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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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.

ON THE WATER • with Capt. Kip Mammano of Rochester Sport Fishing

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

KNOTTY BY NATURE • BE A HERO INSTEAD OF A ZERO BY COMMITTING THESE FOUR ESSENTIAL KNOTS TO MEMORY.

GO TO THE MATS • AS BASS RETREAT TO MATS OF VEGETATION TO ESCAPE THE SUMMER HEAT, YOUR ONLY CHOICE IS TO GO IN AFTER THEM.

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

PORGY Primer • OFTEN OVERLOOKED FOR MORE POPULAR SALTWATER SPECIES, PORGIES FIGHT HARD, TASTE GREAT AND JUST MIGHT SAVE AN OTHERWISE SLOW DAY ON THE WATER.

DOG DAY CATS • WHEN OTHER BITES SLOW DOWN, FLATHEAD AND CHANNEL CATFISH PROVIDE CONSISTANT ACTION THROUGHOUT LATE SUMMER.

Let Them EAT FLIES • CATCHING BASS ON A FLY ROD OFFERS A WELCOME RESPITE FROM CHUNKING HARD BAITS AND PLASTICS.

SEE FISH, CATCH FISH • Newcomer Bajio brings high-quality, environment-friendly sunglasses to market.

MASS Hysteria • TANGLE WITH TOOTHY PIKE, AND MAYBE EVEN A TIGER MUSKY, IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

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

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

NEW LURES • THE LATEST MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST.