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Offline billy_56081

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best outdoor magazine?
« on: November 02, 2009, 09:35:32 AM »
I'd have to give my vote to Fur Fish and Game. I like the magazine because the writers and stories are about practical outdoors stories. There is not a lot of glitz and glam just regular guys on regular hunts. I also like the serial stories and always look forward to the next chapter.

So what are your favorites and why?
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2009, 02:47:18 PM »
ANother thing I have always liked about FFG is it doesn't seem like they are trying to sell me something in every story.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2009, 03:22:03 PM »
I really don't have a favorite, I enjoy reading most all outdoor magazines. I have been a long time subscriber to Shooting Times. I think since the late 70's. I used to save them and look back at different articles about a certain firearm or load, but they began to take up to much space.
I have subscribed to Guns and Ammo, Handgunner, Hand Guns, fur fish and game, yes this is a good magazine,  Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Pa Game News (loved Ned Smith's art work on the covers) I still have some of those saved. I never checked to see if they are worth much. North American Whitetail, yes I liked to look at the pictures of monster bucks in this magazine and dream. Also longtime member of NRA. I would have to say of the NRA magazines I like American Rifleman the best. I just wish I could remember everything I've read in these magazines. As time rolls by rememberin ain't gettin any better.           
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2009, 03:26:07 PM »
Eastmans and Eastmans Bowhunting.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2009, 03:28:18 PM »
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2009, 07:35:51 AM »
Quote from: Swampman on November 02, 2009, 03:28:18 PM
Backwoodsman


 +1 It's the only one I subscribe to anymore.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2009, 07:50:33 AM »
I read:
Sports Afeild (General Hunting)
Double Gun Journal (Side by sides and single shot)
Sporting Classics (neat stories)
Shooting Sportsman (Shot gun mag
and have bought the last two issues of the African Gazette I have seen. (African Hunting- I want to go someday
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2009, 09:22:52 AM »
I like Petersons hunting, but like a lot of magazines it seems like most of the stories are and advertisment.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2009, 12:14:04 PM »
Quote from: billy_56081 on November 13, 2009, 09:22:52 AM
I like Petersons hunting, but like a lot of magazines it seems like most of the stories are and advertisment.

I'm a Peterson's guy also, Yes, the stories are a lot like an ad at times, but you get that from a lot of mags. For the most part I do like the magazine though.  Peterson's Hunting and American Hunter (NRA) are pretty much the only 2 I read.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2009, 12:29:30 PM »
I read the three NRA magazines. Not because they are the best, but rather because between all the members of the NRA in my family, we get them all. I must say though, I really enjoy the articles by John Barsness in NRA's American Rifleman. After you read the article, you can go over to the 24 Hour Campfire and ask questions or make comments about the article directly to Mr. Barsness. He gives you an answer too. Overall though, I think it's kind of a waste of money to buy the soft covered magazines because you can usually end up going to their website and read most of each issue, although you might have to wait until a few months after that particular issue has been released. When I was a teen, I couldn't wait for the time of the month that my Motocross Action and Dirt Bike Mags were delivered.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2009, 12:39:49 PM »
Most magazines of any type are just suitable for outhouse use and lining birdcages anymore, especially after being 'read' once (which usually takes all of 3 minutes).

Except Backwoodsman Magazine by Charlie Richie. That is a real fine magazine, and the ONLY one I know of that you can sell later for more than what you paid for it.

Don't confuse it with Backwoods Home or anything else. Get the real thing.
http://www.backwoodsmanmag.com/
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2009, 01:06:22 PM »
 ;)the only magazine I take full time is Fur-Fish-Game, for the reasons already stated by others... Once in a while I buy Double Gun Journal if Ross Syiedfreed has an article in it. Once in a while Shooting Sportsman, but it is lately a bunch of high class hunts in lodges that are beyond my $$$$... I also once in a while purchase Varmit Hunter, but it has made p. dog shooting so popular here in this area, that most of the free hunting is now gone....  Used to take all or many of the gunzines, but the current crop of writers leaves much to be desired if one had access to Hagel, Keith, and to some degree O"Connor....   >:( >:(
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2009, 02:32:26 PM »
I only take two now, long since gave up on the "experts of the gun rags". Mine are Backwoodsman, and Fur Fish & Game. Neither (well maybe a little in FF&G) really try to sell you anything except how to information.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2009, 03:12:39 PM »
Fur Fish and Game has a great story about a soldier trying to trap a jackal in Iraq this month. I really enjoy FFG.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2009, 03:08:02 AM »
I gave up on outdoor magazines several years ago. They just quit being interesting. I've gotten the same way about most gun rags too.

After reading the posts about FFG I think I'll pick up a copy the next time I go to town. On second thought Hastings and Hobby Lobby are next door to each other. I'll just sit down in Hastings and read the magazine while my wife does her Hobby Lobby thing.  ;D
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2010, 03:28:59 PM »
I liked the early issues of South Dakota Conservation Digest. very good read.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2010, 04:44:24 PM »
Gotta go with Fur-Fish-Game. The how to articles are great.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2010, 05:15:52 PM »
I've suscribed to a lot of magazines over the years...but the only rag that I think is worth collecting and keeping each issue is FFG.
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2010, 03:10:35 AM »
my favorites are ffg and predator xtreme
i think predator is a lil better in the information and how toos
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Re: best outdoor magazine?
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2010, 03:57:26 AM »
Quote from: Ron 1 on May 18, 2010, 03:10:35 AM
my favorites are ffg and predator xtreme
i think predator is a lil better in the information and how toos
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