Field & Stream

Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
156 pages
Vol. 113, No. 8
ISSN 8755-8599

FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.

Fire in the Cold	25
Rifles (Maintenance and repair), Hunting (Cold weather conditions)
Trophy Gluttony	28
International Game Fish Association, Fishing (Ethical aspects), Fish (Genetic engineering), Fishing records
Snow Blind	33
Deer hunting, Blinds (Camouflage)
A New Direction	34
United States Bureau of Land Management, Natural gas industry (Environmental aspects), Directional drilling, Public lands (Western States)
Conservation's Main Event	37
Hod Kosman (American conservationist and banker) (Awards), Heroes of Conservation Awards

The Trail	88
Animal tracks and trails, Elk hunting
The Ten Best Whitetail Rifles Ever Made	92
Deer hunting, Rifles (History, Rating)
Seventeen Guys, One Old School Bus, and More Guns Than We Can Count	98
Deer hunting (Alabama), Camping (Alabama), Hunters
The Misadventure Journals	104
Jim Harrison (American poet and novelist); 1937- (Diaries), Hunting, Fishing
Knife Skills	110
Knives

Shotgun Coyotes	38
Coyote hunting, Shot, Shotguns (Chokes)
Three Days to Live	40
Wilderness survival, Survival skills, Rescue work
Roast Wild Turkey	47
Wild turkeys, Cooking (Game), Roasting (Cooking)
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year	48
Fishing, Winter, Winter, Hunting
Four-Wheel Driver's Ed	52
All terrain vehicles in hunting and fishing, All terrain vehicles (Safety measures)
Back Outside	57
Nick Beintema (American soldier wounded in Iraq) (Recreation), Jack Cormack (American soldier wounded in Iraq) (Recreation), Dave Walker (American soldier wounded in Iraq) (Recreation), Brad Alexander (American soldier wounded in Iraq) (Recreation), Bradley Gruetzner (American soldier wounded in Iraq) (Recreation), Louis Dahlman (American soldier wounded in Iraq) (Recreation), Iraq War, 2003- (Casualties), Veterans (Recreation), Handicapped fishermen, Handicapped hunters
The Big Time	72
Deer hunting
The Midlife Slam	80
Fishing (Florida Keys (Fla.)), Middle aged persons (Recreation), Fish (Speciation), Midlife crisis

Why Johnny Won't Hunt	116
Hunting (Children), Hunters
A Year in Review: The Best (and Worst) of Hunting and Fishing	120
Hunting, Fishing, Two thousand eight (Year)
Who Needs a Fire?	129
Sleeping bags (Rating)
A Test of Woolpower	132
Clothing and dress (Hunters, Rating), Coats (Rating), Wool clothing (Rating)
Eyeing Up the Small Glass	134
Telescopes (Rating)
Everything's Just Ducky	136
Hunting (Equipment, Rating), Duck shooting
I've Been Caught	156
Fly fishing (Social aspects, Humor, satire, etc), Dating (Social customs) (Humor, satire, etc)

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