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Don’t waste good ice
While waiting to get on the ice for a league hockey game, I often hear my teammates grumbling about the figure skaters who are twirling around on the surface. The most common comment is, “What […]
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It’s not just the dull knives that’ll cut you
Back before I was asked to not come back to Boy Scouts, I remember a Scout Master telling us it’s the dull knives that end up cutting people. My reaction was probably one of the […]
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I’ve got the coyote-hunting bug again
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 more […]
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A new year, a new dog
The danger of having good friends who are veterinarians is that sometimes, they end up with more animals than they can keep themselves. When that happens, they tend to give away the extras to people […]
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Welcome to a new year
OK, let me just get this out of the way: Time just seems to go faster the older I get. There. I said it. Now I’ve officially crossed into middle age. Now that I’ve gotten […]
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Might as well take the rest of the week off
The last week of the year is always pretty meager in terms of production on the job. You’re still probably a bit groggy from all the Christmas festivities, and in another couple of days, you’ll […]
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Use your new toys
I’m sure there were plenty of goose calls, pheasant vests and shotgun shells under the trees yesterday. And I’m sure if you were the happy recipient of any of these items, you were dying to […]
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you. Even to those who aren’t deeply religious, if they have some sort of a Christian background, Christmas is a day of peace, love and caring. In Wyoming, for most people, December […]
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Forget about shopping … just go hunting instead
Let’s face it. If you haven’t sent off that stack of Christmas cards yet, it’s too late now. On the same token, any packages you haven’t sent to their intended recipients in other states aren’t […]
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I hate mornings — unless I’m going hunting
Everybody in my house is a morning person. Everybody but me. Each morning, at 5:30 on the dot, my youngest is up, banging cabinets and slamming drawers, looking for breakfast. The older boy is the […]