From the monthly archives:

March 2009

It's Turkey Season … Supposedly

March 30, 2009

Turkey season opens in my backyard this Wednesday. Am I going? If I can get Nanook of the North to visit me and let me borrow his sled and Huskies to get to my hunting location I’ll go.
Right now I can’t go anywhere unless it’s an emergency and my tractor starts. It’s snowing feet of [...]

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My Love/Hate Relationship With My Horses

March 27, 2009

I’m not a real cowboy in the fact that I rarely wrestle calves even though I have from time to time helped ranching pals at branding time. I’m just a guy who got suckered into horses by marrying a horse-loving wife.
Because of that I’m now a horseman. Since I was helping with chores and investing [...]

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Shed Hunting Vacation

March 25, 2009

Some people take a late winter vacation to the Caribbean. Some folks go to Mexico and lounge on the beach. Me, I’m loading my horses and going shed hunting for a few days.
It’s spring break, but you wouldn’t know it since there’s been a chance of snow every day. Even so, my son is accompanying [...]

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Boot Camp

March 24, 2009

Video 5: Hiking The Hills
Week Six
They’re talking about 50 degrees here on Sunday in tropical Minnesota! I know for most of you reading this that rates as a minor “whoopdy doo,” but for those of us in the North country, the first time in March the thermometer pushes past 50 is cause for major celebration.
Especially [...]

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Are They Coming For Your Guns?

March 23, 2009

Have you been receiving a flurry of e-mails regarding the new administration’s intentions and initial actions regarding firearms and ammunition? I have. I have no doubt we’re in for a fight based upon the history of people being placed in powerful positions.
I also have no doubt that when push comes to shove, Americans will rally [...]

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Shoot Some Cardboard

March 20, 2009

Do you need something to do this weekend? Shoot some cardboard. Turkey season is right around the corner so you need to get your shotgun out and pattern it. Most shotguns will kill a turkey out to 30 yards with little modification, but if you want a hot rod shotgun, you can modify it to [...]

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Surprise Around Every Corner

March 16, 2009

I know it’s difficult finding land to hunt these days. Just because you’re on TV doesn’t mean gates automatically open. In fact, I think sometimes it can be a detriment. That’s why this weekend it was a breath of fresh air to secure some new land for my kids’ turkey hunting activities.
I teamed up with [...]

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Good Morning America, Good Morning Mark Kayser

March 13, 2009

“Ah the weekend. It’s different on the weekend.” Those are the words of some weekend commentator on ABC’s “Good Morning America” weekend show. I can guarantee you that this weekend will be different at the Kayser home than at the home of that commentator. Since snow once again blankets my backyard I’m sticking around home [...]

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How Do You Become A Professional Hunter?

March 12, 2009

First off, thanks for all e-mails. It’s great to know someone is actually reading my ramblings. I’ve answered some directly, but this is one that is fired at me dozens of times a year so I decided to respond in group therapy. Here goes.
 
Whew! Home at last! What the heck? 1,376 e-mails?
“Mark,
I have been hunting [...]

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Top-Quality Pack: Looking For Advice From NAHC Members

March 12, 2009

For a lot of years, I’ve been well served by an old aluminum pack frame. Usually, I just hung a large day pack on the back of it and bungeed it in place. Then when there was meat, hide and horns to carry out, I’d just remove the day pack and strap the load in [...]

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Before and After

March 10, 2009

Don’t you love those “before” and “after” photos of people taking part in weight loss programs, plastic surgery procedures or even the new rage, colon cleansings (talk about people with too much time on their hands!).
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood and nobody is going to trip and stab themsevles on these antlers Kayser [...]

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Another Day at the Office(Yeah, But What An Office!)

March 6, 2009

When I stepped off the airplane at the Atlanta International Airport at midnight earlier this week, the wind chill took my breath away. When I left home it was 66 in Wyoming, but when I landed Atlanta was in the 20s. So much for an escape from winter.
A few hours later the warmth of friends, [...]

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On My Way!

March 6, 2009

Week Three
Just a few more days, and I’ll have put in a solid month at the gym. Only missed one day in all of February. Yes, it’s hard to make my feet hit the floor when the alarm goes off at 4:30 a.m., but I’ve got several things keeping it interesting.
First Emerson, who I introduced [...]

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"Octomom" And Coyotes

March 2, 2009

Are you tired of the press on the irresponsible behavior of the “Octomom?”
I am.
I could go on and on about her, but I feel too sorry for her family, especially the eight new additions, to start that rant.
I am hoping that the Octomom-craze bubbles over into the local coyote population. Hunting has been a little [...]

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