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Fix Your Slice by Starting With the Clubface, Not the Swing

The ball starts where the face points and curves away from the path. Fix those two things in that order and the slice has nowhere to live.

GuideFishingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Read a Fish Finder Right and Skip the Features You Won't Use

A 20-degree cone in 20 feet of water sees a circle seven feet wide. Everything else you need to know follows from that.

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GuideOutdoorsSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

How Far Kids Can Really Hike and How to End the Day Happy

Distances by age, a snack schedule that works, and the one rule that decides whether your kid ever asks to go again.

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The Chunk and the Skull Are the Same Bad Chip

One flaw causes both misses around the green. Fix your low point, pick a smarter club, and stop giving away four shots a round.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Size Limits, Slot Limits and the Rules That Keep Fish Coming

Why the state tells you to throw back the 30-inch redfish and keep the 24, and how to stay legal without reading a 90-page booklet.

GuideOutdoorsNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Hiking Alone as a Woman Starts the Night Before

A trip plan somebody actually reads, a turn-around time you keep, and the gear that earns its weight when the light goes early.

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Buying Your First Set of Golf Clubs Without Wasting Money

You need eight clubs, not fourteen, and the used rack beats the new rack almost every time. What to buy, what to skip, what to check before you hand over cash.

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GuideFishingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Buying a Used Fishing Boat Without Buying Somebody's Problem

The engine, the transom and the trailer decide whether you bought a bargain or a driveway ornament. Check them in that order.

GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The First Hour After You Realize You Are Lost

Most search-and-rescue stories are decided before the sun goes down, by what you do in the sixty minutes after the trail stops looking like a trail.

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

One Hour a Week of Golf Practice, Spent Where It Pays

Forty of those sixty minutes belong inside 40 yards of the hole. Here's the schedule, the drills, and the part most weekend players skip.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Kayak Fishing Without Going Swimming

Rig the boat so nothing is loose, dress for the water temperature, and learn the one move that lands a big fish without dumping you.

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Leave No Trace Before Somebody Turns It Into a Rule

The fastest way to lose a free, unpermitted, gate-open campsite is to leave it worse than you found it. Here's the practical version.

GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Four Putting Drills That Take Five Strokes Off Your Card

Your wasted shots aren't off the tee. They're the three-putt on 4 and the 4-footer you lipped out on 11. Twenty minutes fixes most of it.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Start Fly Fishing With One Rod and Two Casts

A 9-foot 5-weight, a lawn, a pond full of bluegill, and you can be catching fish on a fly by the weekend.

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Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

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The Ground Steals Your Heat Before the Air Ever Does

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Fix Your Grip, Stance and Posture Before Buying Another Driver

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GuideFishingSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

Take a Kid Bluegill Fishing and Be Home in Ninety Minutes

A five-foot rod, a red-and-white bobber, half a nightcrawler, and a hard stop before anybody gets bored. That's the whole program.

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Read a Topo Map and Shoot a Bearing Before Your Phone Dies

Lithium batteries quit in the cold and GPS quits under cliffs. A paper quad and a $40 baseplate compass never do. Learn them now, not in the fog.

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