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December 30th, 2009
Another Year Another Milestone
As the year draws to an end it’s natural for us to look back on the year that was as well as to look forward at what the New Year will bring. There has been a lot of turmoil this past year with wildlife issues in North Carolina and probably better described as a [...]
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Game and Fish to step up efforts to enforce OHV Decal compliance
Game and Fish to step up efforts to enforce OHV Decal compliance
Low participation is hurting program goals and benefits to recreationists
Citing statistics showing that less than one-quarter of off-highway vehicles in Arizona have the required OHV Decal, Arizona Game and Fish Department Director Larry Voyles announced that the agency’s officers would be stepping up [...]
December 30th, 2009
Fiasco in Washington State
OK, so I spend a good bit of time trying to defend hunters and our actions, both on this site and off of it. I work hard to explain to non-hunters that there’s so much more to hunting than killing stuff, and that most hunters actually live by a pretty strict sense of ethics. I [...]
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Game Camera Photo Contest – Winners Announced
Here are the Winners for the Mostly Archery and Up North Journal Game Camera Photo Contest.
There were a lot of great entries and choosing a winner was not easy for Mikey or myself. Thank you to all who participated. I’ll be contacting the winners for shipping information.
First Place and winner of the custom dustyvarmint woodworks turkey call [...]
December 30th, 2009
Upcoming legal conference on the right to arms
The American Association of Law Schools is holding its annual meeting in New Orleans in early January. In conjunction with that, Don Kates and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund are presenting a two day seminar on the right to…
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Very cool video of an elk crossing
At first you think “Ho hum – some elk crossing a road”. The thing is, they keep coming and coming and coming. Very cool video originally posted by my friend Dan over on the AHT Forums. Dan posted:
My Mom recently sent me this in an email. Pretty awesome to watch. Here’s the message that’s being [...]
December 30th, 2009
Converting Churches to Climbing Gyms
A church in Canada is being turned into a rock climbing gym. This is the second church I’ve seen converted into a rock gym; I guess the high ceilings and low sales prices make them attractive. I’m not sure how future civilizations will judge us when their archeologists discover we converted churches to synthetic [...]
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Fake! (Maybe) Nature Photograph of the Year’s Authenticity Questioned
Critics are insisting that the Storybook Wolf photo by Jose Luis Rodriguez is a shot of tame wolf, making it ineligible to win the world’s largest nature photo competition. Judges give preference to wild animals, so if a tame animal is used in a staged photo, the photographer must declare it prior judging. Rodriguez [...]
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I resolve, To Be Nicer to White Fish in 2010
The week between Christmas and New Years (in my humble opinion), is a blank void that seems to stretch for weeks. I’m sure others have found a meaningful and time worthy purpose for these 7 days, but I just feel a dull space before the clean slate of a new year. With nothing better to do than count the [...]
December 30th, 2009
Looking back at 2009
2009 was certainly a year to remember. It was a year of increased physical training, and increased time in the field as well. I added to my hunting and outdoor gear, and even had some good family time mixed in with it.
TRAINING
This year was the first time I joined the Fleet Feet Trail [...]
December 30th, 2009
Martin Family Pheasant Success
Back when I was a teenager, my cousins and I always made arrangements to hunt ducks on the day after Thanksgiving, and the day after Christmas. These hunts continued as we entered college, and came home for holidays. Once we all got out of school and had to start working for a [...]
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Pay for Your Out-of-Bounds Rescue
Duck the rope at Sun Peaks Resort in British Columbia and don’t expect much in the way of ski patrol help if you blow out a knee. The resort won’t be responsible for your safety if you head out of bounds, but if you can get a hold of someone at the ticket office [...]
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Game and Fish Needs Help To Solve Poachings
Geez, I hate poachers. Methinks mandatory jail time, restitution and lifetime revocation of license is appropriate, even for first-time offenders. These people are not hunters, in any sense of the word. They are thieves. If you made a mistake and shot a spike during cow season, man up and do the right thing~DesertRat
Bull elk poached [...]
