The first time I met Les Kouba I stood there in awe. Not only was Les a giant in the field of wildlife art…but his personality and appearance quickly let you know this was no ordinary outdoor character (or “dude” as he called everyone). In fact, long before today’s popular wildlife artists gained their notoriety…Kouba [...]
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Two weeks ago I first reported on the Diamond Dog Food recall and how sportsmen should be aware of this toxic situation that has killed many dogs, mostly in the Southeast. During the two weeks since that post, I must say I have received numerous e-mails of encouragement from both dog owners personally effected by the toxin [...]
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I remember a time back in college (late 70s/early 80s) when being promiscuous with the opposite sex had its risks — gonorrhea, syphilis or a host of other sexually transmitted diseases, but the cost of such exposure usually meant a visit to the doctor and a prescribed course of antibiotics. Certainly the risks were unpleasant, but the outcome [...]
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Let’s face it…if you’ve been a waterfowler in Minnesota and not willing to do some traveling to partake in your hunting exploits…you’ve likely fallen on hard times in recent years. Seriously, I’ve heard of and seen more ads for people selling off their duck boats and related equipment during the last few years than perhaps ever before. Instead [...]
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I was kind of in a quandary with today’s blog post. Should I title it Miracle On Ice, as I did…or should it have been more aptly titled Fool With Total Disregard For Life & Property. I guess the second title was much more descriptive and fitting…but the first one had a better ring to [...]
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Recently I was checking out a web site that serves as the Academy Awards, so to speak, for blog sites pertaining to culinary dining and the food preparation world. At first, my interest in the site was mostly out of curiosity in seeing how all these nicely constructed blog sites vied for the “best of” [...]
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This morning I started thinking about the reasons why I blog…and to be honest, I couldn’t come up with one single, logical answer. In the beginning I did it largely because it was the “thing to do.” Certainly during the past few years blogging has experienced such popularity and has been “in vogue” in our on-line [...]
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This evening I was paging through one of my outdoor magazines and I came across a term of which I wonder if most sportsmen are familiar these days. The term is “longlining” and unless you are a trapper or have trapping-related interests…I’m guessing you probably have never heard of it. In fact, if you were to [...]
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One of the costs (and I suppose, risks) associated with being a sportsman in the northern states during the wintertime usually involves ice. Now realize, I’m not necessarily talking ice in the sense that your truck slips off the road and gets stuck in the ditch. Nope, I’m talking about those times when you are [...]
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Every so often I get one of those e-mails from a friend that makes me raise an eyebrow with that suspicious look of wonder. You know what I mean…a spectacular story usually involving a couple of idiot hunters who made some poor decision while afield. In most cases, I’ve determined, it’s a story that deserves a [...]
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