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Careful — bowfishing can be addicting

April 29, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Careful — bowfishing can be addicting

I’m sure there are better times of the year to go bowfishing for carp. Many of the experts say late summer is fantastic, when the water’s lower and hotter, and the fish are snagging cottonwood […]

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Get your guns clean while the wind is blowing

April 28, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Get your guns clean while the wind is blowing

Now is not a great time to sight in a rifle. It’s just too windy. That wind will affect the flight of your bullets, so if you sight in now, your shots will be off […]

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What’s the best .22 rifle ever made?

April 27, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on What’s the best .22 rifle ever made?

When the wind kicks up above 30 miles an hour, I spend more time indoors reading. I’ve gotten pretty efficient at my outdoor chores, like feeding the horses and filling water tanks, because I either […]

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Sneak in some fishing on a weekday

April 26, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Sneak in some fishing on a weekday

I know Wyoming’s windy, but this is ridiculous. I can’t recall a spring that has had as much constant wind as we’ve seen this year. But if you can stand the wind, or if we […]

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Staying busy when it’s windy isn’t easy

April 25, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Staying busy when it’s windy isn’t easy

They say it’s an ill wind that blows no good, and that you can make a sow’s ear into a silk purse. I don’t know about the second one, but there may be some truth […]

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Some myths about birds are downright odd

April 22, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Some myths about birds are downright odd

My friend Ken Keffer wrote a fascinating article for The Nature Conservancy’s blog, Cool Green Science. He focused on some of the myths that have surrounded bird migrations in years and centuries past, and some […]

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Put some HiViz sights on your gun

April 21, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Put some HiViz sights on your gun

I don’t know why I lived with the substandard sights that came on my Glock 22 for so long. They made it hard to acquire the target, and the front sight was less visible than […]

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Competitive shooting isn’t just for kids

April 20, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Competitive shooting isn’t just for kids

Shooting is one of those skills that doesn’t get better if you don’t practice it. You might be OK to take a deer or elk home from the woods with just a little bit of […]

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Country music has become absolute trash

April 19, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Country music has become absolute trash

I apologize for veering off the normal topics of this show, which are hunting, fishing, camping, and other stuff related to the outdoors. But country music has its roots in the places where hunting, fishing, […]

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Competitive shooting might get expensive

April 18, 2022 Ty Stockton Comments Off on Competitive shooting might get expensive

My youngest son has been participating in the NRA’s junior shooting program for a few years, and he’s working on the Distinguished Expert award. That’s the highest award the NRA gives to civilians, and it’s […]

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