Outdoors

Lake Life 24/7 • 24th October 2022

Up the creek … with a paddleboard – LakeLife 24/7 Magazine

“Paddleboards are like a surfboard. Nose at the front, tail at the back. The most stable part is the middle of the board where the handle is at, so that’s where you’ll stand up.”

Alabama Alive • 18th May 2019

BullRiding

Despite broken bones and head injuries, Alabama cowboys can't get enough of the 8-second adrenaline rush.

Alabama Alive! • 11th May 2019

Humminbird

Since the mid-1970s a small device manufactured in the picareque town of Eufala has put fish all over the globe on notice - the world's fishermen are coming to get you.

Discover St. Clair • 6th February 2019

St. Clair Outdoors

The promise of another spring is just around the corner. Time to shake off the fog of winter, as well as the handful of pounds many gained waiting for the wet, cold and gray misery of winter to finally come to an end. Spring is a time to put the remote control down, shut off the cell phone, get outdoors, learn a new skill, and, most

Discover St. Clair • 5th April 2018

Gone Fishing

Few things in life are as secretive as people who fish often. Seriously, getting a fisherman – or fisherwoman – to give their closely-guarded secrets is like trying to track the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa. However, in this issue of Discover St. Clair, a handful of local fishing experts are divulging their secret fishing holes on Logan Martin, Henry Neely and the Coosa River for the first time in recorded history (may be an exaggeration, if only slight one).

Discover St. Clair • 9th August 2012

A Day at the Rodeo

The sun beats down on a stretch of gravel road and grass near Odenville as two men sit on some wooden bleachers next to a structure they hope will become the best unkept secret in St. Clair County.

Discover St. Clair • 1st March 2012

Pure Flight

St. Clair residents revel in the thrill of hang gliding.

Good Grit Magazine • 17th December 2018

The Right to Bear Hugs

In the fall of 2001, Jim Hardy, an avid outdoorsman, was high above the ground perched in a tree stand on his family's farm when the structure gave way. Jim, then a 24-year-old student at Auburn University and in the prime of his life, fell 22 feet to the earth below,

Thicket • 7th January 2018

Good Hunting

The Alabama Quail Trail works to preserve native quail habitat and the tradition of quail hunting.

LongLeaf Style • 7th January 2018

Gun Smoke and Quail Feathers

Many Alabama outdoorsmen remember a time when getting a group of guys together on the weekend for a day of quail hunting was as normal as breathing.

Discover St. Clair • 14th December 2017

The Ponderosa

Feature story on The Ponderosa, a private hunting lodge owned by a handful of friends from Pell City, Alabama. Published in Discover St. Cla...

Discover St. Clair • 13th February 2013

Tricky Fishing

Springtime in St. Clair County: fresh air, blue skies, green grass and, of course, fishing — lots and lots of fishing. By the time the ol’ groundhog’s predictions have taken...

Discover St. Clair • 4th August 2011

Catfish Noodling

The following activities are illegal or prohibited in the State of Alabama: Bear wrestling matches, to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant, to wear a fake mustache that causes...