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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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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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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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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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Picking Up Hitchhikers

March 8, 2010

Some of you probably can’t even remember the days when picking up hitchhikers was acceptable. People routinely hit the road with nothing more than extra clothes in a duffel and their thumb in the air. You didn’t have to worry (at least not as much) about serial killers, rapists and simply “weird folks.”
I worked with [...]

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Coyote Problems at the Retirement Community

March 5, 2010

My parents sent me this photo the other day. It seems as if my coyote hunting skills are needed at the Sunland Springs retirement community in Mesa, Ariz. Just when the cats thought it was safe to evade marauding coyotes by climbing the coyotes themselves learned to climb, and balance like a tightrope walker at [...]

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Shamu Reminder

March 3, 2010

The tragic death of the female trainer at SeaWorld last week was horrifying to say the least. But was it unexpected? Not really. This particular killer whale already had an established history of injuring trainers. In fact, I watched one interview with an employee whose job it was to watch the animals at SeaWorld and [...]

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Starbucks and Firearms

March 1, 2010

Keeping with my current theme of firearm rights I had to comment on the current spike in publicity on businesses that are inviting firearm owners to legally carry inside their premises. Or, the fact other businesses are posting their premises as off limits for firearms even when legal. In states where it is legal to [...]

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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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