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Explore new places and find new favorites
You don’t have to go to the same place every time you go fishing. When you find a good spot to fish, it’s nice to know you can go back there and catch fish. But […]
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Nothing beats a hunting trip with your dad
I don’t know when we started going spring bear hunting, or how many years we made it an annual tradition, but it was one of the things I looked forward to for months each winter. […]
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Turkey season is on for some, close for others
If you’re a turkey hunter, you have some time to wait, unless you have a Type 3 limited quota tag. The general spring turkey season doesn’t start until April 20th. It starts tomorrow in Natrona, […]
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Keep yourself safe if you encounter a bear
If you’re wandering around the woods, making noise and doing everything you should do to keep from startling a bear, chances are you won’t see one. But even the best precautions don’t always work. But […]
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Take some pain out of sighting in a new scope
In my younger days, I made the mistake of thinking a scope was a scope, and there wasn’t any reason to spend more than a couple hundred bucks on one. I’d get a new rifle […]
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Get ready for mud season
Ask any wild turkey hunter what season it is, and they’ll all agree it’s mud season. Springtime in Wyoming isn’t the beautiful time of rebirth and new growth it is in other parts of the […]
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I’d rather walk than fly commercial anymore
There aren’t many places in the world you can’t get to by commercial airlines anymore. Just about anywhere is only a few hours away – some more hours than others, of course. Even if where […]
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No time like now for some archery practice
I’ve been neglecting my bow for far too long. I haven’t pulled it out of the case since last archery season, and shooting a bow isn’t like riding a bike. You’ve got to keep practicing […]
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Mule Deer Days is back again this month!
This winter has been weird – snow one week, 60-degree temperatures the next. The nice thing is that the warmer weather has allowed us to escape cabin fever once in a while, but getting outside […]
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Get a few last upland bird hunts in
The hunting season for upland birds in Wyoming has been closed since the end of December. But if you’re a die-hard uplander, you can still hunt. There are several bird farms in Wyoming that offer […]