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Sitting at Les Schwab. Just finished reading a Field & Stream magazine.I was wondering what are you favorite outdoor magazines to read and why?
I couldn't agree with you more Critter. I LOVED LOVED LOVED those you mentioned growing up. I really enjoy the state publications. Nebraska Game and Parks does a REALLY GREAT magazine called NebraskaLand that highlights the fishing, hunting, and state parks. It is 10 issues a year, with no advertisements. The articles are real writing - not blog posts. And the photography is exceptional. It has been almost 15 years since I left "The Good Life" in Nebraska, but it is one magazine I still take. Montana Game Fish and Parks also does a really good one.A lot of you would of loved the Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Sports Afield, and others that were out there back in the 60's and 70's when writers knew how to write and the magazines were filled with stories and how to do it rather than advertising. I started thinning out my subscriptions when Sports Afield went in the direction away from hunting and fishing but then it came back to it's roots. Anymore the only ones that I actually get and read are Rock Mountain Game & Fish, Colorado Outdoors, and Arizona Wildlife Views. The last two are put out by the same publisher but only concentrate on their respective states. While they have advertising in them they are not loaded with it. I wished that Utah would do one but they don't.
Well hells bells, you must be my wife's long lost brother. Her memory is about as long as my....uh you know....seriously I am concerned she has early dementia or Alzheimer but can't get her to go have a head scan to find out. Even my daughter is starting to notice the short term memory issues and bring it up to my wife but she gets very defensive about it. Very frustrating.Only have one magazine; a July 2005 Outdoor Life, the "Rocky Mountain Big Game Forecast" edition.
I have short term memory problems so I can read it today and then tomorrow read it again and enjoy it just as well................over and over and over.
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I agree and the latest TU magazine (summer 2015) is the best one that I've ever read. The story on native trout demographics is just fantastic.The only one I get anymore is the Trout Unlimited quarterly magazine. It varies some, but it usually has some good reads and photography and every now and again, there is something thought provoking. I look forward to its arrival. ...................................................................
Yes it was. I also liked the article about the "Radical Angler". I found it quite thought provoking. I'm not sure that I agree with the author that mainstream environmentalists accept the conservationist sportsman as full "equals" under the Green umbrella, but it gave me something to think about after reading the article, as did the native trout story. I like that.I agree and the latest TU magazine (summer 2015) is the best one that I've ever read. The story on native trout demographics is just fantastic.
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I also agree with Critter and GaryFish. I've written for five different national mags back in the 80's/90's. (I use to hunt/fish with one of the Outdoor Life editors so that helped a bit.) Outdoor Life, F & S, Sports Afield and Fur Fish and Game were filled with info and stories I loved. Now they're pretty boring.I couldn't agree with you more Critter. I LOVED LOVED LOVED those you mentioned growing up. I really enjoy the state publications. Nebraska Game and Parks does a REALLY GREAT magazine called NebraskaLand that highlights the fishing, hunting, and state parks. It is 10 issues a year, with no advertisements. The articles are real writing - not blog posts. And the photography is exceptional. It has been almost 15 years since I left "The Good Life" in Nebraska, but it is one magazine I still take. Montana Game Fish and Parks also does a really good one.