From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Happy New Year

December 31, 2009

It’s New Year’s Eve and you know what that means? Yes, you have to make resolutions for the New Year. Sure, you could quit smoking, lose weight, promise to live on a balanced budget or even go out on a limb and volunteer to help with world peace.or you could simply focus on the outdoors.
There’s [...]

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Looking for the Best Shot in America

December 30, 2009

Are you the best marksman in the country? Well here’s your chance to prove it and win $100,000 in the process. The History Channel is searching for someone with “mind-blowing” shooting skills to star in it’s first-ever competition show.
Whoever survives the casting process and earns a spot on the new show will get to shoot [...]

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Burning Down the House

December 28, 2009

We tried to fit it all in including an outing for coyotes, but the weather outside, well, as the old song goes, it was “frightful.” I’m sure many of you fought the huge winter storm crossing the midsection of the country and that same system wrapped back into the edge of the West bringing plunging [...]

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Keep Your Powder Dry

December 25, 2009

The final days of the muzzleloader deer season in southeast Minnesota should have been terrific. The region got 17 inches of snow the night before we arrived and the bottom dropped out of the thermometer. We were on a great farm that had seen almost no hunting pressure the entire year. Food plots of standing [...]

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2009

I’m hoping you’re just checking this blog briefly as you prepare for the Christmas holiday. I’ll keep this blog short so you don’t miss out on the egg nog at the office holiday party or the Chex party mix at home.
First, be safe wherever you travel and keep a wary eye on the weather. We’re [...]

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When It Comes to Game Laws: Who Do You Trust?

December 23, 2009

In a survey this fall, Southwick Associates asked anglers and hunters what is their most trusted source for conservation information. Not surprisingly, the result was sportspeople most rely on their state fish and wildlife agencies for this kind of info. Of the 2,771 anglers surveyed, 54.4 percent reported state fish and wildlife agencies were their [...]

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Having Fun With Relatives

December 21, 2009

My nephew Spencer is set to arrive in another day along with his little sister Bailey. My brother and his wife are joining us for a Rocky Mountain Christmas. We’ll be joined by my other brother and my parents. Now back to my nephew. He’s five and already becoming an avid outdoor person. My brother [...]

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There's Still A Lot of Hunting Left

December 18, 2009

A bunch of you are going to have some time off in the next two weeks. I’m taking a few personal days as well. With time off don’t forget that some of the best hunting of the year is still going on. I recently wrote about late-season deer hunting (Dec. 11) and coyote hunting (Dec. [...]

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5 Top Tips for Cold Weather Deer Hunting

December 18, 2009

The calendar says cold weather should be here already, and it will probably show up before the final gun sounds on the 2009-10 deer hunting season. So here are some quick tips to help you stay warm on the stand in the season’s final days:
1) Wear an insulated hat. Most places ball caps are standard [...]

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Litter Box Train Your Deer

December 16, 2009

I was well into my second mug of caffeine-jolting java the other morning when I almost spit up a mouthful while catching a story on the CBS Early Show. There, right before my redneck-trained eyes, was a deer on TV living with a family right in their house!
I kid you not! Approximately five years ago [...]

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I Told You it Was Coyote Time

December 14, 2009

I was already decked out in my snow camouflage when the bus rolled to a stop in our driveway last Friday. Yes, I’m still suffering from hunting withdraw like a dependent trying to kick an addiction. By noon the computer screen was getting blurry and by 3 p.m. my head was slumping into the screen. [...]

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The Time is Now For Late-Season Success

December 11, 2009

It’s the weekend and if you’re lucky enough to live in the northern half of the country where the snow smacked home the hardest, and have an open tag, make a plan to go hunting. Some areas of the Midwest and Northeast have seen more than a foot of snow with temperatures dipping from the [...]

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Tale of a Giant Muley

December 9, 2009

Honest, this isn’t a tale in the sense that it is fictional, unless of course the hunter involved was telling a hunting yarn. In late October I swung home to grab some gear before continuing my 2009 North American Hunting Tour. While stopping by the local sporting goods outlet, Rocky Mountain Discount Sports (307-672-3418), to [...]

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It's Coyote Time

December 7, 2009

Sure it’s still whitetail season and I’m going to blog about late-season in the very near future, but it’s also time to think about coyotes and here’s why. If you want to find success you need to get out early while there are still a few uneducated coyotes left. Every day you wait means less [...]

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Kayser Clampett Returns Home

December 3, 2009

After wrapping up Cole’s hunt at the end of November it was time to go home for the first time of any amount for more than 40 days. I loaded my truck back up with enough gear to make Jed Clampett jealous and headed west.
It was kind of weird. I was doubtful whether the cats [...]

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