If you’ve listened to the news during the past few days you’ve undoubtedly heard about the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis. Words alone cannot adequately express the depth of this human tr…
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Don’t you absolutely hate it when someone chooses to speak on your behalf and their message is…well, to state it nicely…a bunch of crap. Seriously, when this person or group spouts off claiming they have your best interests in mind only to later learn they have an underlying (and selfish) reason to be your mouthpiece that [...]
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I hate PETA. In the past I have made my sentiments about this group perfectly clear…in my opinion this money-hungry group is one of the top enemies not only to the sportsman, but also to ranchers and to medical researchers. The very nature of the group promoting itself as a non-profit entity looking out for the welfare [...]
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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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If you’re read my blog for any amount of time you’ll already know that I am NO fan of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Recently while monitoring some blog feeds I noticed that Doug Howlett over at The Strut Zone had stumbled upon an interesting video about this do-good organization. It’s narrated [...]
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It happened yesterday in Minneapolis. It happened again today in Duluth, Minnesota. And tomorrow, a press release states it will occur once again on a busy street corner now in Madison, Wisconsin. What sort of plague seems to be slowly working its way east, you say? It’s just PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) [...]
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Recently the Minnesota-based Pheasants Forever conservation organization announced it was starting a separate division called Quail Forever. The goal is to model the new group’s conservation efforts patterned after the successful fundraising experience learned through PF. Sounds like a great idea…another conservation group…right? I say wrong. I happen to believe there are already too many [...]
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If you’re the average sportsman who enjoys picking up an occasional hunting or fishing magazine you likely haven’t noticed it. If you have a favorite outdoors newspaper writer who has been a staple at the publication for years…maybe you haven’t noticed it here, either. Even if you tune in weekly to some outdoors radio or [...]
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If you’re an avid reader of this blog you will likely know that last Friday (Tax Day) I chastised the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) for promoting the donation of furs hanging in the closet and converting them into a ridiculous tax deduction. Well, I recently came across another news tidbit that is [...]
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I’ve always been a big advocate of using as much of a game animal as possible, but this year I am somewhat concerned about the new Minnesota Department of Agriculture rules that allow hunters to donate game to local food shelves. Don’t get me wrong, helping out the hungry is always a worthwhile effort, but [...]
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