It doesn’t seem like that many years ago when I was “cutting my teeth” on the outdoors and I simply could not get enough viewing pleasure out of the periodic Herters mail order catalogs. I literally w…
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Alright, so you have dreams of going big game hunting out west but realizing those aspirations are still a few years off, you say. Okay. But are you actually serious about carrying through on those plans or are they just a perennial pipe dream you share with your hunting buddies that reoccurs year after year? [...]
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A few weeks ago one of the local Twin Cities TV news stations was promoting a special feature that teased, among other things, “What is happening to the moose in Northern Minnesota?” I had meant to watch it live…but somehow put it out of my mind. Now another news outlet has recently printed an article [...]
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As a farm boy you quickly learned to appreciate and respect the outdoor lifestyle. In most cases, growing up on the farm gave you few choices to do otherwise. I can fondly remember at the ripe old age of 8 or 9 coming home…getting off the school bus…changing into my “work clothes”…and heading off to [...]
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Many vendors at the SHOT Show seem bent on a philosophy of building a “better mouse trap.” Call it marketing…call it entrepreneurship…call it whatever you want. If you’re not one of the big players at…
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Okay, if you’ve come here looking for information on the newest, latest, greatest gun from Remington or perhaps a product review on Winchester’s new Supreme Elite Rifle Ammunition, you’re going to be disappointed. It’s not that I didn’t traipse through 13 miles of SHOT (Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade) Show isles looking at all the [...]
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Alright, I know I promised a few days ago to talk about products I discovered at the SHOT Show from this past weekend…and I’ll eventually get to that riveting post. I promise. In the meantime, I feel…
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If you’re like me you haven’t been able to pick up the newspaper or watch TV these past few days without hearing or reading about someone with an opinion on the Cheney hunting accident. I suppose such criticism and opinions are to be expected, but P-A-H-L-E-E-Z-E…will someone first give these reporters and news mongers a few [...]
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I had intended to blog about the SHOT Show in Vegas this past week…but with the incredible news of Vice President Cheney accidentally shooting one of his hunting comrades on Saturday…how can I pass up…
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