
Backyard and Beyond: Living in the Moment
“The blue jay flashed beneath the trees, gay and cocksure as ever, he had no cares or worries about his place in the wilderness picture. Whether or not he survived today, this moment he would

“The blue jay flashed beneath the trees, gay and cocksure as ever, he had no cares or worries about his place in the wilderness picture. Whether or not he survived today, this moment he would

The other day, I read a report in the Wyoming-based Cowboy State Daily about grizzly bears and trains. The article relates that the bears had been eating fermented grain spilled from rail cars and then

The air temperature hovered near 35 degrees when my buddy, Jim, and I waded into the cold waters of a Lake Erie tributary, appreciating the protection of our waders, which kept us dry and comfortable.<br

I’ve been trying lately to chip away at a deer hunt here and there, aiming for another doe to fill the freezer while holding onto dwindling hope for an ever-more-elusive mature buck.
Not helping

Spoons. If you were to look through any old angler’s tackle box, be it an open-water collection or a hardwater collection, you will more than likely find spoons.
Spoons play a huge part in

For many wildlife watchers the holidays would not be complete without the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, which runs throughout the Western Hemisphere from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5, 2024.
Now in

For a moment, this silver-sided crappie glistened like the cold winter sun and the early morning reflection on the ice.
Fresh from the frozen lake, the crappie was a feather in my cap. It

Several groups chimed in last week, lauding U.S. House passage of the Duck Stamp Modernization Act, which would increase accessibility to the stamp required of the nation’s waterfowlers. Here are a few of the responses.

I walk past the parked steel gun cabinet more frequently that I prefer – much more frequently, in fact.
Indeed, my movements shadow what was easily the preferred place to pull out a firearm:
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