Great Outdoors
We’re being invaded by jackrabbits
Where did all these dang jackrabbits come from? Just a few months ago, I’d be surprised if I saw one a week while I was coming up my driveway or out in the pasture. But […]
Year: 2026
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Another eye surgery cuts into turkey time
As though missing the first several weeks of turkey season due to eye surgery wasn’t bad enough, now I have to go back for the other eye so I can completely tank the entire season. […]
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The trail cam isn’t recording any interlopers
We’ve had a bunch of coyotes coming through our property lately. And I don’t mean just cutting through the corner of the pasture in the back 40. I mean they’ve been coming right through the […]
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Put the Hillsdale Traction System to use
I’ve talked about my driveway on this show several times. It’s not as bad as it used to be, because we finally got it mostly fixed. It still gets to be a problem when we […]
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The photo bug is biting hard again
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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Do you tie or do you buy?
I’ve finally crossed that point as a fly-caster where it makes much more sense to tie my own flies than to buy ‘em. There are a few reasons for that. First of all, I’m still […]
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Welcome to chain season
My dad taught me the value of a good set of tire chains at a young age. I was probably eight years old, riding along with my dad on a spring bear hunt, and we […]
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Not all the stories about bird migrations are true
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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This wind is messing with my sighting-in
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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The best .22 is probably YOUR .22
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 […]