Great Outdoors
There’s more than one way to kill a snake
I’m no fan of rattlesnakes. OK, so maybe snakes in general aren’t my cup of tea. I wasn’t always afraid of snakes. I used to like to catch garter snakes and bull snakes and let […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
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Springtime in Wyoming isn’t all sunshine
Winters here are pretty mild. Sometimes they’re awfully cold, but for at least the last decade or so, they haven’t been bad at all. But we’re a little over a month into spring, and that’s […]
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To tie or to buy? That is the REAL question
I’ve finally crossed that point as a fly-caster where it makes much more sense to tie my own flies than to buy ‘em. There are a few reasons for that. First of all, I’m still […]
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Kifaru is another Wyoming outdoor gear company
On our way back from Georgia last month, my wife, youngest son and I were in the rat maze line for security at the Atlanta airport. We kept coming even with a couple other guys […]
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The F-22 Raptor isn’t outdoorsy, but it’s incredible
I know this isn’t really very Great Outdoorsy, but it was cool. We were down in Colorado Springs last week while my son was shooting in the Junior Olympics, and I went down to the […]
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I’ve found yet another new addiction
My son started doing precision shooting with the American Legion Post 6 shooting team down here in Cheyenne, and he got really good really fast. The Post 6 team has a bunch of equipment the […]
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I’m now officially a precision shooter parent
It’s official. I’m now a precision shooter’s father. My son Logan competed last week in the Junior Olympics National Championship. If he wasn’t already hooked on air rifle shooting, he certainly is now. He qualified […]
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Happy birthday to a very understanding woman
It’s my wife’s birthday today, and I want to wish her the happiest birthday of her entire life. It’s the least I can do. Really. I can’t get her a present, because I’ve spent all […]
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Wyoming has more fish than just trout
Trout are Wyoming’s big fishing draw. We have rainbows, browns, lake trout, brookies and even goldens. You can even catch some hybrid trout, like splake and tiger trout, in some of the state’s waters. We […]
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Hunting is about much more than trophies
Even hunters I know who pay thousands of dollars to go on safaris or Alaskan adventures don’t do it just for the trophies. I know quite a few people who have had to add a […]