I aim to get better with my bow this year
I’d like to get out to shoot the bows with my boys more often, but the weather doesn’t always cooperate. I should probably go out and shoot no matter what the weather is [...]
Great Outdoors
Pheasant season isn’t completely over quite yet
The pheasant season’s closed now, but that doesn’t mean you have to put the shotgun and bird vest away for the year. You can still hunt pen-raised birds at licensed bird [...]
The best coyote gun is the one you hunt with the most
There are a lot of calibers out there people swear by for coyote hunting. Some like the .22-250 for its flat-shooting, tack-driving capabilities. Once you get your ‘250 [...]
It’s about time to go coyote hunting
I haven’t done a whole lot of coyote hunting over the years. But the coyote populations have been up lately, at least around where I live, and the more of ‘em I see, the [...]
The only bad part of a day of shooting is cleaning the guns
We’re pretty lucky here in Wyoming to have a climate that isn’t absolutely ruthless to blued steel. In some parts of the country, if you so much as expose a gun to the [...]
Tie some flies while you’re watching football
While you’re parked on the couch watching football this weekend, put your hands to good use. Instead of just watching the games, pull out the fly-tying gear and get a start [...]
Stay safe out there this ice fishing season
Four inches of clear ice is usually safe to walk on. That’s clear ice, not milky ice. The clear ice is more stable. If it looks milky, the bonds between the water molecules [...]
Just one resolution this year: to be in better hunting shape
I quit making new year’s resolutions a long time ago. Then I got fat and out of shape, I stopped getting out in the field as much as I did before, and my aim with my rifle, [...]
2019 was a big year for Wyoming’s outdoors
Here we are at the last day of 2019. I hope it was a good year for you, and I hope 2020 will be even better. For me personally, it was a better year than many of those that [...]
Here’s hoping your gifts are still in one piece
When my oldest son was three, I was glad I didn’t give him a bike for Christmas. The first bike I had got taken apart and reassembled at least a hundred times before it [...]