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Hunting is about more than getting an animal
As we were sitting around in camp on our hunt last week, my sons and I were talking about the things we’d seen that day. My youngest said he wished we’d had a chance to […]
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Taking the kids hunting made the hunt even better
My kids are very busy with 4-H, school sports, and school itself, so it’s been difficult to get them out to hunt. With coronavirus shutting down a lot of those usual activities this past several […]
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I had to retrain myself to walk quietly
Walking through the woods quietly isn’t easy. And it’s not a skill you keep if you don’t practice it often. Work and family responsibilities have prevented me from anything more than weekend hunts for the […]
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Not enough elk or deer, but plenty of moose on my hunt
I went hunting for elk and deer over the week of Labor Day, but I kept running into moose instead. There were cow moose, cows with calves, little bulls, big bulls, and everything in between. […]
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Dress in layers to beat the weather
I might not have been so happy about the snow during my hunt if I’d been sleeping in a tent, but I went hunting with friends who have campers. We stayed relatively warm and dry, […]
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Time goes slowly when you’re ready to hunt
I’ve never been the kind of hunter who can get an elk on a one-day hunt. I know there are guys out there who just drive up to the woods, hop out of their truck, […]
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It’s time once again to dust off the Elk Hunting Diet
When my wife told me I’ve been doing an admirable job of losing weight, but that I’m still packing a few too many extra pounds, I had to agree. But then she said I need […]
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Time to rethink my hunting plans for this fall
I had grand plans to hunt a couple of new areas this year. I’ve scouted those areas, bought new maps that cover them, and come up with schemes to ambush the game I was planning […]
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Too much snow kept me from one more deer hunt
I’ve been dying to take my old Model ’94 out for a deer hunt since I got it back from getting the stock replaced, but life kept getting in the way. I had a great […]
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4-H gives kids a chance to hunt a deer
Sometimes life gets in the way of the important stuff. Going to work, getting chores done around the house, getting the bills paid, and all those other obligations need to get done, but the really […]