
Star Watch: Finding Mercury, the elusive planet
NASA tells us that Mercury is 39 million miles from the Sun compared to Earth’s 93 million miles and is able to complete its smaller orbit in only 88 days.

NASA tells us that Mercury is 39 million miles from the Sun compared to Earth’s 93 million miles and is able to complete its smaller orbit in only 88 days.

When prospective clients called a now-retired Colorado outfitter to discuss horseback elk hunts into the San Juan Mountains, they often asked if he could guarantee at least one shooting opportunity.
His response seldom varied:<br

One of the best characteristics a deer hunter can possess is to be unpredictable. Hunting pressure will cause deer, especially mature bucks, to pattern you just as you pattern them.
That was the key

As we finish up the year and reflect on the successes and failures of the past 12 months, now is the best time to make those 2024 goals and start the process of eliminating what

The fact that I caught my first mink at the age of 12 in a set I specifically made for mink made me very proud.
It still does, because there is a lot of

The end of the year and that longest night of Winter Solstice always tend to make me a little maudlin and introspective. It’s often a time when I miss my now-gone outdoor companions the most.

Selecting 10 top hunting and fishing films should be fun, right? Yet for the staff of Outdoor News, it was tougher than it sounds, because there are surprisingly few good ones.
Campy titles exist

I fondly recall the “good old days” of my youth, when one of the highlights of the year was attending the huge outdoors show that was held annually at the International Amphitheater on Chicago’s south

About 25 years ago I found myself staring at a computer screen contemplating writing a column containing my Christmas wish list.
I had an epiphany at that moment. There had been so many wonderful
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