the lakes and rivers freeze pushing migratory ducks and geese south in the Mississippi Waterfowl Flyway looking for open water and food. So my son Logan and I waited until late in the season to head to [...]Read more

Let’s face it, trudging around in snake and turtle infested swamps in the dark is not everyone’s idea of a good time. But if you want to try your hand at putting some tasty frog legs in the frying pan this summer, that’s what it takes. I took a few newbies this year— my son […]Read more

The Northwoods of Minnesota is one of my favorite places to fish. I think my sons Logan and Kyle would agree. Neither of them had ever caught a fish with real teeth, like walleye. So for our summer trip, we chose Lake Mille Lacs to go for giant smallmouth bass and walleye.  [...]Read more

I took my son Logan and my nephew Matt Hayden on their very first wingshooting hunt — a waterfowl hunting trip to Southern Illinois. We hunted with my buddy Tony Skobel from SouthernHonkers.com for mallards out of a box blind on a private slough. I had a chance to try out some [...]Read more

The Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers’ Spring Media Event, the Cast and Blast in Lewiston, New York was spectacular. Hosted by our friends at Niagara Tourism, the 3-day event offered event attendees a chance to experience the Niagara region in Western New York including [...]Read more

Our annual castin and blastin trip to the Boneyard in Southern Illinois was awesome. 2 wild turkeys, a pile of wild asparagus, 1 coyote, and about 400 crappies! Joined by my son Kyle, and buddies Kurt Kowalczyk and Christian Turvey, I took a bunch of great photos and had an [...]Read more

Reelfoot Lake in Tennesee is well known as one of the premiere crappie fisheries in the Midwest. This was my first time fishing this water, and I was not disappointed. My buddy Don and I filmed an episode for his TV show Illinois Outdoors (to air on Comcast on Saturday April [...]Read more

Thanks to everyone who sent photos from this past hunting season. It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. But what great memories. Check out the photo gallery. And stay in touch. I want to see new pix here next season…Read more

My recent trip to the Rocky Mountains in pursuit of a bull elk was quite an adventure. For my second do-it-yourself elk hunt, we base-camped at 10,500 feet in the Rio Grande National Forest. The elk were not cooperating, but we saw a TON of mule deer (of course we did not have a [...]Read more