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Now’s a good time for archery practice
My kids have started their archery program in 4-H again, and for the sixth year in a row, it reminded me I need to get my own bow out and start practicing again. But this […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
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There’s always plenty to do outside
There’s only one hunting season open right now. If you want to hunt, you’ll have to be content with light goose hunting. Either that or predator hunting, but the furs are past their prime now. […]
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Be ready for the turkey season
If you’re a turkey hunter, you have some time to wait. Spring turkey season doesn’t start until the first of April in about half the areas, and April 8th in the rest. If you don’t […]
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Help save light geese by hunting them
Snow geese, blue geese and Ross’ geese are pretty plentiful. The trouble is, there are so many of them, they could be their own downfall. The breeding and nesting grounds these light geese flock to […]
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Shooting a .22 is more than just fun
If you’re feeling the effects of cabin fever, throw the .22 in the truck and head out to the rifle range. If you don’t have a rifle range in your area, you can go set […]
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Starting to feel the effects of cabin fever
I don’t know if we really have had more wind than ever before this winter, but it sure seems like it. The gusts have slowed down all the way into the 20s for one or […]
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Wind is annoying, but it’s not all bad
I can think of a lot of things I’d like better than a 45 mph wind. Like a root canal with no anesthetic. Or a dinner of nothing but Brussels sprouts and chick peas. Yuck. […]
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Treat public land like you own it — because you do
How many landowners do you know who rev up their four-wheel-drives and tear through riparian areas on their land? Or just toss their garbage out in the brush when they’re riding around on the lower […]
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Trail runner chokes mountain lion to death
A trail runner named Travis Kauffman recently had a run-in with a mountain lion while he was taking a training run above Fort Collins. Luckily for Kauffman, the cat that attacked him was a young […]
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Don’t invite me to any vegan weddings
There seem to be no limits to boycotts and political stands on the Internet. Social media gives everyone a voice these days, even if people use that voice to say things that may come back […]