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What about the apartment for your DHBP buddies who might want to hunt elk or chase trout? We don't need much. Cold running water, a bunk, and a space heater would do.

Similar coat but a much longer hunting pedigree if you can find an Irish Water Spaniel. Think a bigger-than-Springer spaniel, with a wooly and curly coat. Looked at them hard as a potential waterfowl/partridge/woocock dog for me and my allergies, but alas they still made me sneeze. Fell in...

We were out Saturday fighting ice hard on the salt. Saw nothing but buffleheads in what little open water we had to work with. I'm sure it's opened up again now, but Thursday-Friday-Saturday look cold again.

It'll mostly be for local pike fishing the infested lakes down around Augusta. My blood will be on the ice no matter what!

Great offer, but I'm thinking electric myself. See above--I'll use the drill for other things. A gas auger will just sit in the barn and collect mouse shit and dust all spring/summer/fall.

Edited to add that a Milwaukee M-18 brushless drill with 3 5 amp-hour batteris is on sale at Home Depot now for under $300. Unlike a gas auger, that's something I would use the rest of the year anyway. If I go that route--tell me about the different kinds of drill mounted augurs . . . . .

I don't ice fish much, but I do get out a couple of times per year. I've been using an old Mora auger for years, but arthritis in my elbow from an old car accident injury puts that off the table. I'm going to drill a few holes, probably never more than 10, for tip-ups and a jig stick or two...

Filson Tin Cloth's status as the best outdoor waterproof gear kind of fizzled once Goretex and other waterproof breathables hit the stores. Maybe back when Grundens and Helly Hansen came out with the good PVC coated stuff. Like bamboo fly rods and fine double guns, it's still functional gear...

Yes please! Or even a boat of the week to get through winter and mud season.

I miss snook fishing, and I've only done it a handful of times. Unlike ice fishing, it can be done in sandals and shorts.

Ever poured in auto antifreeze to keep the holes open? Never done it, but sure saw it back in the day.

I'm kind of disappointed that Tod Osier has not chimed in with a photo of a shotgun-blasted Mojo. Those were common in my early days here.

A shoe maker or shoe repair shop may also be able to help with that repair. A local cobble has helped me with heavy canvas and leather repair.

Those are really cool!

Finally, sad to see that Arkansas has ended their ban on motorized decoys. As a former poster here once said to me, the problem with spinning wings and other similar devices is that they make ducks do things ducks don't do, and land in places they otherwise wouldn't be. One of my favorite Aldo...

And, if only I could have one of those ass-blaster motion decoys, I'm sure I'd enjoy my hunting a lot more.

I've said this before, and I know it's controversial, but there is a lot to be said for no motor zones, HP limits, and the like to address these issues. To give just one example, Maine's Merrymeeting Bay has been heavily gunned for many generations. For as long as I am aware, it has had special...

On days when the black ducks and mallards are moving mostly as singles or small groups, a classic "spread" here is a group of 2 or three magnum black ducks separated by 15-20 yards from a pair of magnum mallards. (It's Maine, so the preferred decoys are George Soule LL Bean corks.) Birds tend...

Darn Tough are fantastic, but they run small, both in the foot and over the calf. I'm size 16 EE, and I couldn't wear them even if they didn't also constrict my calves badly. For other Sasquatch-types, these are fantastic. Warm, large, stay up despite the looser calf constriction...

If you are going with 10' the Mini Mee and the Silver Streak look interesting. Note the weight capacity for the Mini Mee 10--318 pounds. It's a one man boat, and a big guy better not have much gear or shoot anything bigger than a couple of geese. I didn't see a weight capacity for the 12...