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Elk Camp

August 30, 2010

Many of you will be sitting in treestands this coming week with the opener of bowhunting seasons for deer occurring across the country. A few of you will be stalking mule deer and a lucky few of you may even have drawn archery elk tags. I was one of the lucky ones. I have tags [...]

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My Turn

August 27, 2010

With Cole’s pronghorn down and two birds killed with one stone (his first big game archery kill and a TV show) I had no stress to shoot another pronghorn. We’d give it another day, maybe two and then wrap the trip as successful. My first day with my Mathews bow in hand turned out to [...]

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Have I Created a Monster?

August 23, 2010

I just landed back at home after a week of searing heat and sore buns while bowhunting pronghorn in central Wyoming. It was Cole’s first big game archery hunt and he had prepared well in advance for the big trip. Although we were filming for an episode of Extreme Pursuits I had to let Cole [...]

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The Mad Dash

August 20, 2010

Yes, the mad dash has kicked off. I doubt if it’s the same for many of you, but this time of year I’m in a mad dash to finish my home chores, prepare hunting gear for months of hunting and wrap up my office work. Starting this week I’ll be gone nearly four months with [...]

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All the Comforts of Home

August 17, 2010

Archery pronghorn seasons are kicking off this week across the West. There are a number of ways to bowhunt pronghorn including stalking, decoying and waiting in ambush. I’m an ambush kind of guy. It’s not that I’m not in good enough shape to stalk or decoy, I’ve had my share of those experiences, it’s just [...]

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Farming for Fall Food Plots

August 16, 2010

Have you checked your food plots lately? Are they not producing like they should or have the deer eaten them down to a nub? Maybe you didn’t have time to put in a spring plot. Now’s the time to think about fall plots, specifically hunting plots.
This weekend we fired up the old Farmall 350 and [...]

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Wolves: Are They Endangered or Not?

August 9, 2010

I’m getting a little confused here. Maybe you can help me. First we get to hunt wolves because they’ve made an unbelievable recovery. Next they close the season, focusing on Wyoming because Wyoming still has them listed as a predatory species in certain parts of the state with an open season. Soon after Idaho and [...]

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Glowing Swine

August 4, 2010

The effects of the recent BP oil spill will be felt for years and you can bet fishermen and hunters will feel pain in the process.
They are feeling a similar pain in Germany and from a disaster that took place a quarter century ago. Do you remember Chernobyl? Yes, the Russian nuclear power plant that [...]

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Ready to Travel?

August 2, 2010

Do you have your rifle sighted in for this coming fall? Are your arrows shooting straight? Have you washed all your clothing in scent-free soap and stored them in scent-free storage bags?
Here’s the million dollar question. Is your truck serviced to get you from home base to your preferred hunting location? I’m about ready to [...]

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Yellowstone Tragedy

July 29, 2010

I blogged about the angry bison in Yellowstone last week and this morning, very early this morning, an angry bear rampaged through a remote campsite near the northeast corner of Yellowstone. A Michigan man was killed and two others wounded. Unlike the bison attack, which was from people simply provoking an attack, the grizzly had [...]

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Christmas Time in The Woods

July 27, 2010

A buddy and I had a gleam in our eyes like kids at Christmas as we geared up at a trailhead to check our trail cameras. My mind was in fast forward. Did I catch a huge bull on film? Did a monster mountain muley pass down the trail? Could I have captured a bear [...]

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It’s Tourist Season

July 23, 2010

I just watched an interesting news segment featuring tourists filming a bison in Yellowstone National Park. Yes, there was stupidity involved. Yes, someone got run over. Yes, it’s definitely tourist season.
It seems as if every year tourists travel to America’s parks and refuges only to discover the cuddly animals on “The Animal Planet” channel actually [...]

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Where Am I?

July 22, 2010

I admit it. You got me. I give. Uncle!
I am not the best when it comes to working a GPS or most electronic devices. There are just too many hidden codes and cues that are only accessible by the correct use of the four or five buttons supplied. Punch the wrong series of buttons and [...]

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Public Land Snooping

July 19, 2010

I just read another survey on how hunters are feeling the pressure of being squeezed out of more and more private land. The trend is toward property owners closing the gate and nailing up “No Trespassing” signs. That means if you want to hunt you need to either score with another landowner or look toward [...]

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Hollyweird Loves Guns

July 16, 2010

It’s hard to find a movie or primetime TV star these days that actually has something in common with hunters. You know, common guys like you and I. Most are leaning left and would rather embrace gun control than squeeze the trigger on a plump squirrel to fry up in the pan for a tasty [...]

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