From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Don't Doubt It – Dogs Remember

March 31, 2010

If the premise of this blog is a bunch of hunters sharing stories around the campfire, then at least once in awhile you’d expect to hear some bragging – right? Well, with the accompanying picture taken by Tim Brandt of Federal on our snow goose hunt in Nebraska last week, I just can’t resist. This [...]

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Goodbye Noah

March 29, 2010

You’ve probably never heard of Noah and if it weren’t for this blog you may never even have known that there was a fish named Noah that lived in Pierre, South Dakota. I lived in the Pierre area for two decades and thus came to discover that a huge pacu had a home in the [...]

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A Disturbing Find

March 26, 2010

I’ve found some pretty peculiar items on my hikes and hunts over the years.
In addition to various antlers, dead critters and litter, I’ve stumbled upon cash, stowed camping gear (forgotten), graves, clothes and even illegal aliens. On a hike this week I discovered something that I hope was a hoax.
Sage and I were hiking near [...]

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Here's To The Shed Hunters

March 26, 2010

Here’s to the hunters of shed antlers … but I have to admit I’m not much of one myself.
I’ve tried. I really have, but this is just one form of hunting that I can’t find a passion for. It could be because the best shed hunting season falls at the same time as spring snow [...]

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Thinking Ahead This Turkey Season

March 24, 2010

Some of you are already knee-deep in turkey season. I know seasons started in parts of Georgia this past weekend. Others of you will be hitting the fields in the very near future. If you want to think ahead for the next spring season, I’m talking 2011, take action this spring.
Here’s what I’m proposing. When [...]

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Spring Snows – The Most Fickle Birds Flying

March 24, 2010

Just returned from the first snow goose hunt of spring 2010 in west central Nebraska with Jim Martinowski’s Central Nebraska Outfitters. We were taping a segment for the upcoming season of North American Hunter – TV on Versus with Rick Stoeckel and Tim Brandt of ATK/Federal. The primary purpose was to ring out their new [...]

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Hunters are a Giving Group

March 22, 2010

I’m fresh back from Iowa after participating in the Aiming for a Cure hunt to help children and their families that suffer from various forms of cancer. You already know that hunters give and give to fund conservation, and wildlife programs above and beyond any animal rights group. Heck, we tax ourselves! We also have a [...]

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Aiming for a Cure

March 19, 2010

This weekend I get to do something fun and hopefully benefit deserving recipients. I’m grabbing a flight to Iowa for the annual “Aiming For A Cure”
upland game hunt. The Aiming For A Cure Foundation is a group of committed individuals with a drive to help children and their families that suffer from various forms of [...]

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Running, Gunning and Feeling Turkey Hunting's Greatest Rush

March 19, 2010

Growing up in eastern Wisconsin in the 1970s and early 80s we didn’t have turkey hunting at home. Though the family’s small farm shared a line fence with the Kettle Moraine State Forest, wild turkeys weren’t reintroduced there until I was a teenager. A huntable population was years away.
While my dad was my greatest influence [...]

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Healthcare Consequences for Wildlife?

March 17, 2010

It’s hard to escape the healthcare fiasco and by the end of the week it sounds like the topic is going to be more explosive than a bottle of diet cola with a package of Mentos added in for spark. I’m not against healthcare reform, but let’s do it in a targeted and phased approach. [...]

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“Billy, Have You Ever Seen a Chachalaca?”

March 17, 2010

Though I’m not a big Hollywood fan or movie nut there are movie lines that live in nearly universal humor infamy. In the original “Airplane” Peter Graves’ pilot character Captain Clarence Oveur is seated in the cockpit next to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar playing co-pilot Roger Murdock. A young boy – Joey – is visiting the cockpit prior to take [...]

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The Ugly Side of Mother Nature

March 16, 2010

As spring begins to spread across the country it’s easy to overlook the uglier side of Mother Nature. It’s the side of her that rears her dreadful head in winter. If you don’t believe me, take a hike in your nearest wild area and you’ll see what I mean.
This weekend I spent much of the [...]

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A Sign of Things to Come?

March 12, 2010

If you followed the news this week you might have read the article reporting the death of young woman in Alaska. People die all the time, but officials in Chignik Bay, Alaska, say Candice Berner appeared to have been mauled to death by animals. The 32-year-old teacher was jogging along a rural road, attacked and [...]

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Scope for Turkey Gun Makes Sense

March 12, 2010

With the combination of today’s shotshell technology and custom chokes, shooting a shotgun for turkey hunting is much more akin to shooting a slug gun or even a rifle than it is to swinging a scattergun on flying game. Oddly enough the closer the range, the more that holds true.
To me the thrill in turkey hunting [...]

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Do You Hear What I Hear?

March 10, 2010

It’s become increasingly obvious on my recent drives through the countryside that a big event is about to take place. Yes, the turkeys are strutting and the morning gobbling is increasingly becoming a common sound at sunrise.
It’s the signal that turkey season is upon us or about to kick off.
In recent years my turkey hunting [...]

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