Great Outdoors
A new bed might make you a better hunter
I know what you’re thinking. “What does getting a new bed have to do with a program about the outdoors?” And if you’re still sleeping on a worn-out old mattress, like I was until a […]
Year: 2026
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Welcome to Spring (he says with a chuckle)
My calendar says today’s the first day of spring. I can’t remember if that means spring actually started late last night, or if it doesn’t start until midnight tonight. I can never get that straight. […]
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Where’d all these coyotes come from?
I’ve seen good coyote years in the past, but this year is ridiculous. We have had packs of coyotes roaming all over our place, and our neighbors have been saying the same thing. Interestingly enough, […]
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Wind isn’t all bad
It’s easy to cuss the wind. It blows drifts across your driveway, it makes an already cold day feel a whole lot colder, and it even rips the shingles off your roof. But whether this […]
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Chickens may be the most disgusting animals
If you like eating eggs, don’t raise your own chickens. They’ll completely ruin it for you. I wouldn’t think wild birds could be anywhere near as disgusting as chickens are. Somewhere along the domesticating trail, […]
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OnX turns your phone into a top-end GPS
I’ve been using my old Garmin eTrex Vista GPS receiver for years. It wasn’t the first GPS unit I ever owned, but it was the first one that was lightweight, compact, and easy to use. […]
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Daylight Saving Time needs to be replaced
We were forced to set our clocks forward an hour last weekend, but I have a better idea. Instead of Daylight Saving Time, we should come up with some sort of Nice Weather Enjoyment time […]
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I’m on full-blown pigeon eradication mode
I walked out to feed the horses the other morning, and two pigeons flew out from under the overhang over the horse runs. I was afraid of that. I did my best to keep pigeons […]
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Snowstorms help me get my to-dos done
This has been a strange winter. We haven’t gotten much in the way of snow, though that’s not terribly unusual. We normally don’t get the real snowstorms until spring around here. But it never really […]
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We finally got a little bit of winter in Wyoming
Winter in Wyoming isn’t always the snowscape you see in other parts of the world. I can’t remember the last time we actually had a white Christmas. But even when it’s not dumping piles of […]