2009 Outdoors Magazine Editorial Calendar

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Each month Outdoors Magazine shines its spotlight on different areas of the outdoors world. Features and sub-features are multiple page spreads written by select experts in their fields. In addition to features and sub-features, each month Outdoors Magazine has over 40 columns written by real guides, industry experts, and the best in their fields. Our staff are die-hards who take the time out of their lives hunting and fishing to write. 
(Elk Publishing reserves the right to change the 2009 Outdoors Magazine Editorial Calendar without prior notification.)

Feature: The Greatest Hunters You Never Heard Of:
From PA to Maine, The best hunters in the East are not necessarily the ones everyone knows by name
Sub-Feature: 20 Tips To Ice More Fish

Feature: Best Hunting Stories of 2008:
A look at some of the region’s biggest bucks and the hunters that brought them home
Sub-Feature: Addicted To Hare Hunting

Feature: Predators On The Prowl:
Hunting tactics that take down coyotes
Sub-Feature: The “Death March”:
When tracking, the last 50 yards will often spell success and failure

Feature: Early Season Trout Tricks:
How the guides catch fish
Sub-Feature: Must-Know Turkey Calls

Feature: 10 Steps To Kill A Monster Tom:
Anyone can do it
Sub-Feature: Monster Brook Trout In Your Backyard:
Where the big boys live

Feature: Hunting Behind Fences:
Blood sport or fair chase?
Sub-Feature: 25 Tricks To Win Fishing Derbies

Feature: Blood, Bulls, & Karma:
How to bag the biggest bull anywhere
Sub-Feature: Top 100 Flies For Fishing The East:
We asked the best trout guides in the East and were shocked by their answers

Feature: Right Time—Right Place:
Making it happen in the deer woods
Sub-Feature: Exposed:
Stories of the region’s biggest deer poachers

Feature: Special Bow Hunting Issue:
To include stories on the regions biggest bow kills ever, scouting wisdom, stand tactics, food plot information, etc.

Feature: Hunt Smarter—Scout Better—Score More
Sub-Feature: Guide’s Tips For Lake Ontario Salmon

Feature: Making Sense Of Scents:
What every hunter needs to know
Sub-Feature: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?:
Knowing when to sit and when to move is more than a guessing game

Feature: Tricks The Benoits Have Never Told:
An Outdoors Magazine exclusive
Sub-Feature: Deer Calls In The East:
Gimmick or untapped potential?

Breaking News:
In addition to features and over 40 columns each month, Outdoors Magazine is on the cutting edge of delivering breaking news to hunters across the East. Whether it is a new record whitetail, 10-pound brook trout,  500-pound bear, or anti-sportsmen legislation, Outdoors has set the  standard for getting the story out to the public and providing them the details of who, what, where, and how before others in the industry even know it happened.

Whitetail Experts:
Outdoors Magazine has put together the best team in the East for providing deer hunters what they need to know in the whitetail woods; from tracking advice to rut predictions to habitat development. The Benoit Family, R.G Bernier, Craig Dougherty, & Hal Blood are just a few of our regular contributors.

Fishing:
The Outdoors Magazine writing staff includes some of the area’s biggest names when it comes to putting fish in the net. Master fly fishermen Bill Cairns is one of the countries most respected authorities on the subject, Ed Noonan is one of New York’s most recognized names when it comes to bass and his wisdom extends far beyond the Empire State, Mike Seymour is a full-time fishing guide, and Bill Hilts has covered the Lake Ontario region for years and knows who he needs to talk to for the latest information.

Outdoor Experts:
Other regular contributors include Master Maine Guide Bob Howe—the man some have called Maine’s best all-around guide, champion archer Todd Mead, nationally know dog trainer Alex Sparks, professional waterfowl guide Bradley Carleton, best selling turkey authority Bob Humphreys, travel expert Glenn Dunning, public land hunting guru Dan Ladd, Maine’s top female bear guide Kimberly Lyons, gun specialist Paul Larochelle, and other regional experts in PA, NY, VT, Maine, and NH.