This morning at 9:00am duck season opened here in Minnesota. Back 20 years ago you would have found me either jump-shooting ducks along some small river, or perhaps readying the decoys on some lake for the then noon-time opener. During that time in my life duck hunting was an important fall ritual. As the leaves on [...]
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As I loaded the big box into my truck I silently wondered what I was getting myself into with this new purchase. You see, this year I decided that in my deer woods I wasn’t going to hunt solely out of permanent tree stands. Nope, this year I wanted the flexibility of using at least a [...]
It truly wouldn’t be hunting camp without one. I’m talking about that special person who proudly (or in some cases, not so proudly) wears the designation as camp cook. In many camps this person is worshiped for their unique culinary abilities…in other camps, well…let’s just say you know how the old joke goes. The hunters sitting [...]
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Have you ever been to Vegas? It’s one of my favorite destinations where I like to travel to at least once or twice each year. I’m not so much the big gambler type, but hey…I do like just walking around the city that is full of non-stop excitement just about everywhere you look. And I’ll [...]
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Unfortunately, we read about it happening most every fall. You know what I mean…the news story that hits the wire describing a hunter’s errant bullet harming or perhaps killing some innocent person quite some distance away from the woods. Those type of incidents are truly horrendous, and certainly not something any of us like to [...]
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Okay, I have to confess I have this little habit I routinely do when I walk out in the woods. It started way back when I was trapping and it continues to this day. The secret is I like to squirt red fox urine on the soles of my boots before hiking in the woods. [...]
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Yesterday was my anniversary…but I really didn’t expect any cards or special kudos recognizing the important milestone. Yesterday, in fact, was the two-year anniversary of when I started Sportsman’s Blog. For those of you who weren’t around back then (and let’s face it…a new blog always has it’s challenges launching) here’s how I started with [...]
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Last night I found myself sitting in a local VFW hall listening to some president of the area hockey association regale my wife, me and all the other youth hockey parents on what we can expect this season as parents of a “squirt.” For you non-hockey types that is a level in league for a child typically [...]
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Back during the mid-1980’s when I first started my pre-hospital career working as a medic on an ambulance service I never wore them. At the time it just wasn’t considered all that necessary. Indeed, during that era if you wore rubber gloves it likely had more to do with ease in cleaning up after a [...]
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Even though the general waterfowl season is still a couple of weeks away for most of us adult hunters, yesterday was the opening of waterfowl season here in Minnesota for youths aged 15 years and under. For just one special day each fall the youngsters are able to trek into the marsh for a one-day hunt [...]
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