Opinions
Sportsmen need to stay informed
It was a Saturday night, a few days before Christmas, and my phone rang. It was the copy person at the Niagara Gazette reviewing my column for the next day. The column focused on the
Surrendering to winter's whitewash
Maybe I just didn’t want to admit it, seeing it as some form of surrender. Or maybe it happened slowly, building to a crescendo in recent winters until reading its zenith on this late-December morning
Lock it in! Deliver winter ice angling success by understanding "moody" gamefish
The beginning of another hard-water season looms is underway, and for me that means some of the year’s best fishing has arrived. Early ice provides some of the best hard-water fishing of the year, but
Wildlife foresees changing weather patterns
Nearly a full day before the threatened Great Holiday Blizzard of 2012 was to arrive, the wildlife of Northeast Ohio were busy feeding in anticipation of a long lay-over. No nay-Sayers these, the wildlife were
Words have meaning
A spokesperson for a police department recently reported on the news that a number of live bullets were found on a school playground. Say what? The only way one could have live bullets is if
A fishing season on thin ice
Paula and I have lived up here in the North Country for nearly 16 years now. How far north? Well, half the radio stations are in French, when the Montreal Expos were in existence I
More public relations needed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission
A recent email exchange with Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania president Randy Santucci provides food for thought. Santucci and I were discussing the merits of the Pennsylvania Game Commission spending hunting license dollars to expand the
Wolf/Dog Hunting Hearing Postponed
A hearing in Dane County Circuit Court on DNR rules that would allow the hunting of wolves with dogs has been postponed until early January. The hearing had been set for Thursday, Dec. 20. Dane
Pheasant Hunting Progression
So much has changed since my first pheasant hunt, even though is was just back in 2010. I just finished reading the story I wrote about that hunt to conjure up old feelings for comparison’s
