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.

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MOON TIMES

REDEFINING PRECISION • HORNADY’S PRECISION RIFLE CARTRIDGES—AND THEIR PREDECESSORS—HAVE MUCH TO OFFER HUNTERS. BUT WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

PLAY IT SMART • REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU HAD ALL KINDS OF TIME TO DEVOTE TO BOWHUNTING? YEAH, ME NEITHER.

BUG BITES • EHD IS THE SCOURGE OF DEER HUNTERS AND MANAGERS, BUT CAN WE CONTROL THE SEVERITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEASONAL OUTBREAKS?

In Praise of PRONGHORNS • THEY ARE AN ICON OF THE WEST, AND LITTLE COMPARES TO THE JOY OF HUNTING THESE GEMS OF THE OPEN COUNTRY.

OPTICS AND DIGISCOPING • Use good glass and your phone to size up a buck.

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

SCATTERGUN SCHOOL • MASTER ANY COMMON WING SHOT INSIDE OF 40 YARDS WITH THIS PRE-SEASON TRAINING REGIMEN.

Opening Day DOVES • A SUCCESSFUL DOVE OPENER BOILS DOWN TO SCOUTING AND IDENTIFYING THE LOCATIONS THAT GIVE YOU YOUR BEST ODDS OF ACTION.

BAG BONUS • Add equally tasty Eurasian collared doves to your harvest.

DOG DAY CATS • SLOW-TROLLING, DRIFTING AND ANCHORING ALL HAVE THEIR PLACE FOR SUMMER CATFISHING. GIVE THIS TRIO OF TACTICS A TRY TO BOAT MORE LATE-SUMMER WHISKERFISH.

CAT CORNERS • Hit these prime Midwestern waters for quality catfish action .

FORWARD MOMENTUM • THE ADVENT OF FORWARD-FACING SONAR HAS PUT UNPRECEDENTED POWER IN THE HANDS OF ANGLERS.

’EYES FORWARD • Tips for targeting walleyes using forward-scan sonar

LEW’S AMERICAN HERO • This tackle maker continues a long-standing commitment to giving back to veterans.

Unconventional HANGS • THERE ARE MANY EXCELLENT PLACES TO HANG A STAND BEFORE DEER SEASON. HERE ARE SEVEN THAT MOST HUNTERS OVERLOOK.

TREE TIPS • Sound advice for evaluating trees when hanging your stand.

OASIS On the Plains • THE IOWA GREAT LAKES OFFER EXCELLENT YEAR-ROUND ANGLING FOR A VARIETY OF SPECIES, INCLUDING SOME OF THE FINEST BLUEGILLS IN THE MIDWEST.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO • Planning a trip to the Iowa Great Lakes

Cutthroat GAME • A PAIR OF ANGLERS CHASE THE GOAL OF CATCHING FOUR SUBSPECIES OF CUTTHROAT TROUT DURING A WEEKLONG SUMMER ROAD TRIP IN WYOMING.

ON THE WATER AND ROAD • Gear and accommodations for a Cutt-Slam trip

CVA CASCADE XT • THIS MULTI-PURPOSE RIFLE IS BUILT WITH PRECISION-ORIENTED HUNTERS IN MIND.

NEW LURES • THE LATEST MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST.