By Brent Frazee My dad and I had a complicated relationship. We were just different people. Dad liked to boast, and tell everybody around him just how much he knew. I rebelled against that. Looking back, maybe too much. But I loved the guy.  And I know he loved...

By Brent Frazee When Phil Taunton’s father passed away in 1995, he made a simple pledge to honor his memory. Taunton vowed to do everything he could to get kids outdoors, much the same as his father had. “Dad would always load the neighborhood kids into our station...

By Brent Frazee When I heard that bass-fishing legend Charlie Campbell passed away on April 19, my mind raced back to a spring day in 2008. I was in the boat with Charlie as he worked a bank on Table Rock Lake, and I saw how his eyes lit up every time he caught a...

By Brent Frazee Even when you’re playing it safe and staying home during this coronavirus outbreak, you can bring the outdoors indoors. Educators, conservation groups and businesses are coming up with some innovative ideas to share nature at a time when stay-at-home...

I’ve always believed that the outdoors lifestyle is an insurance policy in times of emergency. Hop into a fishing boat, hike far from the crowds, hunt in remote areas—that’s always been my plan for dealing with bad times. Government can’t shut down the outdoors, I...