Check OUT the video from Newgrange in Ireland and see how the amazing people of the Stone Age celebrated the shortest day of the year:
I was at Newgrange and inside the chamber six years ago, but it was in April and so the sun didn’t come through the window above the entrance, but it was [...]
Go to Happy Winter Solstice Today!It is hard to find reliable speeds for short draw archers. In this post I discuss recent results from two of my bows and some technical aspects regarding them.
Warning: This post contains technical content.
I spent some time the other night recording arrow speeds for submission to Archery Report’s Bow Speed Database. This was previously mentioned [...]
This recipe is tough to beat. I have tried several variations and in my opinion, this method tops all of the rest. It does take a fair amount of time to prepare but, when cooking food this good, it will be time well spent.
Start by preparing the dry rib rub below:
Dry Rib [...]
Pending legislation in Oregon would have every climber attempting a Mt. Hood ascent carrying a rescue beacon that could be rented for about $5. The beacons are basically line-of-sight locators. You don’t flip one on and sit back and wait for a helicopter. Someone needs to know you’re missing, and then they can use [...]
Go to A Bill to Require Beacons for Mt. Hood ClimbersNew state record striper caught during major winter storm
Angler reels in a fishing bonanza at Lake Pleasant
While most people were huddled indoors out of the torrential rain on Dec. 7 while a major winter storm pummeled the state, John Davis was enjoying a fishing bonanza at Lake Pleasant, including landing a new inland state record [...]
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Go to Care For A Sunset Cruise In A Jet Boat? It Won’t Take Long.A 23-year-old British climber spent six hours clinging with only his fingers on a cliff waiting for rescue. He and his partner somehow became stuck 300 feet up a cliff face, and the lead climber said he could not go up or down climb. The guy on belay was wrapped in a warm jacket [...]
Go to British Climber Holds on with Fingertips for 6 Hours Waiting for RescueThe rain made the trails of Annadel State Park pretty slippery this week. Although it was the rock, 2 miles from the end that tripped me up and skinned up my knees and knuckles.
There is video out there somewhere of this weeks run. I’ll post it when and if it surfaces.
The long run this week [...]
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MISSOULA, Mont. – Pennsylvania has broken into a Top 10 list of places to find monster elk, an historic indicator of successful habitat and management efforts. Keeping that conservation momentum going, both at home and across the U.S., is the goal of a newly launched Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation chapter in Bloomsburg/Danville, Pa.
“Elk [...]
In order to get 60 votes for cloture, the Senators pushing the health care bill gave residents of Nebraska special and permanent Medicare benefits. It sounds to me as if it might be violative of equal protection (or the EP…
Go to equal protection and Nebraska’s exemptionA young girl was found face down in the snow and not breathing at Alta Ski Area yesterday afternoon. Ski patrol revived the girl and sent her off to a hospital in Salt Lake. They’re not sure exactly how it happened, but they know she fell 30 to 40 feet off of the Sunnyside [...]
Go to 4-Year-Old Girl Falls from Alta ChairliftMISSOULA, Mont.—Pennsylvania has broken into a Top 10 list of places to find monster elk, an historic indicator of successful habitat and management efforts. Keeping that conservation momentum going, both at home and across the U.S., is the goal of a newly launched Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation chapter in Bloomsburg/Danville, Pa.
Go to Pennsylvanians Launch New Chapter in Elk ConservationMISSOULA, Mont.—A celebration of conservation, hunting and extraordinary big game trophies is set for June 24-26, 2010, in Reno, Nev. Hosted by the Boone and Crockett Club, the event is a free public exhibition of world-class antlers, horns and mounted specimens from across North America.
Go to Exhibition of North America’s Top Trophies Set for RenoA while back, I wrote about my friend Sam Curtis, who was dying of brain cancer and, knowing he didn’t have long, sent me a knife that he carried for years as a keepsake. Sam was a long-time…
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I hunted 5 mornings or evenings last week. Carried the bow 4 times and took my Grandpa’s old .30-06 Thursday evening before the big rain front moved through.
The green plots looked really good but all I saw was 2 does and a fawn slipping through over one hundred yards behind the stand. I wasn’t going [...]
Go to Hunts #34-38 – 12/16 DoeI got this from friend Scott Gudowicz who manages the Pro Staff for Natural Predator. “Well done”, guys and gals! ~DesertRat
Just wanted to let everyone know that Natural Predator will be in the Jan/Feb Issue of Peterson Bowhunting in the special Field Gear column. The Pink arrow that we are selling for the National [...]
Lowell E. Baier is one person being considered by Outdoor Life for designation as the top person who’s who’s had an impact on hunting, fishing, and conservation.. You can cast your vote here. I know Lowell –he’s now president of…
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My, my, oh my! I keep repeating myself. Oh, what a tangled web we weave…..! So you say this climate change stuff is all about the “settled science”, eh? Of course you’re right and the guy at the U.N. who heads up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, just so [...]
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There’s no doubt that you can find big bucks in New England, particularly in the far northern state of Maine, but New England native Jeff Lewis still likes to leave the northland…
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It’s the busiest time of year for those men and women who are charged with protecting our natural resources and enforcing state game and hunting regulations.
More and…
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Go to The Poacher Wore JammiesSkiing legend Lou Dawson posted a primer on how to survive an unexpected night in the wintery backcountry. Not a bad idea to brush up as we approach the height of the ski season. Several groups have gotten lost or caught in bad storms on the mountainside or in the backcountry lately, so Lou [...]
Go to How to Survive and Unexpected Overnight in the SnowSo a couple years ago, I was on the fence about heading back to NC for the archery opener. My little brother tossed the last straw on the load with a game cam photo of a really nice buck.
Well, there are only about two weeks left in the season this year, and no way I’ll [...]
Last week, Field Notes guru Dave Hurteau did a great profile (and an exclusive, I might add) on what will likely be the Ohio state record muzzleloader buck. And just recently, another buck profiled…
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Go to New Illinois Record Bow Buck?This red stag hunt takes place at the Hind Site Hunt Preserve in Maine.
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Go to Maine Red Stag HuntBible Study Verse
Nehemiah 9:17c
But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them. (NIV)
Thoughts
I was out tracking a buck after dark with my brother-in-law. The buck had been shot close to dark. When I got down out of my tree stand, I marked [...]
Bible Study Verse
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one [...]
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1 John 5:13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (NIV)
Thoughts
When my son, Adam, and I were preparing for our elk hunt this fall, we spent quite a bit of time setting up our rifles [...]
Growing up in New England I’m partial to hunting in cold snowy weather and rarely ever see it here in North Carolina so I was excited about this weekend. I love hunting in snow and one of my dreams is to stalk hunt a buck in the snow so this snowfall was giving [...]
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