08/02/2012
What do you get when you cross the nutty antics of Jackass with invasive species population control? The Peoria Carp Hunters! Based out of Peoria, Illinois, the largest city on the Illinois River, the Carp Hunters specialize in creatively killing high-flying invasive silver...
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10/01/2012
You know the situation. Really, who hasn’t been there? You’re holed up in an abandoned farmhouse with a horde of brain-hungry zombies outside, and they're close to busting in the doors and windows. It’s certainly NOT the time to be worrying if your gun might jam. Instead,...
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30/11/2011
You sure can! Learn more about the Pack-Rifle
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11/11/2011
Here’s some good news for natural history/mystery fans. A second population of coelacanths has been discovered off the coast of Tanzania. Thought to have gone extinct in the late cretaceous period—about 65 million years ago—coelacanths were rediscovered in 1938 off the...
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18/10/2011
With Halloween less than two weeks away, there’s no better time to start preparing for a potential zombie apocalypse. Hornady Manufacturing apparently understands the threat and has recently released ammunition that’s specifically made for taking down the undead.
Zombie...
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13/10/2011
As anglers and hunters, we often have to spend a fair bit of time on the road, getting to and from fishing and hunting spots. Road kill is an inevitable, if regrettable, part of those trips. At certain times of the year, it’s like a scene from Death Race 2000 out...
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01/09/2011
The smallmouth are here. I know this not only because I can see arcs on the sonar, I just saw a massive one—swimming away from the boat about a foot or two off the bottom. The water’s clear for the most part and with my polarized glasses, it’s not hard to see the big...
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15/08/2011
“Have you tried out there by them buoys?" responds the tall, thin, long-grey-haired man filling the boat’s gas tank when I ask him where the smallies are biting. I’ve got an idea which buoys he’s talking about and make a note to head there at some point after lunch. At...
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11/08/2011
Sea Lampreys, aka water vampires, have been feasting on unsuspecting fish in the Great Lakes since the late 19th century. That’s when they arrived from the Atlantic Ocean via the Welland Canal, which allowed them to bypass Niagara Falls. And they've proven to be a particularly...
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29/07/2011
Becoming a root inspector, sleeping with the fishes, taking a dirt nap, shuffling off the mortal coil, kicking the bucket…whatever euphemism for death you choose, there’s no question we’re all travelling on a one-way ticket through this world. You simply can’t refute the...
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