Game & Fish Midwest

Every month in Game & Fish, you'll discover the best hotspots throughout your region for hunting and fishing. We'll also bring you your state's latest outdoor news, plus plenty of how-to tactics and special strategies designed to make you a more successful hunter and angler.

THE OFF-SEASON?

GAME & FISH MIDWEST

GAME & FISH ONLINE • TIPS, TACTICS, GEAR, NEWS AND MORE AT GAFMAG.COM

MOON TIMES

THE TERRIFIC .22s • RECENTLY INTRODUCED .22-CALIBER CENTERFIRES ARE REDEFINING THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS CLASS OF CARTRIDGES, BUT CAN THEY REALLY REPLACE OLDER FAVORITES?

THE WINTER-TO-SPRING TRANSITION • AS COLD WEATHER EASES ITS GRIP, FISHING HEATS UP AROUND THE COUNTRY.

ARE HUNTERS BECOMING TOO EFFECTIVE? • THAT’S THE CENTRAL QUESTION IDAHO IS ASKING AS IT CONSIDERS LIMITATIONS ON HUNTING TECHNOLOGY.

Man’s Best Friend, COYOTES’ WORST ENEMY • A DECOY DOG BECOMES A COYOTE HUNTER’S SECRET WEAPON, AFTER SOME HELP FROM AN OLD PARTNER.

PROTECT THOSE SENSITIVE EARS • Suppressors benefit dogs as well as humans.

FAKE PLAYS • Substitute an artificial decoy for a real dog.

IN THE LAND OF THE BLUE BULLS • PURSUING DEVIL-HORNED ANTELOPE IN THE THORNY BORDERLANDS OF TEXAS PRODUCES EXCITING OFF-SEASON HUNTING AND EXCEPTIONAL WILD MEAT.

A PERFECT PLACE FOR THE 7 MM PRC • Add South Texas nilgai to this cartridge’s capabilities.

AROUND THE MIDWEST • A SAMPLING OF THE REGION’S BEST HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES THIS MONTH

THE SCIENCE OF SNARING • LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF SETTING LETHAL AND NON-LETHAL SNARES FOR WINTER CANINES.

Drilling for BRUISER BROWNS • PLY THE ICE FOR GIANT BROWN TROUT ON GREAT LAKES BAYS, HARBORS AND TRIBUTARIES.

BEHEMOTH BEST BETS • Six spots that support fantastic fishing for trophy brown trout beneath the ice

HIGH-TECH SLABS • CRAPPIE FISHING’S CORK-AND-SINKER DAYS MAY NOT BE GONE AND FORGOTTEN, BUT FORWARD-FACING SONAR IS DRAMATICALLY ALTERING HOW ANGLERS PURSUE FISH.

LIVELY LURES • Eight jigs and plastics that show up well on live sonar and tempt wary crappies

DOMINATE THE DARK • BOOST YOUR ODDS OF BAGGING COYOTES BY HUNTING DURING THE NIGHT WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST TECH.

NIGHTTIME NECESSITIES • Gear that helps hunters bag more coyotes after dark

WINTER STEEL • WHEN STEELHEAD CONCENTRATE IN WINTERING POOLS, USE A FLOAT RIG TO DRIFT BAITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES.

THE BEAUTY OF BEMIDJI • THE NUMEROUS LAKES AROUND BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, OFFER ANGLERS FANTASTIC ICE-FISHING THROUGHOUT THE HARD-WATER SEASON.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO • Places to stay, things to do and other considerations for ice anglers planning a trip to Bemidji

STUDYING THE SLAM • A DECADES-LONG PURSUIT OF WILD TURKEYS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA CREATES MEMORIES AND TEACHES LESSONS ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SIX BREEDS.

The Secrets of PYRAMID • GIGANTIC LAHONTAN CUTTHROAT TROUT LURK IN THIS NEVADA LAKE, AND THEIR STORIED PAST IS AS INTRIGUING AS THEIR SIZE.

FISHING FOLDERS • Benchmade’s Adira and Mini Adira are right at home on the water.

Colt CBX TAC HUNTER • A NEW BOLT-ACTION RIFLE FROM AN ICONIC GUNMAKER COMBINES HUNT-DRIVEN AND PRECISION-FOCUSED FEATURES.

Nosler WHITETAIL COUNTRY • A NEW LINE OF AMMUNITION PROVIDES DEER HUNTERS WITH TOP-SHELF PERFORMANCE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.

RABBITS AND TROUBLE • GOING OUT IS MUCH EASIER THAN GETTING BACK.