I’ll try not to go overboard here, but I’ve got to shout from some sort of rooftop and the level of excitement I’ve already displayed around my own home has alarmed the family and now I’m cautiously peeking out my front window for a van with guys in white coats coming to contain me. (family, sometimes you just [...]
Archive for November, 2009
November 30th, 2009
The Entry Wherein I Prance like a Winner Winner
November 30th, 2009
Starbuck’s Not Just Tops In Coffee: Wildlife Officer of the Year Chad Starbuck
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Wildlife Officer Chad Starbuck has been named 2009 Officer of the year by Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
RALEIGH, N.C. (Nov. 30, 2009) – Chad Starbuck with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has been named the state’s top wildlife officer for 2009 by the Southeastern Association of Fish and [...]
November 30th, 2009
Climbing Sticks – Gorilla Silver Back Predator vs. Lone Wolf
Here’s a post I’m excited to bring you – a head to head comparison of the Gorilla Silver Back Predator vs. Lone Wolf climbing sticks.
Outdoors buddy Seth called the other day to tell me one of his 2 x 4 and cotton clothes line tree steps had broken on him while he was trying to [...]
November 30th, 2009
Kansas Semi-Live Whitetail Hunt
So I jumped the gun on you guys before when I sent you to The Outdoor Smorgasbord before. This time I really mean it. The first installment is great, even though we already know what’s going to happen (since we know he hunted at least 4 times). Take a look at the [...]
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Hunting TV and a TV Snack
So Kat just changed our cable service again.
The last time she did this, I lost all my hunting channels (along with most anything else worth watching), but since I refuse to pay for television, I had to go with her decision. It was with some trepidation when she told me the other day that she’d [...]
November 30th, 2009
Outdoor Adventures: Living The Dream
I’ve been known to load up an SUV with bare essentials and fly solo for days on end (sometimes a week or more) adrift and 100% alone. I’ll grab fly fishing paraphernalia, a sleeping bag, a pillow, a few items of clothing, a single cooler for my diet coke addiction and food items if there’s any [...]
November 30th, 2009
KS Hunt #1 – 11/19 A.M.
Deer action was slow for dad this morning. He only saw 3 does.
To be honest, I felt a little guilty for having the kind of morning I had. Here were the cardinal direction views from my stand.
Hardwoods with a major creek 40 yards to my north.
Timber 300 yards to my west.
Corner of the beanfield with [...]
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Montana/Wyoming Combo
Here is an article Brenda wrote about our Montana and Wyoming hunts! http://www.huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1184
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AZGFD Patrols More Than Deserts and Forests
For sure, the internet is a vast source of information. Message boards like the AHT Forums not only provide information, but entertainment as well. The problem with internet message boards however is that there is no way to verify the information as presented. The boards are full of some very knowledgeable folks; they are also [...]
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Daily Devotional – Nov. 30
Bible Study Verse
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in [...]
November 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Nov. 29
Bible Study Verse
Matthew 16:25
“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” (NASB)
Thoughts
One of the best examples of learning to be a servant is in the movie Fireproof. Caleb Holt wasn’t getting along with his wife and tells his father that he is [...]
November 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Nov. 28
Bible Study Verse
II Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. (NIV)
Thoughts
I got a BB gun for my birthday when I turned 11. It was one of the best gifts that I that [...]
November 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Nov. 27
Bible Study Verse
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4and [...]
November 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Nov. 26
Bible Study Verse
Jonah 2:7-10
When my soul fainted upon me [crushing me], I earnestly and seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple. Those who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy and loving-kindness. But as for me, I will sacrifice to You [...]
November 30th, 2009
For All Intents and Purposes…
Christmas shopping 2009 is DONE! {cue squeals, the happy dance and confetti}I do need to pick up 2 small things for my in-laws (and I know what I’m getting and where I’m getting it… oh and I have a Black Friday “thanks for spending money with us” gift card from Target to buy them with!) And then there is my Father-in-Law’s big gift and I’m not sure what we’re doing there – but usually we go
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Putnam County Double
John Corrao and John Geist from the Westchester/Putnam Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association doubled up on these two fine bucks on November 21st. The deer were taken about an hour apart.
