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Miles way, but right at home
It took five airplanes, thousands of miles, some food that was pretty bad for me and 10 days on a soft mattress, but I finally found it. A trout stream that looked like the one
11-year-old kills her first bear
Then I was 11 years-old I remember being thrilled at just seeing my dad, Phil, shoot a deer as I sat next to him. I can’t imagine the rush of pulling the trigger on a
Early openers tighten schedule
I can’t believe September is almost gone. Usually the first week or two of this first month of fall I relax a little and do a little scouting for the upcoming deer season. This year,
Are You Ready for Some Hunting?
As I write this, there are nine days and counting until archery season opens. Like they seem to every year, August and September have dragged on while we dream of fall winds that will send
Where are the Dems on sportsmen's rights?
When it comes to hunter and angler issues, where stands the Democratic Party? I recently covered a political “sportsmen’s call,” a trapshoot event in Stark County, where U.S. Sen. John Thune (R., S. Dak.) was
EHD confirmed in cattle herd
Perhaps not surprisingly, the state has taken note of the spread of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), a virus that commonly affects white-tailed deer. Only this time EHD was discovered in a Portage County cattle herd,
2012 Montana archery elk/mule deer hunting journal notes
OK folks, filing this one from somewhere within striking distance of Bob’s Bar, Motel, Restaurant, Laundromat, Gas Station, Shower Outlet and Wi-Fi Station in Neihart, Montana. I’m here with Bill McCutchin, of Boulder Junction, his
Now that Illinois has a season, some trappers wonder: How do I trap a river otter?
There’s finally a bit of buzz in the state’s trapping community – just as the Illinois Trappers Association prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary next month. Final approval of a river otter trapping season was
Weathering Alaska
About the only guarantee you can get when it comes to weather is that it will happen – good or bad. Our recent trek to Alaska took us from Fairbanks to Valdez – a six-hour
