Outdoor Life 1996 - Abstracts

Outdoor Life 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
Access action: Montana's innovative program to keep land open.Sports and fitnessRon Tschida
Adios, Ridgerunner: our Ford Explorer project is up for grabs. (modifications to popular sport-utility vehicle for hunters; includes list of contributing manufacturers)Sports and fitness 
A redneck goes green: when push came to shove, Lamar Marshall shoved back.Sports and fitnessKenneth Wapner
A single shot: missing isn't the worst thing that can happen. (bow hunting experience)Sports and fitnessJake Mosher
Basic training: walleyes: novelty rigs aren't half as important as getting them when they're hot. (includes related article on using video sonar)Sports and fitnessDick Sternberg
Bear for the books: a bowhunting record awaits certification. (includes related article on 99-year-old hunter Vern McConnell)Sports and fitnessEric Sharp, Monty Browning
Bears on the rampage! (increasing number of bear attacks)Sports and fitnessJamus Driscoll
Bears on your own. (bear hunting)(Game Plans)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessDavid Petersen
Big time for walleyes.(best times for the biggest females)Sports and fitnessDick Sternberg
Calling the shots: breaking the waterfowl barrier is all about knowing when to blow.('96 Waterfowl Special)Sports and fitnessChris Dorsey
Calls that collect; the wild turkey has 30 distinct calls, but you only need two in the spring to make him pay.Sports and fitnessLovett Williams
Can't touch this. (hunting bows)(Sporting Gear)Sports and fitnessE. Donnall Thomas Jr.
Destination: Escanaba River: memories of browns, brookies and backcountry camping in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.Sports and fitnessTom Huggler
Ducks, dogs and magic places.('96 Waterfowl Special)Sports and fitnessDavid E. Davis Jr.
Election day returns.(bass fishing in fall)(includes information on baitfish)Sports and fitnessJim Dean, Larry Cofer
Fat flies, fat trout.Sports and fitnessJohn Gierach
Fishing tackle bag?(Sporting Gear: Field-Tested)(Buyers Guide)Sports and fitnessJ.H. Bernard
Florida's Santa Fe River: no hype, no hassle, no hordes - a low-rent guide to America's best offbeat water.Sports and fitnessR.J. Malloy
Get lost (cheap).(packaged hunting and fishing trips in Alaska)(Cover Story)(Directory)Sports and fitnessJerry Gibbs, Christopher Batin, Ken Marsh, Grant Sims
Get shorties. (fly fishing vests)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessF. H. Bernard
Habits & habitat: wild turkey unplucked. (includes related article on the vision of turkeys)(Spring '96 Turkey Guide)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessJay Langston, Lovett Williams
Hard 'core: laugh if you want to, but the little tunny can take you down. (false albacore fishing) (includes article on the fish's habits)Sports and fitnessGuy Martin, Andy Dear
Harvest boon: Iowa's amazing ringneck population hits the big time. (pheasant hunting)Sports and fitnessPhilip Monahan
Heavy-duty catfish.Sports and fitnessGibbs Jerry
Hidden agenda: portable blinds that put you in the thick of things.(hunting blinds)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessWorth Mathewson
High on the wind: a city boy turns deer tracker in the Berkshires.Sports and fitnessKenneth Wapner
Hotspots.(sportfishing and big game hunting in Alaska)(Cover Story)(Illustration)Sports and fitness 
In anticipation of elk.(Game Plans)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessDavid Petersen
In plain sight of pronghorns. (pronghorn antelope)(Game Plans)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessMarvin N. Zieser
In the grizzly zone: at twelve yards, things get a little cozy. (hunting grizzly bears)Sports and fitnessChuck Adams
Kill the fish to save the fishery. (administration of Governor Michael Leavitt stops Utah Department of Wildlife Resources from destroying fish to fight the spread of Whirling Disease)(includes related article about Whirling Disease)Sports and fitnessJohn Holt, Hartt Wixom
