Great Outdoors
Take a hike!
Go take a hike. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I just mean you really ought to take advantage of the change in weather. We still have to watch out for the occasional […]
Month: April 2022
Great Outdoors
Happy birthday to my best hunting buddy
It’s my wife’s birthday today, and I want to wish her the happiest birthday of her entire life. It’s the least I can do. Really. I can’t get her a present, because I’ve spent all […]
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I’m all practiced up on my turkey calling
I’m more excited for the wild turkey season this year than I’ve ever been before. Up until now, I’ve always had a little bit of trepidation mixed in with the excitement. I was nervous about […]
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Why is the wind forecast always spot-on?
The people who forecast the weather usually do a darn fine job of it. They say it’s going to snow, and it snows. They say it’s going to be sunny, and it’s sunny. They might […]
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Pay attention to the tale of the trail
There’s always something to see out in the woods. Even if you don’t find what you originally went out there to find. Some years, wildflowers are starting to appear by now. That’s certainly not the […]
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Wyoming produces all your adventure needs
Weatherby made lots of headlines when it moved to Sheridan, and Stag Arms did the same when it moved to Cheyenne. Magpul moved the manufacturing side of its operations to Wyoming, though the corporate offices […]
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I’d be a terrible prepper
If the end of the world as we know it comes, I probably won’t last long. I do have the ability to live in the woods, hunt for my food, provide for my family, and […]
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Vacation cause a resurgence of photo bug
I’ve dabbled in wildlife photography for much of my adult life. I started somewhat by accident, while I was the Outdoors Editor at the Cheyenne newspaper. They didn’t send a photographer with me on my […]
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I have to bribe my son to visit me
My oldest son has gone off to college at the University of Wyoming, and I find myself missing him even more often than I thought I would. It’s great to have time alone with my […]
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New gun makes changes to range necessary
I recently became the proud new owner of a Stag Arms Stag 10 Marksman rifle, chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. I postponed my ownership of a gun that shoots this relatively new but highly popular caliber, […]