The first in a series of Orion Enterprises, outdoor education books, Stu Bristol's Guide to Making Your Own Turkey Calls & Accessories.
Step-by-step, illustrated instructions on how to make the most popular turkey hunting calls and accessories as well as some easy-to-make calls, made from common household materials. More than three decades of custom callmaking expertise is revealed in this book.
Stu Bristol is the author of turkey hunting collectables, Vermont Wild Turkey Hunting (1978) and Hunting Wild Turkeys in New England (1986)
COMING THIS SPRING
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Who Must Register to Fish in Saltwater?
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Do I need to register both state and federal?
I'm a Maine Guide - Do I need to register?
How about when I am not guiding - just fishing for myself?
I fish only from head or party boats - do I need to buy a license?
Is my state saltwater license good in all coastal states?
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Read Stu's column, South of the Kennebec
Michael Thebarge, Canaan, ME
Maine anglers set new brook trout and rainbow trout records!
Michael Thebarge of Canaan, Maine caught his record rainbow trout in Lake George
Patrick Coan caught his record brook trout in Mousam Lake
Photos courtesy Maine Dept. IF&W
Patrick Coan, Waterboro, ME
During your next visit to southern Maine, reserve a day to learn how to fly fish, hunt wild turkeys or learn how to use that GPS receiver you got for Christmas but can't figure out. How about a day or two enjoying a guided wildlife watching tour or some expert help in exploring the world of outdoor photography? We also offer family activities such as geocaching, the new high-tech game of treasure hunting.
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DILLON, THE REAL STAR OF THE SHOW
Teaming Up With Bird Dogs Afield
Over the years, readers have asked why I seldom write anything about upland bird hunting, especially the use of pointing dogs. "It's kind of like being an adult that never learned how to swim." I tell them. I grew up in a large family (17 brothers and sisters) and we were never exposed to the refined methods for hunting grouse and woodcock. In fact I am the epitome of the standard grouse hunters joke. "If you shoot it on the ground, it's a partridge. If you shoot the bird while it is flying, it's a grouse." I'm, a "partridge" hunter to the bone but I decided to see how the other half hunts so I teamed up with my good friend, Paul Fuller of Durham, NH, the man behind the popular website, www.birddogsafield.com. Together we travelled some of the best grouse (partridge) and woodcock covers in the Northeast and Canada.
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Paul Fuller doing some early morning filming
February 2010 Stu Bristol's World An Outdoor Opinion
Do Fishing Derbies Harm Fish Stocks?
The popular Lake Wiinepesaukee's "Winni" Derby has been cancelled due to damaged salmon and reduced fish stocks.
(click on my photo top left for full article)
New Hampshire's 2010 "Winni" Derby has been cancelled due to "catch & release" hook damage.
New Englander Model Slate Over Glass
Your choice of pots - red cedar or Black Walnut
Includes two strikers, one for dry operation and one for damp or wet calling Strikers feature unique slate cleaner on the end of each striker.
More than a quarter century of call-making expertise goes into each and every call. Each pot is protected with three coats of high-impact polyuerethane to prevent warping in the dampest of weather. Constructed of hand-picked wood, glass and Pennsylvania slate each call is constructed by hand and tuned to reproduce natural immitations of hen yelps, cutts, purrs, whines and kee-kee's. Strikers are constructed of Black Walnut peg and White Ash sounding tip and for wet conditions. The white ash is combined with an acrylic peg. Each striker is fitted with a slate cleaner affixed to the end of the striker for easy use. No more searching for surface cleaners at the critical times in a hunt.
New England Distributor of Bristol Game Calls
MAINE'S COASTAL SMELT CAMPS NOW OPEN
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COOKING OUT
Pan-fried Rainbow Smelt
One of the most popular southern Maine meals, cooked right in the smelt fishing shanties of coastal Maine rivers.
