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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The past three or four days have been interesting, to say the least. On the final day of my most recent fishing trip I called home to learn that a storm inflicting damage on a portion of southern Minnesota indeed personally touched my life. The damage was due to hail, roughly the size of a [...]
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The behavior exhibited by some people never ceases to amaze me. Yet often this same behavior has a tendency to down-right disgust me. Especially because to the general public this sort of negative press is often attributed to being a “hunter” and the sport of hunting, not to some criminal act totally separate from our beloved [...]
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If you read my blog last month you’ll know that Penn & Teller do a wonderful “tell-it-like-it-is” program called Bullshit! featured on cable TV’s SHOWTIME Station. Last month they took on PETA. This month the dynamic duo is back at it once again with another provocative video piece this time taking on the gun control fanatics. [...]
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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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Here’s the deal…let’s assume you are driving home early some morning…oh, about 3am or so, and suddenly out of nowhere a deer bolts in front of your vehicle and you hit it. Damn! For most of us our first concern is likely the extent of damage done done to the vehicle. Of course, as compassionate [...]
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A few days ago I got one of those cutesy e-mails from a friend with all sorts of funny pictures attached. You’ve heard the old statement, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” In this case two of the pictures spoke quite loudly to me as they were pictures of mailboxes obviously used by sportsmen. [...]
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Imagine sitting in the comforts of your den, in your underwear, a fresh-brewed cup of coffee on your computer desk, a nice cozy office chair…and hunting via the Internet. Yes, I said hunting with a real gun participating in the blood sports as if you were out in the briars and brambles, sort of, without [...]
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I’m beginning to hear rumblings that some people think Minnesota should go to a system requiring hunters to wear their license on the back. This discussion is prompted by the much publicized shooting that occurred last weekend in Northern Wisconsin. The thinking is by displaying the number it would give other hunters a mechanism to [...]
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By now some of the initial shock is beginning to wear off and the earnest search for answers begin. Certainly at this point we may not know many of the facts about what went wrong in the Northern Wisconsin woods last Sunday, but we do know six hunters will not be sharing Thanksgiving with their [...]
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