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You can’t beat the night view from a fire tower
OK, this will be the last show I spend talking about staying the night in a fire lookout tower. At least until I get to go stay in another one. My wife and I stayed […]
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More to know about fire lookout tower visits
I don’t know how long the Forest Service has been renting out fire lookout towers to the general public when they’re not being used for fire spotting, but I’m sure glad they’re giving us the […]
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Let your employees hunt
I’m sure you’ve seen the ads for the National Guard, where they urge employers to allow guardsmen time off for their training. That’s even more important today, when Guard members are being pulled in to […]
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Are we due for a whopper snow season?
Are we about to get absolutely pummeled by snow? I’m not sure about the rest of the state, but down here in the southeast corner, we didn’t have any snow to speak of all last […]
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The new truck isn’t the hunting rig I dreamed of
The old 2015 Ram has been fading rapidly over the last few weeks. It’s still running, but it’s not running well. I took it to the mechanic, and he had bad news for me. It’s […]
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Get a camping spot well above the trees
As you listen to this, my wife and I are waking up to an incredible vantage point for watching a sunrise. We stayed the night last night in the Blackhall Mountain fire tower in the […]
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Make sure you get outdoors on Labor Day
In my opinion, everybody should go hunting each weekend of the hunting season. You don’t have to go after elk or deer every time. Change it up a little. Hunt doves on the first weekend, […]
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Checklists are geeky, but forgetting stuff is worse
You’re miles from home. Heck, you’re even miles from the trailhead. You’re sitting in hunting camp, and you’re ready for the hunt that’ll start the next morning. You have your rifle. Your skinning knife’s on […]
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Coyote hunting’s great practice for big game
I spend a lot of time at the shooting range throughout the year, but my range time always ramps up considerably when September rolls around. I already have all my rifles sighted in by now, […]
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Antlerless hunting helps wildlife management
Wildlife populations in Wyoming are no longer capable of keeping themselves in check. When the West became populated with people who changed the landscape with homes, cities, roads, and other elements of human habitation, it […]