My local sportsman’s club has one each year. My good friend, Jeff, has one, too, that typically involves hundreds of people out at his hunting shack. It’s the annual wild game party where everyone spends a little time digging through the freezer to find that certain package of fish or game that’s in dire need [...]
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Did you get anything? Often those are the first words I hear from my family when I walk through the front door after a hunting or fishing adventure. Indeed, many people logically equate success afield with the act of bringing home something tangible to prove that the time and efforts you just spent were worthwhile. But [...]
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Long gone are the days when wearing a red plaid wool shirt afield while hunting was considered acceptable attire. Gone, too, are the brown wool pants and coats many hunters used to wear long before the advent of high tech fibers made their market debut. Now if a trio of vision researchers have their way…soon [...]
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I think most of us would agree there is no room in the sporting world for folks mixing drugs with carrying guns. It’s a bad combination no matter how you look at it. But how aware are you of possibly walking up on a meth lab the next time you take to the woods? Worse [...]
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Congratulations TOM! You’re our March 2006 Sportsman’s Blog cap winner for leaving the best comment. Just a quick reminder that we encourage everyone to leave their comments to the content you find on this blog. I don’t expect everyone to agree with me…but a healthy exchange of ideas is always welcome and appreciated. As an [...]
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Unless you’ve been hiding out with the Taliban during the past several days…by now you most certainly have heard the buzz of a potential new world record bass caught in California. But what good would a new world record be if it didn’t have at least some controversy attached to it? Let’s face it…the scrutiny [...]
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Go to any sporting goods store and you will usually find a big section on instructional tapes and DVDs to help you learn how to perfect your turkey calling technique. But did you know the Internet has many educational resources that are just as good…and best of all they are FREE. Grab a few of your [...]
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One of the aspects about enjoying the outdoors I have always valued was a common sharing of the passion to participate by fellow sportsmen. Indeed, without constant reminding or conjoling…there was a time when most of my outdoor pals knew that certain days of the calendar year were considered sacred. Among those days would be [...]
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Imagine a fishing fillet knife that the maker claims only needs sharpening once a year. Sound too incredible to be true? Perhaps…but if it’s the Leech Lake Knife made by Don Canney of Cedar Rapids, Iowa the statement is probably true. Designed particularly for filleting use on northern pike and walleye, this handmade knife is nothing [...]
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Let’s face it…nobody likes to think about the possibility of your guns or outdoor equipment getting stolen, but few among us are so naive to think it could not happen. So what steps have you taken recently to make some safeguards to protect your financial investment? So, you say, you’ve got a list…but when was [...]
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