Back in 1996 I snapped this picture of some bark on an aspen tree while elk hunting out in Colorado during the muzzleloader season. I took pause, because although I had been hunting for several days t…
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I’m going to say this and I hope it doesn’t come across too preachy. If you climb a tree… you NEED a safety belt . Period. End of story. More hunters are injured each year by falling from their tree s…
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I challenge you to find a symbol that depicts the outdoors better than a good ol’ pair of snowshoes. Oh sure, for some of you who live in the southern climes I understand the symbol might not fit. Yet…
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One of my favorite times of the year is going to my local trapping supply dealer and stocking up on supplies for the fall trapline. It just so happens my local dealer held their annual trapper appreci…
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That’s all we seem to hear our politicians talking about these days. They seem to think the concept of doing something “new” is what it will take to get them elected. Out with the old policies…let’s b…
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I had just finished working a 24–hour shift at the ambulance when someone asked me if I had heard what was going on in New York. At the time, I was only a few blocks from the ambulance station so I re…
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Over the past two years my wife has been after me to get our Last Will And Testament in order with our attorney. Oh sure, I’ve procrastinated on the matter for as long as I could, but quite frankly I…
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Four years ago this month I embarked on this blog called www.SportsmansBlog.com not knowing where it would take me. At the time very few folks in the outdoors were doing it…and to be honest, most of t…
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I’m going to make today’s blog post rather short and sweet. It seems with each presidential election cycle the gun owners of America must deal with a Democratic Presidential Nominee who represents a g…
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Sometimes I find it really hard to say NO to folks. A few years back I was approached by some neighbors who wanted me to run for local township government. The said they would “write my name in” if I…
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