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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 […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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 […]