From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Locked and Loaded in the Parks

February 26, 2010

This week was a successful week for defenders of the Second Amendment. Don’t breathe too big of sigh of relief. There’s still a large crowd out there hoping to take your right to own away, but we have to revel when triumphs occur.
On Feb. 22 a Congress-approved law went into effect allowing loaded firearms in [...]

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How Did We Ever Live Without…?

February 26, 2010

You don’t even have to be as old as me to utter the phrase, “How did we ever live without (fill-in-the-blank)?”  Some of the blank fillers in my lifetime are microwave ovens, fax machines, anti-lock brakes (on cars where the brakes actually work), cell phones, DVDs, MP3s, Iphones, Blackberries, and on and on and on.
Sometimes in [...]

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Forget Australia for Bunnies, Head to Florida for Snakes

February 24, 2010

Scrub your plans for Australia to help out with the bunny conundrum going on there. We have problems right here in the good old U.S.A. Yes, nonnative snakes have taken hold in Florida and these aren’t just everyday garter snakes. These are monstrous, poodle-choking, cat-gripping, gator-gulping Burmese pythons. And it’s only now that the authorities [...]

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Confessions of a Not-So-Reformed Gun Auction Lurker

February 24, 2010

“Lurker.” Sounds sinister, doesn’t it? This is the type of guy who hangs around back alleys and shadowy doorways. He’s always there, but you can never see his face. Yes, until last week, I was a “lurker” on GunBroker.com one of my all-time favorite websites.
Fantasy Island for a gun nut would be a place with [...]

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Who Are You Gonna Call? Elmer Fudd!

February 22, 2010

Do you have a hunger for hasenpfeffer? Are your beagles bored due to the lack of bunnies in your backyard? Is Elmer Fudd your bunny-hunting hero? If you haven’t reached your fill of bunny hunting yet this season, have I got a deal for you.
First, book a ticket to Australia. Next, be sure to have [...]

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It’s a Wrap

February 19, 2010

We wrapped the latest edition of “You Call The Shots” in record time. It went more smoothly than creamy-style peanut butter thanks to the great production crew at North American Hunter. I actually had a bad feeling when my trip kicked off with a series of unlucky omens. For starters, the flight crew failed to [...]

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BOGgear TAC, XSR & Switcheroo — SHOT Show’s Best New Products (Part 8)

February 19, 2010

I spent the last few days enjoying an event that’s one of the highlights of my year – taping the season’s “You Call the Shots” segments for North American Hunter TV at the Clubhouse on the grounds of ATK Federal. It’s fun because it’s a break from the dreariness of midwinter in Minnesota and brings [...]

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You Call the Shots

February 18, 2010

Yes, it’s time again for my annual trek to the Minneapolis area to meet up with the gang from North American Hunter. We’re filming the entire roundup of the “You Call The Shots” segments for all of 2010 this week. We’ll be filming on the premises of ATK or many of you might be more [...]

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Federal Prairie Storm & Black Cloud Snow Goose — SHOT Show’s Best New Products (Part 7)

February 17, 2010

Just a few seasons back, the Federal Flitecontrol Wad revolutionized turkey hunting. The patterns it produces are so tight you danged well better have sights or a scope on your shotgun so you can aim it as precisely as a rifle when that longbeard steps inside of 20 yards. Loaded into the “traditionally-too-small-for-turkeys” 20 gauge, [...]

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Helping Out the Next Generation of Hunters

February 15, 2010

Over the weekend I ended up in Rapid City, South Dakota, for one of my daughter’s skating competitions. While I was there I had some business to complete. I’m working on an archery business article on how to run a shop better so I couldn’t think of a better example than Al Kraus who runs [...]

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