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It turns out my voice is regionally famous
I took my boys to the Ron Thon Memorial wrestling tournament a few months ago up in my old hometown of Riverton. While I was in town, I stopped at a gas station and went […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
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Good tires help when the roads turn to snot
It’s great to have a souped-up, high-zoot, winch-equipped monster truck for hunting and fishing. And there are times when a really good four-wheel-drive system is absolutely necessary. But maybe even more important than the type […]
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Fishing is therapy, and it’s the cheapest kind
There’s truly something cathartic about the repetitive motion of casting a fly. The trickle of the water over rocks has healing powers of its own, and catching the occasional trout lends a feeling of accomplishment […]
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Got a new truck? Buy it some chains first
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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Don’t forget to look around you
I was out feeding the horses on Sunday morning, and a turkey vulture flew down into the pasture. As I watched, it landed just out of my view over the lip of a little rise. […]
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Preventing injury is better than first aid
It turns out the most common ailments people experience in the backcountry are pretty simple things. That’s good news. And even better news is that most of these things are fairly easy to prevent in […]
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Cramming a summer into just one week
My oldest son has been talking about joining the National Guard since he graduated last spring, and he took a year to think about it and get a couple of semesters of college under his […]
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New barn means I can find my hunting gear
My family moved into the house we’re in now about 10 years ago. One of the things that put this place in our budget was the fact that it didn’t have a barn. In fact, […]
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I wish I’d had the idea for Spartan Races
There are a bunch of exercise programs out there that are essentially brilliant scams. They will get you in shape, yes. That’s not what they’re scamming you on. But they find a way to do […]
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It’s (finally) too wet out there to go shooting
I never thought there was such a thing as weather too bad to go shooting. But as I get older, and now that I own some acreage of my own, it turns out there is […]