Great Outdoors
Neighborhood coyote needs to go
My neighbor called me last week to tell me there was a coyote headed toward my place. I thanked him politely for the heads-up, but didn’t have any inclination to go get the coyote gun […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
Great Outdoors
I should have replaced my 3D target years ago
I have an old 3-D archery target I’ve been poking holes in for years. For the first few years of its life, it lived in a shed out behind my garage. When I moved to […]
Great Outdoors
It’s time to start practicing for archery season
Don’t just let that bow sit in the closet or out in the garage all summer. Dust off the case, take the bow out and get some practice. There are dozens of archery ranges around […]
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Horses are worth the work they cause you
In my days in the mountains, I’ve seen some horse wrecks that probably should have turned my hair gray prematurely. I’ve had horses go lame on me deep in the backcountry. I’ve been awakened in […]
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Getting marginally better at trap, but still not good
Last week, I stepped up to the 20-yard line at the trap club and had a heck of a streak going. I moved through three stations before I dropped my first shot. Granted, on that […]
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I need a little sporting clays humbling
It’s time to get back into the hunting groove. The actual season is still a long way away, but I’m going stir crazy being cooped up in the house or the office all the time. […]
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Still looking for the original Muskol
What happened to Muskol? Do you remember that stuff? It was 100 percent Deet. All the experts recommend bug spray with Deet in it, but none of the junk they sell these days has enough […]
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Find the right set of hearing protection
It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to test shooting muffs first-hand. I did that many years ago, when I had contacts in the industry who sent me a ton of muffs to […]
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Few things are worse than shopping for trucks
Now that we’ve got horses everyone in the family can ride, and since my wife’s back on the barrel racing trail, it’s time to upgrade the pickup. I’m not completely happy about that, because the […]
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Hat orders are cutting into my new horse time
I don’t know yet if there’s a certain season that’s busier than others for custom hat makers, but it seems like summer’s a pretty busy one. I haven’t been selling custom hats for long yet, […]