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Day one of SHOT Show is now complete and quite honestly what struck me most was the sheer number of people in attendance this year. When the show is over I’ll be surprised if some new attendance record isn’t set with over 60,000 show attendees, 2,000+ media types and not to mention the staff working [...]

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When the only picture you get from your trail camera is something like this?
Actually, I’m pretty sure I know what deer is PARTIALLY pictured here, but still why can’t they just cooperate a bit…

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For me, when I put down the shotgun and try to relax in “other ways” my next greatest recreational passion in life is hockey. In particular, MINNESOTA WILD hockey. As a season ticket holder I try to g…

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Greetings! Sorry for my continuing absence from this blog. It’s not that I’ve lost interest or have forgotten about things outdoorsy…nope, instead I am finding it very difficult on a daily basis to fi…

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Here in Minnesota it’s been over 60 hours since the thermometer has been on the plus side of the scale.   That’s right, all of this past weekend and today it has been below zero with bitter cold wind-chills in some parts down to minus 40 below.   Temps like this can literally start freezing bare skin [...]

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Here in the Upper Midwest if you go to any local county fair you are apt to see politicians vying for the constituency vote.   And sometimes they will do that in very humbling and often unusual ways.   Take, for instance, the politician who will sit on a stool and milk a cow the old fashioned [...]

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When you’re successful and you bag a big tom turkey part of the satisfaction derived from that experience is realizing you “played the cards right that were dealt to you” in this strange hunting game.   On the other hand, when things don’t necessarily go your way in the turkey woods it sometimes leaves you wondering and playing the [...]

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Dear Sportsman’s Bloggers!     Things have been a bit hectic lately as several things in my life have recently changed.   First and foremost, I got married on March 5th to a wonderful lady named Roberta.   The weeks leading up to this blessed event…and the week or so afterwards have been very busy for this [...]

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When I was younger Christmas was about all the excitement evolving around the gifts under the tree.   Back then, my main concern was how I would deal with the disappointment of not getting all the gifts that were on my gift list.   As I recall, I would console myself by the realization that I have [...]

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December has been a rough month for me…fun, but tough handling customer service calls and sales.   You see…I own and operate a business that makes the vast majority of its sales activity during the final three months of the year.   For those who don’t know, I’m in the business of marketing and selling calendars.   So [...]

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