Increasingly, hikers hit the trail with just their smartphones and a pocketful of high expectations. After all, a smartphone imbues confidence and a sense of security, right, asks V. Paul Reynolds.

V. Paul Reynolds writes that membership to the Sportman’s Alliance of Maine has never meant more to Maine sportsmen and sportswomen.

At the moment of reckoning, when the pressure is on, let the shooter decide all by themselves when or when not to squeeze that trigger, V. Paul Reynolds writes.

By trial and error, you do learn what flies entice fish and what flies do not, writes V. Paul Reynolds.

In a deep-winter state like Maine, deer-wintering areas, or yards, are a critical component of deer survival.

The Hex hatch, or the Green Drake hatch, is long-awaited by all serious trout anglers. When these big ole mayflies materialize on the trout pond, it is a happening.

When the State Legislature adjourns shortly, it leaves in its wake almost a dozen new laws that affect Maine outdoors folks.