Photos by Josh Bent Backcountry Hunters & Anglers' Armed Forces Initiative is a burgeoning part of our mission to engage new hunters and anglers on supporting public lands and waters across North America. Trevor Hubbs is our new AFI coordinator and has already been working on setting a vision for this program that will guide it into the next level of both outreach and outdoors skills. I grew up in a small town in Southern Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, just ...

August on the Lake Michigan side of Wisconsin is a tricky time of year. The big lake can’t quite decide if it's ready for Fall or if the boiling windless Summer days will prevail. The complexity of August is compounded by the coming Fall salmon runs. First the Chinook Salmon come into port and run the Milwaukee, Sauk and Sheboygan rivers. They are followed closely by the Cohos and up north the Pinks before winter ice up. All these events are determined by water temperature and weather.   A ...