Game & Fish East

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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Game & Fish East

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MOON TIMES

From this good is our enemy. • Introducing the completely redesigned Fenwick family of rods

KILLING POWER AND REACH • MANY HUNTERS MAKE FALSE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE LETHALITY OF DIFFERENT CARTRIDGES. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS MORE INVOLVED THAN JUST NUMBERS ON PAPER.

LATE MOVES • TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FLEETING OPPORTUNITIES BY STAYING MOBILE DURING THE WANING WEEKS OF DEER SEASON.

BUILD THE WHITETAIL FIELD OF DREAMS • CLEARING LAND REQUIRES A SIZEABLE INVESTMENT OF TIME AND MONEY, BUT IT MAY BE THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE A PROPERTY FOR DEER HUNTING.

CULTURE-WAR COMMISSIONS • AROUND THE COUNTRY, TRADITIONAL FISH-AND-GAME COMMISSIONERS ARE BEING REPLACED WITH ACTIVISTS. IS THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT?

PARADISE ON THE PRAIRIE • THE GRAND PRAIRIE REGION OF ARKANSAS IS HALLOWED GROUND—OR WATER—FOR DUCK AND GOOSE HUNTERS, AND IT REMAINS AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE TO HUNT WATERFOWL.

GRAND GEAR • Whether you’re hunting the Grand Prairie’s flooded fields, timber or reservoirs, the right tools will boost your waterfowling success.

FAMILY CABIN • Hunt quality Arkansas duck water in comfort and style at Cypress Island Lodge.

ON THE WATER • with Capt. Lou Borrelli of Get the Net Charters

AROUND THE EAST • A SAMPLING OF THE REGION’S BEST HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES THIS SEASON

PUPPY PREP • WINTER IS A GREAT TIME TO GET A NEW PUP. HERE’S HOW TO BE READY FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD.

BIG-WATER BOUNTY • WHEN SMALL LAKES AND PONDS FREEZE UP, HEAD TO THE BIGGEST WATER NEARBY FOR A CONCENTRATION OF LATE-SEASON DUCKS.

ANYTIME, ANYWHERE • DIGITAL ACCESS NOW INCLUDED WITH YOUR PAID SUBSCRIPTION!

GO WITH A PRO • Big-water duck hunting takes experience, which these guides have in spades.

KNIVES OUT • WHEN BASS SLOW DOWN IN WINTER, JOLT THEM BACK INTO ACTION WITH TANTALIZING BLADE BAITS.

SNAG SOLUTIONS • How to free a hung-up blade bait

THE LATE SHOW • IN THE WANING, BITTER DAYS OF DEER SEASON, YOU CAN EITHER SIT ON THE COUCH AND PINE FOR SPRING OR GET OUT AFTER THEM. HERE’S HOW TO DO THE LATTER.

BEST BETS • Target late-season bucks on these public lands.

Flip the SCRIPT • PUT YOUR CALLS IN YOUR BACK POCKET AND FOLLOW A FRESH TRACK FOR THE ULTIMATE PREDATOR HUNTING CHALLENGE.

SONG DOGS IN BIG COUNTRY • Plus-size public lands with the best conditions for tracking ’yotes

RIVER of PLENTY • THE NIAGARA RIVER IS THE EAST’S HOTTEST MULTI-SPECIES FISHERY, EVEN DURING THE COLDEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

INSIDER INTEL • All the need-to-know before you go

PROFESSIONAL HELP • Not keen to navigate the big water on your own? These guides will put you on the fish.

GILBERT’S BUCK • WHEN A HURRIED SHOT AT A MULE DEER BUCK MISSES THE MARK, IT’S TIME TO CALL IN A LITTLE HELP.

KIMBER HUNTER PRO DESOLVE BLAK

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO • Five things to ask a mule deer outfitter

Savage Impulse MOUNTAIN HUNTER • THE LIGHTWEIGHT VERSION OF SAVAGE’S STRAIGHT-PULL RIFLE IS NOT ONLY INNOVATIVE, BUT ALSO ACCURATE RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.

FOWL FAVES • HIT THE WATER, FIELD OR TIMBER THIS SEASON WITH GEAR THAT’S MADE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR.

HEIRLOOM • AN OLD RIFLE CAN QUICKLY...