Outdoors
Fishing at Its Best
The Great Outdoors Presented by: Mark’s Outdoors A day in search of a big catch is the perfect way to create quality time with family and friends while enjoying God’s great outdoors. To make the most of your next fishing trip, consider taking a few minutes to learn about the latest in fishing equipment. At …
Good Dirt: Lessons Learned While Planting
The Great Outdoors At the beginning of April, Banks and I planted red potatoes and onions in the garden. I can’t remember the exact kind of red potato, but I do remember the onions—Vidalias. Sweet and mild, they’re the marquee name in onions. We planted those potatoes and onions in the same garden spot our …
Dad & The Outdoors
The Great Outdoors Looking for that perfect Father’s Day gift? The staff at Mark’s Outdoors is ready to assist you in finding a gift Dad will love and use. Besides being a one stop shop for hunting and fishing needs, Mark’s also carries a wide variety of lifestyle products for the husband or father in …
Midnights & Mayflies
The Great Outdoors Mayflies covered nearly the entire inside of my Paw Paw’s boathouse. Most were clutching desperately to the 2 x 4 stud walls and clinging perilously to the old metal siding. I didn’t much like to go in that old boat shed. Enclosed on three sides, the only electric source of light hung …
Train Them Up
The Great Outdoors My wife’s father was a big, barrel-chested man of tall stature with a booming voice. He commanded a room, and admittedly, I was regularly intimidated by his presence when Hannah and I first started dating. As time passed, and roots grew deeper in our relationship, his presence in my life grew more …
The Success of a Call
The Great Outdoors Spring turkey season kicks off March 25, 2025. Whether this is your first season or your fifteenth, one thing all turkey hunters agree upon is that turkey hunting takes work- especially perfecting your call. No matter what type of call you use, we are all trying to achieve one common goal, letting …
From Deer Season to Turkey Season
The Great Outdoors presented by: Mark’s Outdoors Deer Season Ends… February brings the end to yet another deer season and hopefully everybody had a bountiful one! When you pick up your meat from the processor, if you run out of room in the freezer or have more meat than you can use, share your harvest. …
45 Years of Equipping Families to Enjoy the Great Outdoors!
The Great Outdoors presented by: Mark’s Outdoors A special thanks from the family at Mark’s Outdoors for allowing us to serve you for 45 years! Our doors opened in January of 1980 as a small tackle store and has expanded to what you see today! From five employees and less than 2,000 square feet to …
Lessons Learned in the Pruning Process
Great Outdoors Thunderfoot. That was my daughter Bay’s nickname because of how heavy her foot planted with each step across the hardwood floors of our old house. One day, those steps came pounding down the hall toward our bedroom. My dad sonar also picked up the familiar, yet much more subtle, pinging of her little …
