Tred is back on Versus starting December 18th.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with why anyone would care, Tred made a career out of doing things the hard (and sometimes stupid) way. He loved to say, “… the hard way, the Barta way…” while trying to kill a flying duck with [...]
Archive for December 14th, 2009
Archery Resources – Airline Travel, Scent Free Lip Gloss, Archery Report
Over time I’ve stumbled on a few archery-related resources that are just too good not to pass along.
Airline Travel
At some point in your bowhunting pursuits you’ll likely be facing a commercial airline flight with your equipment. In these days of fees on fees one has to plan ahead and be fully aware of the related [...]
Giveaways and Contests and Stuff
I really wish I had some better ideas for contests, because I have a bunch of stuff to give away all of a sudden. In addition to the Field Dressing and Shooting Optics vids, I have a variety of cool neoprene cases from a company called foneGEAR.
As you’ll see from the link, they’ve done a [...]
Dick Riley passes on
Dick Riley, longtime NRA director, and former president, has died. He was president from 1990 to 1992, and I think his term as director goes back to the Cincinnati Revolt of 1977….
Go to Dick Riley passes onFood Plots ,Crops And Other Food Sources Key To Late Season Deer Hunting Success
Now that deer season is winding down and winter is upon us, food sources are more important than ever for the whitetail deer. A great place on your deer hunting property to harvest late season big bucks is food plots.
Learning the whitetails feeding habits can help you figure out where to set up to get [...]
Hunt #33 – 12/10/09 P.M.
Wednesday, I was down at my high-fenced research site doing radio telemetry on my collared bucks when a certain spot caught my eye. There were acorns everywhere still and the deer sign indicated they were being heavily used. Trying to capitalize on a smoking hot spot, I immediately hung a stand and planned to hunt [...]
Go to Hunt #33 – 12/10/09 P.M.Climate Research Unit Taking Down Information On Website
What has been in the past accessible information on climate change at the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, website, has been pulled and/or access to it denied. Prison Planet has more on this oddity…..an oddity considering the biggest thing they need right now is public confidence.
Tom Remington
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United Nations Kicks Non-Profits Out of COP-15 Climate Conference
Washington D.C.: The United Nations announced today it is permanently banning thousands of accredited non-governmental organizations* from the COP-15 climate conference in Copenhagen.
The restriction was announced today outside the Copenhagen conference center after several thousand accredited NGO conference delegates, including three from the National Center for Public Policy Research, waited outside for eight hours or [...]
MidwayUSA Steps Up Support for Elk Foundation
MISSOULA, Mont. – MidwayUSA, a catalog and Internet retailer with “Just About Everything for Shooting, Reloading, Gunsmithing and Hunting,” is stepping up its support for conservation as the newest major sponsor of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 2010 convention.
The RMEF Elk Camp & Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Expo is slated for March 4-7, 2010, at [...]
Obama: He Inherited All This Mess And He Gives Himself “A Solid B+”
It’s not my fault, President Obama continues to lament. He inherited it all and he’s doing a marvelous job of fixing everything………in his mind I guess.
In an interview with Oprah, Obama proudly gives himself a B+ for all the mighty things he has done since taking office and says if he could pass Obamacare, he’d [...]
The Gathering Storm
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Go to The Gathering StormMaine’s Deer Herd May Be In Worse Shape Than Feared
The only way that we can tell about what’s really going on with the Maine deer herd is reports from hunters in the field and a look at deer harvest numbers. Then we can guess. We don’t have official deer harvest numbers yet but when we do, I think we may be shocked when we [...]
Go to Maine’s Deer Herd May Be In Worse Shape Than FearedHummingbirds
A couple of weeks ago I was putting up Christmas decorations and there were a few hummingbirds hanging around so I grabbed my camera.
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Petzal’s Brief Visit to Whitetail Heaven
And so, having hunted in Maine for a week without seeing a deer, I went to western Kansas where I could see 20 deer at a time, or 60 in a morning. The Kansas whitetail herd, or what I saw of…
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Go to Petzal’s Brief Visit to Whitetail HeavenMy “Tilter” Buck Comes Home
Back in July, my trail cams captured a neat-looking deer. The broad-bodied buck toted a dandy 6-point right side, but his left antler was very odd. Four small points sprouted from a main beam not…
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Go to My “Tilter” Buck Comes HomeDaily Devotional – Dec. 14
Bible Study Verse
Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” (NKJV)
Thoughts
Hear a lot of guys complain these days about our game laws, [...]
Daily Devotional – Dec. 13
Bible Study Verse
Deuteronomy 8:6
Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and revering him. (NIV)
Thoughts
I quietly shut the truck door behind me with a click. The morning air was cool and still. My senses were alive with the scent of the pine woods and the pumping adrenaline because of where I [...]
Daily Devotional – Dec. 12
Bible Study Verse
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. (NKJV)
Thoughts
The cool morning had been perfect. I had setup next to “the ol’ leanin’ tree” just after daylight. I sat motionless with my old shotgun across my lap and watched the woods come to [...]
More Monster Bucks from Long Island
One lucky hunter with three incredible bucks from Long Island. What a season! It would be nice to get just one buck like these down in a season, but to get three is just incredible! This giant 9 pointer had been showing up on the hunter’s trail cam i…
Go to More Monster Bucks from Long IslandHalf Mary Training Log Week 2
This week, we upped the mileage to 6 miles in Annadel on November 29. The weather was a little more temperate, as wind patterns brought some warm air into the region. I was able to run in shirtsleeves, and even carried water.
While I didn’t do as many miles this week as I had planned on, [...]
Go to Half Mary Training Log Week 2Stalking the corn part.2
The weather report didn’t look so good for sitting Saturday morning(10 degrees) so Matt and I decided to head down to Marshall again and stalk some corn. Only this time we were taking a kid, Well kind of..Corey is 17 years old and has shot 2 deer before but has never shot a Muzzleloader let [...]
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