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elk

Here They Come

July 12, 2010

It was a father daughter weekend. Cole and Sharon traveled late in the week for Cole to participate in the state 4-H shooting sports competition leaving Katelyn and I to fend for ourselves.
Although she had to practice with her horse for upcoming 4-H competitions, we decided to take a hike in the mountains with our [...]

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The Freedom of Your Feet

April 1, 2010

I’m making this blog brief. It’s spring break for my kids and we’re trying to spend as much of our time outdoors as possible. Cole and I just returned from a mountain hike with our good friend Gale Smith. Our goal was to ascend to the top of a mesa to see if the elk [...]

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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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Montana's in Bill Miller's Blood

November 3, 2009

I’m writing this blog from the Big Sky Country of Montana. The weather has been normal. That means the sun shines for a few hours, rain showers are predictable and snow is likely. We’ve seen all three in the span of three days of hunting so far. We’ve also seen hundreds it not more than [...]

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Can You Take One More Step Please?

September 25, 2009

I love elk hunting, but I’ve coined a new phrase for the event: frustratingly fun. Don’t try to steal it. It’s mine. I spent the last few days in Colorado trying to get an elk to stand in an opening long enough to cut loose an arrow. To get the job done I teamed up [...]

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Two is Better Than One For Elk

September 17, 2009

It’s my second trip to hopefully film a segment for North American Hunter TV. My pronghorn hunt went well with some of the most exciting footage ever.
Now it’s time for elk before I get knee-deep in the whitetails for most of the remainder of the fall. Most of the time I enjoy hunting alone, but [...]

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Everyone's On Vacation

August 24, 2009

It’s all over the news. Everyone’s on vacation. We’re right in the middle of an economic crisis and in the middle of a brouhaha over health care, and congress goes on vacation followed by the president. That’s it! I’m going on vacation!
Oops, I forgot. I have to work. Despite wanting to follow the trend of [...]

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Got Elk?

August 7, 2009

I mentioned in my last blog about chaperoning a troop of Boy Scouts in the mountains earlier this week. I’m going up over the weekend to help wrap up the end of the camp and bring my son down for a hot shower. By the end of this weekend he’ll have been up there for [...]

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Did You Hit the Jackpot?

June 24, 2009

My slot machine hasn’t been ringing this year. By slot machine I mean the luck of drawing a premium hunting license for a great species or hunting unit. From late winter through early summer I wait for letters and e-mails to inform me of my luck in drawing these tags. Cabela’s Trophy Application and Guide [...]

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You Want Me To Go Where?

February 23, 2009

I have cabin fever year-round so it doesn’t take much prodding to get me out. One of my latest adventures was to scout elk country, both for hunting and to look for shed antlers this coming spring.
My 11-year-old son, Cole, joined me and we did our initial scouting from the truck using my Nikon 82mm [...]

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Get-R Done … While You Can!

February 12, 2009

If you’re a nonresident you already missed the deadline to apply for Wyoming elk. OUCH!
Calm down. Stop the cussing. You have options. Most of the deadlines for elk licenses and the various states that force you to apply for a deer license are still open. Research the deadlines and note them on your Blackberry, or [...]

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