Land-locked and side-striped: if size were everything, the striper would be the bass world's darling. (striped bass fishing)Sports and fitnessAllan Tarvid
Last chance. (a hunter's final chance at bagging a white-tailed deer)Sports and fitnessJohn Byorth
Late show: in the South the rut is a protracted, low-key affair. (whitetail deer breeding season)Sports and fitnessKenn Young
Lease a lake; if you've got the bucks, here's your bass.Sports and fitnessJack McQuarrie
Lee's Ferry. (Colorado River, Colorado)(Flyfishing 1996)Sports and fitnessBob Whitaker
Living for large.(the lure of a really big fish)Sports and fitnessCraig Nova
Long-haulers: packs that'll get you in deep, and the goods back out.(Evaluation)Sports and fitness 
Mechanical drawing. (includes related information about bowhunting)(The 1996 Bowhunter's Guidebook)Sports and fitnessBill Winke, Michael Pearce, Ron Spomer, Gene Wensel
Moose.(Gamefile)Sports and fitness 
Muzzleloading. (white-tailed deer hunting with muzzleload rifles)Sports and fitnessRick Hacker
Next generation broadheads. (expanding-blade broadheads)(Bowhunting)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessJeff Murray
North Dakota's Sak of gold.(camping and fishing at Lake Sakakawea)Sports and fitnessTom Huggler
Not another one! A second long-standing record is debunked in '96. (smallmouth bass fishing)Sports and fitnessSoc Clay
Notes from the tundra-ground ... and points south - a waterfowl progress report.('96 Waterfowl Special)Sports and fitnessGary Kramer
Off the hook. (releasing fish back to the water)(Editorial)Sports and fitnessStephen Byers
One man, one day, one river. (trout fishing)(Flyfishing 1996)Sports and fitnessJohn Gierach
On the fire line for conservation: if Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt is taking heat from all sides, he's got to be doing a good job.Sports and fitnessTed Williams
On the right track. (tracking deer while bowhunting)Sports and fitnessGene Wensel
Perfect bass water. (conditions in which largemouth bass fish can be found) (includes related articles about fishing equipment and behavior of bass)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessDoug Hannon
Power suits: hunting clothes that repel winter's icy blast.(Evaluation)Sports and fitness 
Private lessons: step-by-step instructions for the outdoor enthusiast. (flyfishing)Sports and fitnessVin T. Sparano, Ken Laager
Provo River: trophy brown trout are a flycast from Utah's second largest city.(Western River Guide)Sports and fitnessBob Whitaker
Pulling the plug on Power Bait. (chemical-based fish attractants)Sports and fitnessJohn Jerome
Radio control: keeper of a "morning zoo" for anglers.(O'Neill Williams hosts fishing talk show in Atlanta, Georgia)Sports and fitnessKent Mitchell
Range war! (conflicts between commercial and recreational fishers)Sports and fitnessCharlie Myers
Role model. (shark hunter Frank Mundus)Sports and fitnessBob Drury
Secrets of the bassmaster: four fishing patterns led Mark Davis to bass angling's mountaintop.Sports and fitnessJoseph B. Healy
Small shots. (handguns for deer hunting)(Sporting Gear)(Buyers Guide)Sports and fitnessGeorge Dvorchak
Snowbound one hunter dead and 38 stranded: cold days in hell, Rockies style.Sports and fitnessThomas J. Pliura, Mike Kraftsch
Snow machine: a deer tracker with just one speed, flat-out.Sports and fitnessJake Mosher
Solving big bird: the pros tell you how. (hunting wild turkeys)(Spring '96 Turkey Guide)(Cover Story)(Interview)Sports and fitnessGerry Dietrich
Something big. (fishing for large walleyes)Sports and fitnessJerry Dennis
Spirit of the hunt: two men, biologists and hunters both, debate the ethics of bear baiting.Sports and fitnessCraig McLaughlin, Tom Beck
Sporting gear.(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessCharles Plueddeman, Michael Hodgson, Ted West, F. H. Bernard
Sporting gear field-tested.(outboard, raingear, tents, sleeping bags and a sport-utility)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessCharles Plueddeman, Michael Hodgson, Ted West, J. H. Bernard
