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Protect your eyes
Not long ago, I saw two posts within a week about guys getting stuck in the eyes by fish they’d caught. One was a catfish spine, and the other was a walleye fin. I don’t […]
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A hunt isn’t a hunt without some sort of mishap
Not long ago, I saw a message on one of the hunting blogs I like to read. The writer wanted hunters to send in accounts of disasters they’d had in the field. I bet he […]
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Fall mornings put a spring in my step
Maybe it’s because I usually end up coming home empty-handed, and it’s pretty rare that I get to experience the feeling that comes at the end of a successful hunt, but my favorite part of […]
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It’s the season when we all start sitting crooked
Around the first of September, a good number of Wyomingites start tilting a little bit when we sit. Some of us develop a bit of a limp. It’s not a permanent malady, and it’s not […]
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A whole store of nothing but maps? Heaven!
Driving up I-25 through Colorado Springs last weekend, I couldn’t believe the billboard I saw. It said I wasn’t far away from a huge store that sells nothing but maps. Good, old-fashioned, paper maps. My […]
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Grizzly ruling was the worst thing that could happen to the bears
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ruled on Monday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was wrong to remove grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act protection. Despite the fact that the planned grizzly hunt, which […]
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Hunting is a lot more than just shooting a critter
There’s a whole lot more to hunting than taking aim and pulling the trigger. There’s all the stuff you see while you’re out in the wilds. You’re away from civilization, roaring traffic and demanding bosses. […]
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Don’t put off sighting in any longer
Sighting in your rifle is a must. If you’re going to hunt with it, you absolutely have to make sure it’s shooting where it should. It doesn’t matter if you sighted it in last year, […]
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The 10 most common hunting rule violations
Some game violations are committed out of pure disregard for the law, and some are just simple mistakes. But there are a few that seem to be the most common offenses every hunting season. Number […]
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There are some things I do miss about North Dakota
I was born and raised in Wyoming, and I’ve spent nearly my entire life here. The only exceptions were a couple of years I spent going to college in Colorado, and seven months working in […]