The last of the regular seasons ended here on Sunday. I cleaned birds, bags, decoys, and guns in the afternoon, and I’ve been a bit depressed since then. Shed season then turkey season are next up but neither is the same as the real action of the fall. I’m also looking forward to chasing some [...]
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February 15th, 2011
World Elk Calling Championships On for March 4-5
MISSOULA, Mont.—Amateur and professional elk callers from across the U.S. will converge on Reno, Nev., for the RMEF/Leupold World Elk Calling Championships, March 4-5, [...]
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Jail Time for Hiker Who Sprayed Bear in Trap
A budding serial killer in Jackson Hole is going to jail for two days after unloading a can of bear spray on a bear caught inside a live trap. Tyler Steele sprayed the 177-pound bear caught in a culvert trap, and after he was caught pled guilty. His punishment includes about $1000 in fines and [...]
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Wisconsin trial court dismisses CCW charge
Story here. Defendant was carrying a handgun in his car, a few days after having been robbed at gunpoint, and was then searching for his stolen car, in a high crime area. The handgun was unloaded, although he had a…
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Elite Archery Enters Third Year Partnership with Backwoods Life
Award winning TV show Backwoods Life remains strong marketing partners with Elite Archery and their top of the line bows. Hahira, GA (February 8, 2011) – Backwoods Life television, highly popular hunting program airing on Pursuit Channel and Wild TV (July 2011), announced today it has renewed their partnership with Elite Archery as the official [...]
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World Elk Calling Championships On for March 4-5
MISSOULA, Mont. – Amateur and professional elk callers from across the U.S. will converge on Reno, Nev., for the RMEF/Leupold World Elk Calling Championships, March 4-5, 2011. Preliminary rounds begin March 4 at 9:00 a.m. (PT), and championship rounds begin March 5 at 9:00 a.m. (PT), at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center. The championships are a [...]
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Earlyups Taking Skiing Seriously
The crew at Earlyups pulled together this hit list from what mostly looks like Jackson Hole. It seems a good crew: lots of daffys, some great crashes, and a PBR or two. Check out their website, Earlyups.com. They mostly pull together Freeskiing vids from the web, but they also produce some pretty funny stuff.
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Open Air – What Is Idaho Rep. Simpson Doing With The Wolf War Bills?
Idaho republican Representative Mike Simpson attached a provision to the Federal spending bill that will keep the Government running. That provision will prompt the Department of Interior to reissue the Final Rule dated April 2, 2009 as it pertains to gray wolf delisting in Montana and Idaho. The provision also disallows any statutes or federal [...]
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Blind Hiker Thru-Hiking Continental Divide Trail
A blind hiker and three of his friends a planning a trek from the Canadian to the Mexican border beginning this spring. They’ll cover more than 3,100 miles beginning in June as part of their Team Farsight initiative along the Continental Divide Trail. Their story is inspiring and I wish them the best of luck, [...]
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Swinglining Moab
A group of friends set up a slackline and then tie a couple climbing ropes from it to make a massive swing. I love how they hold onto the rope so tight when swinging. It’s like grabbing the armrests on a plane that’s crashing. You know that if things go wrong, holding on tight isn’t [...]
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1/24/2011 – Alabama Deer Hunt
With exactly a week to go in the Alabama deer season, I decided to switch up my strategy and hunt an evening trying to catch a buck following does onto a food plot. After sitting in the tree for about an hour, I heard deer walking in the creek behind me and saw this yearling [...]
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Washington Times picks up Operation Gunwalker
Story here….
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Alaska Dall Ram Killed By Wolves
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Suggestions For Maine Deer Action Plan
Yesterday I introduced you to the under construction, “Deer Action Plan” for Maine. The plan is the effort of a coalition of many key elements of the outdoor industry in Maine. After receiving the Plan, I took the time to critique it and offer some of my own suggestions. I forwarded those suggestions and comments [...]
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Flu A, Flu B, Flu C…
I was starting to think that maybe we were going to avoid the doctor’s office for the entire time in between well-child visits and then Goose got really sick.He started coughing, a deep, painful sounding cough on Sunday afternoon. By Sunday night I could tell he wasn’t himself, but it wasn’t too bad yet until middle-of-the-night pitiful crying woke me up. My baby boy was burning up with fever,
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Hunt and Fish Guides dot com Offers A Unique Service
When I first arrived in California I was lucky enough to have a friend help me get started hunting. He turned me on to what has become my favorite blacktail hunting area, and also showed me some excellent duck hunting on and off of the refuge system. But the one thing that we never had [...]
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