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Build your own backyard shooting range
I realize this idea won’t work for everyone, but if you have a handful of acres and live outside city limits, you might be able to build your own backyard shooting range. All you need […]
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We need the rain, but it’s too wet to shoot
I never thought there was such a thing as weather too bad to go shooting. But as I get older, and now that I own some acreage of my own, it turns out there is […]
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It’s my birthday, and I’ll shoot if I want to
I like to joke that much of Wyoming gets this day off because it’s my birthday, but that’s a bit disrespectful to the real reason for Equality Day. We get this day off because Martin […]
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I finally finished my shooting range. Again.
I built a shooting range in my yard when I first moved to my house. I set the backstop up at the bottom of one of the hills in my pasture, and I could shoot […]
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My free tractor is getting expensive
I was given a John Deere 755 tractor by a very generous friend a few weeks ago. I love that tractor. It has a loader bucket, a brush hog, a rototiller, and even a backhoe. […]
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I finally have a tractor to do tractor stuff
When I was growing up, my folks had a nice chunk of land near Riverton, but we didn’t have a tractor. We didn’t even have a riding lawnmower until I started a lawn mowing business […]
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I need the wind to quit for an hour or so
I got a new Weatherby rifle with my life membership in the Muley Fanatic Foundation. I topped that Wyoming-made rifle with a Wyoming-designed scope – a Maven RS.1. I’ve spent the last several months collecting […]
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Weather’s not letting me break in new range
We had some marvelous weather over the weekend. Sunny and warm, with only a hint of a breeze. On top of that, it has been pretty wet lately, so the ground was nice and soft. […]
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Wind ruins a lot of outdoor plans
I woke up Sunday to the not-so-soothing sounds of the wind whistling around the house at what sounded like 100 miles an hour. I know it wasn’t blowing that hard, but it sure seemed like […]
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Don’t forget anything when you go to the range
Head to the shooting range this summer. You’re going to want to make sure your hunting rifles are all sighted in, and it’s a good idea to get some practice before the fall. The more […]