Stalking sheds. (searhing for shed antlers)Sports and fitnessMike Fitzgerald
State of the coyote: three Montanans talk about war and peace between the West's two surest predators - coyote and man.(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessTom Harpole
Stitching for largemouth bass.(line-retrieval technique)Sports and fitnessBill Murphy
Supersonic challenges to fair chase.(sonic fishfinders)Sports and fitness 
Tactical approaches: deer hunting karma is nice, but nothing beats a calculated move that brings the terrain into play.Sports and fitnessGary Clancy
Tale of the tape: the story behind the 48-point whitetail that may become the highest-scoring Boone and Crockett deer ever taken by a hunter.Sports and fitnessRon Boucher
Targeted for terrorism: PETA-philes have declared fishing to be politically incorrect and will go on the attack this spring. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)Sports and fitness 
Tarpon terribilis.(Florida tarpon-fishing tournaments)Sports and fitnessR.J. Malloy
The anadromous strain: Great Lakes steelhead are heading upstream. Do you dare stop them?Sports and fitnessBob Gwizdz
The big five: classic hatches that bring up the bad boys. (hatching insects that attract trout)(Flyfishing 1996)Sports and fitnessNick Seifert
The Bronx bombers: a couple of city boys bag one of the country's biggest bears. (New York, NY bowhunters Emilio Ortiz and Wilson Medina)Sports and fitnessRon Boucher
The cat came back: cougars are undeniably on the upsurge, but their common cousins may pose a bigger problem.(includes a guide to fox and cat predator footprints)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessRobert H. Boyle, Paul Rezendes
The great land.(hunting and fishing in Alaska) (Commodities)Sports and fitnessGrant Sims
The green, the bad and the ugly. (northern pike fishing)Sports and fitnessBob McNally
The mantrackers. (search and rescue teams) (includes a list of survival tips)Sports and fitnessTim Cahill
The new bass masters: the old guard's discovering that a little learning can be a dangerous thing.Sports and fitnessDon Roberts
The shocking truth. (electrofishing)Sports and fitnessLarry Cofer
The value of a plug: Lauri Rapala's hand-carved cork plug, the most popular lure of all time, celebrates its diamond jubilee.Sports and fitnessJohn Steinbreder
The western fly chart. (insects and patterns)(Flyfishing 1996)(Illustration)Sports and fitness 
Tips from the pros.(Flyfishing 1996)Sports and fitnessGary Borger, William C. Parlasca, Lou Tabory, John van Vliet, Dick Talleur
Tom cookery: he's the biggest, baddest gamebird in the woods - and the best on the table. (includes related instructions on deboning the turkey)Sports and fitnessEldon Cutlip
Tough shooters: cameras that take a lickin' and keep on clickin.'(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessRon Spomer
Tracking 'shoes. (snowshoe hares)Sports and fitnessBill Buckley
Treading lightly. (hunting boots)(Sporting Gear)(Buyers Guide)Sports and fitnessJamus Driscoll
Turkey. (wild turkeys)Sports and fitness 
Twin threat: a matched set of bowhunters with 20/20 insight.Sports and fitnessJeff Hull
Two visions of the Tongass.(need to protect the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from logging)(Column)Sports and fitnessT.H. Watkins
Vested interests: sleeveless shirts for the upland game.(Evaluation)Sports and fitness 
Walleye record hoax.(photographic evidence belies claimed world record)Sports and fitnessDick Sternbnerg
Weather retorts: waterfowling parkas that answer Mother Nature's wrath.(hunting parkas)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessTim Leary
Whitetail hunting in slow motion.(Game Plans)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessBarry Wensel
Working the edge: how to flyfish the coast - with no boat, no guide and no second mortgage. (saltwater flyfishing)(Flyfishing 1996)Sports and fitnessLou Tabory
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