Geist’s 8 pointer will probably age 3 1/2 years o…
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Product Review: Howa 1500 Ranchland
After a day of shooting sporting clays at the Waterloo Gun and Bocci Club in Stockton, I was relaxing with a cold drink before the CWA Celebration of the Harvest Dinner. As with all conservation group dinners, I was approached by an attractive young lady with raffle tickets for an assortment of firearms and prizes. [...]
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Camo For Christmas?
Lots of you already know that I think Cactuflage is a great product! You may want to consider visiting their online store to do some of your Christmas shopping. Me? I sent my wife a link to Ken’s site as a part of my “wish list”. Ken is running a Christmas promotion right now and [...]
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Porcine Press – Swine Invasion in Europe
Here’s one from the, “Well, I can’t come up with anything on my own,” file.
I’ve written a time or two about the massive expansion of wild/feral hogs in the States. Folks in Texas, Florida, and California can certainly say something on that topic. But from what I just read in the Speigel online news, the [...]
November 29th, 2009
Kansas Whitetail Movement
So if you’ve been following along with my season you’ll remember that this fall has been extremely wet. That was good when we needed a flood in early October to fill the duck marshes, but it’s also kept the crops in the field. With all the standing corn it has been hard to [...]
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A Cool Wildlife Encounter With River Otters
River Otters were pretty common in the rivers in Tennessee and North Carolina back in the 1700’s. By the 1930’s trapping had about eliminated the river otter and in 1934 when the Smoky Mountain National Park was created the river otter was basically absent from the land.
In 1986 the National Park Service began to [...]
November 29th, 2009
Backwoods Life On Pursuit Channel Signs Sponsorship Agreement With Backwater Outdoors
Hahira, GA (November 9, 2009) – Backwoods Life Television, the popular reality hunting TV show on the Pursuit Channel, announced today it has signed an official sponsorship agreement with full service hunting and archery pro shop Backwater Outdoors.
Under the terms of the agreement, Backwater Outdoors will become a segment sponsor for Backwoods Life TV during the 2010 television seasons and will focus on bringing awareness to their Gurley, AL-based outdoors store.
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Second Chance 8 Pointer
It was Tim’s last night to hunt and he had missed a nice 8 pointer the week before. Time was running out when Tim saw the buck he was after 80 yards away. He hit the grunt tube and watched as the buck came in on a string to 20 yards. The arrow hit it…
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The Hunt For Truth
Any hunter or non-hunter for that matter that feels the deep internal calling of nature in all it’s wildness knows how powerful and meaningful that connection can be. For many of us that is the root of who and what we are and all that we do.
From my earliest memory I felt the drive to [...]
November 28th, 2009
Pileated Woodpecker In Cades Cove Tn
The pileated woodpecker is a large bird and one I see fairly often but have not had much success in photographing. Yesterday morning I came across a pair of them inside Cades Cove part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This is the 75th year anniversary of Great Smoky Mountain National Park and [...]
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The Bedell Buck – 194″ Orleans County Monster
On November 14th, 2009 Dan Bedell was hunting in the town of Barre, New York. Little did he know the events that were about to unfold.
Dan used a bottle of Northern Whitetails Scents “Intruder Buck” to lay a scent trail to his stand. The week before …
Go to The Bedell Buck – 194″ Orleans County MonsterNovember 27th, 2009
Successful Western Hunter: Brenda Carley
While I was in the higher elevations of Mendocino County looking for blacktail bucks, Brenda was just a few miles from me on her family ranch. She had no problem arrowing this nice 3×3 blacktail buck that will score very well in Pope and Young.
She shares her passion for hunting with her daughter who [...]
November 27th, 2009
160″ Orleans County 10 Pointer
After two weeks in the stand with no shooter bucks walking through Jeff was starting to wonder what was going on. Then on November 14th a monster appeared and Jeff arrowed the biggest buck of his life. The mainframe 10 pointer had a 2 inch kicker of…
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A Note To My Fellow Black Friday Shoppers
Hello!My name is Jenn, I have a couple little ones and will be out shopping today with you. I love getting out on Black Friday because I enjoy getting the most bang for my buck, as they say. I’ve been perusing the Black Friday websites that show ad scans of the expected sale bills. I spent a couple hours yesterday going over the ads in the paper, making my lists, comparing notes with my
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