December 30th, 2009
The fruits of Heller
I remember the pre-Heller predictions that striking the DC handgun ban would lead to carnage. Well, here it is: “DC Homicides, In National Trend, Hit Lowest Level Since ’64″. [Here in Tucson, they hit the lowest level since 2001]…
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Bourjaily: Why Hevi Shot Is The Most Important Shotgunning Invention of the Decade
For this, my last post of the 00s, I had been trying for a while – and failing – to think of an end-of-the-decade blog post. My “Eureka” moment came while cleaning up after…
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December 30th, 2009
Old Guys Know How To Hunt
You don’t recognize the man in today’s photo. That’s my dad. He turned 80 a month ago, and I did not have to dress him up for this picture. I took it a couple minutes before we left…
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180 South: Conquerors of the Useless
180 South is a film inspired by a 10,000 mile trip that Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins took in 1968. At the beginning of the film, Chouinard says that it was this trip that charged the duo with working to protect some the last wild places on earth. They would later create juggernaut clothing [...]
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New Years Resolutions, Or A Wish List
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I thought about doing this for Christmas, but being that I am not one to look for gifts at Christmas time I thought putting together a list of resolutions or rather the things I would like to see changed for 2010 might do the trick. The following list is in no particular order.
1). [...]
December 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Dec. 30
Bible Study Verse
John 18:10-11
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?” (NIV)
Thoughts
I love this part of the story. Peter had [...]
December 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Dec. 29
Bible Study Verse
Psalm 17: 4-5
I’m not trying to get my way in the world’s way. I’m trying to get your way, your Word’s way. I’m staying on your trail; I’m putting one foot In front of the other. I’m not giving up. (Message)
Thoughts
I can remember every hunting trip as a kid with my dad. I [...]
December 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Dec. 28
Bible Study Verse
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them. (NKJV )
Thoughts
Boom, there’s a gunshot in the distance.
“Six more minutes boys.”
Boom, Boom, Bo-Boom; four more shots ring out at less than a quarter mile.
“Four more minutes boys.”
Ducks are landing on our spread.
“Two more minutes boys.”
Boys [...]
December 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Dec. 27
Bible Study Verse
Isaiah 48:6-7
“You heard and saw everything that happened, so you should tell this news to others. Now I will tell you about new things, hidden things that you don’t know yet. These things are happening now, not long ago; you have not heard about them before today. So you cannot say, ‘We already [...]
December 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Dec. 26
Bible Study Verse
Isaiah 66:24
” And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.” (NKJV)
Thoughts
My youngest son shot a nice big fat doe during the youth rifle [...]
December 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Dec. 25
Bible Study Verse
Luke 1:38
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her. (NIV)
Merry CHRISTmas
Thoughts
Submission: a concept with which many of us struggle–submission to God, our spouses, the government, or the church. In the wild, we see submission happen every day. Cub bears or [...]
December 30th, 2009
Daily Devotional – Dec. 24
Bible Study Verse
Revelation 1:13-17
And in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of [...]
December 30th, 2009
How Canadians Ice Fish
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Positive Michigan Hunting News…that you didn’t hear about.
As I do from time to time, I was reading through the Press Release section on the Michigan DNR’s website, and discovered something that I thought was great news, but yet I never heard anything about.
Apparently 2009 was Michigan’s safest firearm season on record. All of us Michigan hunters managed to enter the woods in [...]
December 30th, 2009
Well, I Didn’t Mean For That to Happen…
When I posted a couple of weeks ago and said that I wouldn’t be posting as much for a week or so that is what I expected would happen. A couple of posts that week with posts scheduled for the next week and everything back on track. That certainly didn’t happen! Not only have I not posted here for a couple of weeks, I’m that far behind on my blog reading too. Sometimes life just takes over and
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