Becoming An Outdoors Communicator (Part Two) — OWAA Conference

Continued from part one… Bill Powell (OWAA legal counsel) (Practices law in Columbus, MO.) (Freelance writer) Choice of a business entity.  Be yourself.  Be professional and accurate. Copyright — the right to profit from any creative work. Generally the person who creates the work is the owner of the right to copy that work and [...]

Becoming An Outdoors Communicator (Part One) — OWAA Conference

The following blog post is notes taken from an Outdoor Writers Association of America conference geared toward beginning outdoor communicators. The content is provided from the perspective of a number…

Finalists Announced For Sportsman Channel Awards

Viewer Voting in Final Round Starts Today

Sportsman Channel Reaches Additional Households In Twin Cities

The Sportsman Channel and Comcast announced this morning they are broadening distribution by offering outdoors programming to more Twin Cities cable viewers.

I Got This Idea The Other Day

…Now bear with me on this one. I’ll explain my idea in just a minute, but first I want you to look at this short little 10–second video tease that The Sportsman’s Channel is currently playing between…

Do You Remember Virgil Ward?

If you’re in your teens right now…you’ve probably never heard of him. If you’re in your 20’s, well…odds are probably against you ever having seen or heard of the show Championship Fishing . Granted, i…

Zumbo: The Internet’s Latest Whipping Boy?

I’ve spent the past several days trying to digest and better understand the flurry that has revolved around Jim Zumbo and his blog post from last Friday. [I’d like to link to it but Outdoor Life has taken it down and the cached copies on the Internet are not actively linking at this time].   As Jim [...]

Zumbo’s Blog – Proof There Is Little Room For Error

Remember growing up and watching TV or the movies where the characters would sometimes get devoured by quicksand.   Just one false step and the substance would suck the living victim down into an inescapable, perhaps bottomless pit with very little opportunity for self-rescue.   It made for good movie plots…and when the victim disappeared from sight [...]

Wife Swap? Hmmm…. Must Admit The Thought Is Tempting

This e-mail showed up in my in-box the other day.   It came from a reliable source who passed it along to me, so I know everything is completely legit.   Here, take a read: “My name is Susan Perkins [name changed]; I am in the casting department at ABC Television. Currently we are actively and urgently [...]

Some Final Thoughts On The Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener

Early last August I blogged about a secret I needed to keep that would eventually turn out to be quite an exciting event in my life and the life of my family.   Indeed, the secret turned out to be that our farm was chosen to host the 2006 Minnesota Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener.   A big reason [...]

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