Great Outdoors
Get those last Father’s Day hints in now
Father’s Day is day after tomorrow. If you want something good, it’s a little late to start hinting, but it doesn’t hurt to try. Or better yet, take your kids out to the woods and […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
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Turns out Buck knives are darn sharp
When I went to the Outdoor Writers Association of America conference in mid-June, I got to meet C.J. Buck, who I believe is the grandson of Hoyt Buck. Hoyt Buck was the guy who created […]
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These beautiful days are killing me
I don’t know how often I look out the window in the spring and wish I was out there, instead of being stuck inside, chained to a computer. That question actually came up in my […]
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Our GPS units may be giving away our secret fishing holes
An e-mail came out recently saying cell phones are now being hacked by computer-savvy creeps. I don’t know how true it is, but the word is they can listen to your calls, or they can […]
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It’s summer — time to go camping
Each year, when school got out for the summer, my dad would haul the dusty old backpacking tent in from the barn and toss it on the living-room carpet. He’d announce that we were going […]
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Map program changes the orienteering game
Just when I thought the folks at MyTopo couldn’t do any more to win me over, they did just that. These are the people who won my heart years ago when they took all the […]
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Do a little mountain biking this summer
You don’t have to go to Moab to have a great ride on a mountain bike. Wyoming has plenty of excellent places to ride, too. Just throw your bike on top of your car or […]
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Summer’s here when archery practice moves outside
I love this time of year. The bulk of the spring rainstorms have come and gone, and with any luck, the worst of the wind is behind us, too. But the best thing about this […]
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Outdoor training starts early
I can’t even remember the first time my dad dragged me into the wilderness on a campout. For as long as I can remember, I’ve spent a good deal of my free time in the […]
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It’s almost high-altitude lake-dipping season
If you venture into the hills to do some fishing but find the heat is pushing the fish to the bottom of the lake, you might want to beat the heat by joining the denizens […]