Great Outdoors
You can’t beat fall mornings
Maybe it’s because I usually end up coming home empty-handed, and it’s pretty rare that I get to experience the feeling that comes at the end of a successful hunt, but my favorite part of […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
Great Outdoors
It’s the time of year wallets gain weight
Around the first of September, a good number of Wyomingites start tilting a little bit when we sit. Some of us develop a bit of a limp. It’s not a permanent malady, and it’s not […]
Great Outdoors
Welcome to October!
Some people live for the winter, when they can strap a pair of planks to their feet and rocket down a snow-covered slope at break-neck speed. Others look forward to the spring. These are the […]
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Store your maps flat to prevent headaches
I think all of my spare time between now and February is going to be spent on my latest project, which is cleaning up my store room. I’ve already reorganized most of my hunting, fishing […]
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I found a forgotten treasure in my store room
I mentioned earlier this week that I cleaned up my store room to get all my hunting gear organized. I also mentioned that in previous years, I only went as far into the pile as […]
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Maybe I’m finally getting over my fear of snakes
I do nearly yearly family photos for a wonderful family who live out near Pine Bluffs. Some years we go into town for the photo shoot, and other years we meet somewhere magnificent like Vedauwoo. […]
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The hunting gear demanded reorganization again
It turns out I have a lot of hunting gear. Not a lot of GOOD hunting gear, but a lot of gear in total. I do have some good stuff, and I always know where […]
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My first goose got me back
It wasn’t very cold the day I got my first goose. But we’d set up the portable blind in about six inches of water, and the water wasn’t what you’d call warm. We’d been there […]
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Sometimes the dumpster fire is the fun part
An outdoor writer called me the other day. She was planning a story on outdoor mishaps and asked if I knew anyone who’d had any. I told her every hunter I know has had at […]
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Help support our hunting heritage
As hunters, it’s our responsibility to take care of the critters we hunt, as well as those we don’t. We have to obey the game laws. Police ourselves to be sure others respect the wildlife. […]