Posted on February 29, 2008 by Jim Braaten
One of the basic skills of being a good sportsman is to know several useful knots for different purposes. Check out this fun web site that instructs you step-by-step on how to master some of the essen…
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Posted on February 26, 2008 by Jim Braaten
Take a look at these amazing pictures of this young eagle fighting off a determined fox over some carrion. Supposedly these pictures that were e-mailed to me were taken somewhere in Montana.
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Posted on February 25, 2008 by Jim Braaten
Here’s a tip for those times when you bring home your nice buck and then decide to take photos. KEEP YOUR DOG ON THE LEASH until the photos are over.
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Posted on February 24, 2008 by Jim Braaten
Since when does this garbage become newsworthy? Seriously. I can’t believe that a respected news gathering organization, like the Associated Press, continues to buy into disseminating this anti-fur pr…
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Posted on February 18, 2008 by Jim Braaten
Bloggers Note: Today we lost a good one. Grits Gresham in so many ways epitomized the outdoors to me. During the course of my outdoors writing career I only had one occasion to meet Grits back in the…
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Posted on February 15, 2008 by Jim Braaten
Are you a bit bored with your basic standard web searches on Google or Ask.com? Maybe you’re just a contest junkie who likes signing up for any potential winning opportunity available. Well, then, it…
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Jim Braaten
Recently a good friend of mine sent me these photos of his two young daughters and their Grandpa out doing some ice fishing on a frozen Minnesota lake. There’s really not much explanation needed…I hop…
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Posted on February 10, 2008 by Jim Braaten
I’ve got a secret that might surprise many of my friends who know me best. Yes, I will admit…when it comes to the latest, greatest new technology toy for the outdoors it certainly intrigues the hell o…
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Posted on February 8, 2008 by Jim Braaten
Okay, before I get deep into this I want to make something perfectly clear and upfront. I’m not a big gun guy…by saying that I mean I don’t have the intense interest in or familiarity with shotguns an…
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Posted on February 7, 2008 by Jim Braaten
The 30th Annual SHOT Show is one for the history books and in many ways the event is a good predictor of things to come. Just as Punxsutawney Phil was predicting six more weeks of winter from some Pen…
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