29 Jan Season Reports Cold Weather! January 30, 2014 By Paul Ranft 1 comment Paul Ranft here: We have been hit with tons of snow and below normal temperatures this winter! This type of weather hits our wildlife h...Continue reading
15 Jan Season Reports Waiting for Spring January 15, 2014 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul Ranft here: Not a whole lot to do this time of year but wait until spring and do some shed hunting, keeping busy by doing some ice...Continue reading
07 Jan Season Reports Cold Weather! January 7, 2014 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul here, it's been about 20 below zero here and tons of snow, not a lot to to do except work! I hope it doesn't stay this way very ...Continue reading
18 Dec Season Reports Ice Fishing to Beat the Winter Blues October 9, 2014 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul Ranft here: Now that the hunting season is coming to a close, at least for me, I find myself looking for other outdoor activitie...Continue reading
19 Nov Season Reports Iowa deer report November 19, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments ive been guiding in Iowa for the past 3 weeks, my hunters have taken 6 bucks so far all big too. We have seen 8 bucks over 170 and tons...Continue reading
13 Nov Season Reports Iowa Report, November 13th November 13, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul here... It's going to be tough hunting now. The rut is in full swing and the big bucks are starting to get locked down with does. ...Continue reading
08 Nov Season Reports Iowa Report, November 8th November 13, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul here... So far the guys have seen 8 bucks over 170 and 15 bucks in the 150-160 range! Does are just now coming in, big bucks are w...Continue reading
06 Nov Season Reports Iowa Report, November 6th November 13, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul here... Bill Green from Michigan connected on this 140 class buck. He had seen 7 other bucks, including 2 that were bigger than th...Continue reading
02 Nov Season Reports Iowa Report, November 2nd November 13, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul here... have you ever seen a rub like this one? Bucks have rubbed this old cedar fence post in two! Guys are in camp and the weath...Continue reading
01 Nov Season Reports Paul’s Iowa Report, November 1st November 1, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments The weather has broken and the deer are starting the chase phase of the rut. We've been seeing tons of little bucks chasing. The big bu...Continue reading
30 Oct Season Reports Today’s Scouting Report from Iowa October 30, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Today is a rainy cold day. We placed lots of good stands back out and seen tons of big sign! Scrapes are everywhere and tons of rubs. I...Continue reading
30 Oct Season Reports Quick Update from Iowa October 30, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Paul here, my first day in Iowa we found corn standing everywhere. The good news is we drove around and checked our picked bean fields ...Continue reading
21 Oct Season Reports good eats! October 21, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Keep in mind this week coming up is the most productive week for killing giant whitetail, the reason is most bucks are on their feet lo...Continue reading
12 Oct Season Reports Duck Season Opener in Michigan October 14, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Its 6 am, opening day of our duck hunting season and we are all ready to go! Gonna leave the house in a few and drive to the lake an...Continue reading
23 Sep Season Reports Elk Hunt Report from Idaho September 23, 2013 By Paul Ranft 1 comment Lee and I (Paul) are sitting in the pouring rain elk hunting right now. Needless to say, nothing is moving. But we are very hopeful thi...Continue reading
09 Sep Season Reports String Came Off My Bow and Time is Running Out Before My Elk Hunt! September 9, 2013 By Paul Ranft 1 comment I was shooting my new BowTech the other day when I shot an arrow that had a broken nock! My string came off my bow and the arrow land...Continue reading
04 Sep Season Reports Idaho Elk Hunt September 5, 2013 By Paul Ranft 1 comment Lee and I are gearing up for an elk hunt in Idaho in mid September. I've been running all summer and shooting my bow. Practicing my elk...Continue reading
12 Aug Season Reports Running and Running August 13, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Still trying to get in shape for an up coming Elk hunt in Idaho Lee and I are going on in September, can't wait! Continue reading
17 Jul Season Reports NextBuk Crew Goes Walleye Fishing on Lake Erie July 17, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments It was nice spending time with the Nextbuk crew. We went fishing on Lake Erie and caught some walleyes... just wish we could have had m...Continue reading
02 Jul Season Reports staying in shape July 2, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments With fall rapidly approaching we all tend to forget about staying in shape, it doesn't take much but we need to do some sort of ac...Continue reading
19 Jun Season Reports Walleye are jumping in the boat! June 24, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments The fishing on lake Erie has been out of this world!! We have put limits on the boat every weekend with tons of happy clients. All th...Continue reading
03 Jun Season Reports last day for Iowa points or applying for a tag June 3, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments Last day to apply for an Iowa deer tag or preference point!Continue reading
03 Jun Season Reports Mushroom hunting with your best friend September 11, 2023 By Paul Ranft 0 comments This year wasn't the best for finding lots of mushrooms but it was the best because my grandson was with me, hope your season went as w...Continue reading
20 May Season Reports Iowa tags May 20, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments -- Paul Ranft2325 Lake St.Niles, MI. 49120 www.theoutfittersonline.comC 269-930-6301 H 269-683-1240Remember you have to apply for your ...Continue reading
09 May Season Reports spring scouting May 9, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments By now most of us has been out in the woods looking for mushrooms, turkey hunting or shed hunting. I wanted to remind everyone how impo...Continue reading
22 Apr Season Reports Lake Erie Walleye report April 22, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments With fall hunting season still months away their is plenty of activities to keep us busy, like Walleye Fishing!I have gone out and got ...Continue reading
18 Mar Season Reports The Best Turkey Recipe March 19, 2013 By Paul Ranft 1 comment I know their are tons of ways to get this springs gobbler and even more dvd's out there to show you how to get one. But none with a gre...Continue reading
13 Mar Season Reports Trapping Season Ends March 13, 2013 By Paul Ranft 0 comments I've been trapping most of my life and have loved every minute of it. When I first started it helped me pay off student loans. Now, tra...Continue reading