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

THE TERRIFIC .22S • RECENTLY INTRODUCED .22-CALIBER CENTERFIRES ARE REDEFINING THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS CLASS OF CARTRIDGES, BUT CAN THEY REALLY REPLACE OLDER FAVORITES?

THE WINTER-TO-SPRING TRANSITION • AS COLD WEATHER EASES ITS GRIP, FISHING HEATS UP AROUND THE COUNTRY.

ARE HUNTERS BECOMING TOO EFFECTIVE? • THAT’S THE CENTRAL QUESTION IDAHO IS ASKING AS IT CONSIDERS LIMITATIONS ON HUNTING TECHNOLOGY.

Man’s Best Friend, COYOTES’ WORST ENEMY • A DECOY DOG BECOMES A COYOTE HUNTER’S SECRET WEAPON, AFTER SOME HELP FROM AN OLD PARTNER.

IN THE LAND OF THE BLUE BULLS • PURSUING DEVIL-HORNED ANTELOPE IN THE THORNY BORDERLANDS OF TEXAS PRODUCES EXCITING OFF-SEASON HUNTING AND EXCEPTIONAL WILD MEAT.

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

THE COTTONTAIL Club • SEVEN STRATEGIES FOR WINTERTIME RABBITS

Blizzard of BUSHYTAILS • WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD, DYED-IN-THE-WOOL PENNSYLVANIA SQUIRREL HUNTERS GET SERIOUS.

MAINE EVENT • FOR SOME, MAINE SMELT CAMPS ARE SIMPLY AN EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND BEND ELBOWS WITH THEIR BUDDIES ON A CHILLY NIGHT. FOR OTHERS, IT’S THE CONTINUATION OF A LONG AND STORIED TRADITION.

SPRING SNOWS • HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SNOW GEESE ARE HEADED TO NEW YORK. HERE’S HOW TO GREET THEIR ARRIVAL.

PERCH POINTERS • HOW AND WHERE TO GET IN ON ONE OF THE BEST HARD-WATER BITES OF THE YEAR

BASSAPALOOZA! • AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA’S LAKE ANNA, ANGLERS COME FOR THE LARGEMOUTHS AND STAY FOR THE STRIPERS.

STUDYING THE SLAM • A DECADES-LONG PURSUIT OF WILD TURKEYS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA CREATES MEMORIES AND TEACHES LESSONS ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SIX BREEDS.

The Secrets of PYRAMID • GIGANTIC LAHONTAN CUTTHROAT TROUT LURK IN THIS NEVADA LAKE, AND THEIR STORIED PAST IS AS INTRIGUING AS THEIR SIZE.

Colt CBX TAC HUNTER • A NEW BOLT-ACTION RIFLE FROM AN ICONIC GUNMAKER COMBINES HUNT-DRIVEN AND PRECISION-FOCUSED FEATURES.

Nosler WHITETAIL COUNTRY • A NEW LINE OF AMMUNITION PROVIDES DEER HUNTERS WITH TOP-SHELF PERFORMANCE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.

RABBITS AND TROUBLE • GOING OUT IS MUCH EASIER THAN GETTING BACK.