The Art Of Setting-Up On Turkeys

By Blaine Cardilli

~Ever wonder why some set ups work and some don’t?~

As a die hard turkey hunter and seminar speaker for both “Hunters Specialties” and “Northwoods Adventures TV“, I get asked a multitude of questions each season on how to set up on turkeys. Do you use a decoy? Do you roost birds every time? Do you ever “run-and-gun”? How important is specific camouflage design? Well, for me, the most important aspect of the hunt is a good set up so let’s start there.

Here in the Northeast, our turkeys tend to start gobbling in mid-March and strutting activity becomes widespread about the same time. It’s then that I’ll put my scouting tactics into overdrive, even though the season doesn’t open until the very end of April. Why? Because good preparation will always tip the odds in my favor. Read more

What Are They Talking About? Predators Have No Effect On Elk Populations!

This can’t be true! If you read or listen to what the lovers of predators have to say, these scavenging, murdering animals we call predators have no real affect on wild ungulate herds, other than what they believe to be selective harvesting of the weak and disabled and making the preyed upon become “more wild”. This is where we would insert the Disney theme song of “When you wish upon a star. Makes no difference who you are.” La, la, la, la…….

Okay, so I’m feeling a bit nasty and cynical this morning. And with that I’m taking a story and making an attempt to spin it into something bigger and more controversial than it really is but I do have a point to make. Read more

Take A Kid Hunting

By Robert Lane

Bob Lane is a Licensed Master Maine Guide and photographer. He has also guided Caribou Hunters and Fishermen on float trips in Southwest Alaska.

Deer season in Maine is a longstanding tradition marked by cold, frosty mornings, treks through the pre-dawn darkness to a coveted tree stand, a swamp’s edge, or a favorite stand of hardwoods in quest of the elusive whitetail. Lifelong friends share the camaraderie of hunting camp with stories of seasons past, traditional, hearty early morning breakfasts with strong coffee, and enough fat and cholesterol to fuel a skidder. Read more

George’s Bear

By A. Sayward Lamb

This story begins in November of 1966, when my two sons, Jim, Ron, and I, went deer hunting beside Route 26, in South Woodstock, Maine. At that time I had an old, four-cylinder Jeep, pick-up truck. We left it parked in front of the Union Church, now used as a community building, at Andrews turn, while we hunted a place we called: “Guysie’s Strip”. It did not take us very long to hunt out that area, and when we got back to the Jeep, we found a note attached to our windshield. It read: “George would like you to bring your truck up to the “Woody” Benson place”. It was simply signed: “Alta”. Read more

Spring Turkey Hunts

by
A. Sayward Lamb

The spring turkey hunts for my son Jim, and myself, ended with us both getting our turkeys, but the circumstances were quite different. When my wife and I arrived home from Florida, soon after the middle of April, we found two feet of snow on our camp road. We both knew it would be a few days before the snow melted, and the road dried up enough to enable us to drive our vehicle into our cottage, located eight tenths of a mile from the paved highway. Read more