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The snow is melting in the North Country and except for the elk; most of the mature deer have dropped their antlers at my latitude. I’ve been scouring some of the land near my house…
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Jaco Swart was guiding a group of clients on a trip down a river gorge in South Africa when a storm flooded the river and sent the group scrambling for higher ground. Swart hung on to the cliff side for 27 hours; 13 of his clients did not. At the time Swart made some [...]
Go to Barefoot Hiker Keeps His PromisesNow is a great time to get out and do some post season scouting and start looking for some big bucks sheds.
Before you know it we will be back out deer hunting.
And what a great way to get some exercise and learn more about where the monsters are hanging out on your property. I have [...]
Governor Michael Rounds of South Dakota has signed the SD Firearms Freedom Act into law. This brings to five the number of states that have enacted FFAs – Montana with the original, followed by clones of the MFFA in Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming and South Dakota.
FFA-watchers now turn to Oklahoma, Alaska and Idaho where other [...]
Last year, Jeff and I were both successful in our turkey hunting pursuits – Jeff shot a nice jake, and I shot my first bird – a jake – as well. And we were lucky enough to capture both of those hunts on film too.
I love sharing these videos with all of you, and I [...]
People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too. You know, like the senseless infinity you get from two mirrors facing each other across a narrow passage. Usually in the more vulgar kind of hotels. Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and [...]
Go to Today’s QuoteOn Thursday, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal signed the Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act, making Wyoming the fourth state to enact an FFA.
The Governor of South Dakota is expected to sign the SDFFA soon.
The WFFA differs from the original Montana model in that it establishes potential state penalties for anyone arresting a Wyoming person making or selling [...]
So we have a four-way tie. That’s right, buddyboy25, ikedogg, mwmrtn, and taylor1 each correctly guessed the actual, to-the-inch, gross-score total of all four bucks, which break down like…
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Go to Hurteau: Tie In The Bow Contest!!A 32-year-old schoolteacher was running along an isolated road when something attacked her. The woman’s body was found in a pool of blood by some locals on snowmobiles. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but the local villagers have already assigned the blame to pack of extremely bold wolves. Wolf tracks [...]
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Perhaps the only question remaining is which wolf or group of wolves were responsible for the mauling death of 32-year old Candice Berner, who at the time of her death was living in Chignik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. The autopsy, authorities say, along with [...]
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Go to Spring Is HereThe Coriell Institute for Medical Research holds its 29th Annual Tri-County Science Fair, showcasing the very best of South Jersey’s science programs on Saturday at Camden County College’s Blackwood campus.
More than 200 students in grades 6 through 12 from Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties will compete in categories such as behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry, [...]
Enjoy an outdoor adventure exploring a wide array of plants and animals by participating in an Awaking to Spring Family Nature Hike on Saturday, April 3 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Palmyra Cove Nature Park’s 250-acre preserve.
The Awaking to Spring Family Hike will highlight animal and plant activity with the emergence of spring, [...]
I was down picking up some of my GPS radiocollars at the research site yesterday when I stumbled onto the antler of one GPS collared bucks while looking for his collar. Fortunately, I found his collar also but here is how the antler was laying when I spotted it.
As a 5 year old, he should [...]
Go to Antlers starting to fallChris Erickson and Will Cardamone boarded a train to head to the Telemark Championships in Alpine Meadows. Both guys are Stoic athletes, which means we’ll forever be debating whether they took first and second in the comp because of their good karma from the train ride or their killer jackets.
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MISSOULA, Mont. – Walker S. “Buddy” Smith, Jr. and wife Tammie Lynne Smith of Great Falls, Mont., have received the highest honor given by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
The Wallace Fennell Pate Wildlife Conservation Award honors contributions of lasting significance to the benefit of elk, other wildlife and their habitat across North America. The award [...]
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Go to Obama At The BatCan’t get out of the house to go shed hunting? We are putting a new twist on “Shed Hunting”. Each day you can try and locate our “Shed” on the Camp Wild Girls website. (It is not the one on the front in the Sharp-Hill advertisement or the one in this post!). It is somewhere [...]
Go to New Twist on “Shed” hunting!Here’s another shot of a Canada lynx taken in the proximity of where the previous photos of the lynx I have posted. You can find those shots here and here.
In this photo, please note the large feet, great for mastering the great snow depths. If you look closely, you’ll also noticed the all black tip [...]
The energy drink industry is a multi-billion dollar behemoth, and several new manufacturers are looking to take their chunk out of it in a different way. These Anti-Energy drinks are meant to calm you and put you to sleep instead of making you consume twice as much alcohol as you normally would. Pretty soon [...]
Go to Anti-Energy DrinksCatches snapping turtles in some places not fit for human intrusion.
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Go to The Turtle ManOn the road through Sunday… no live updates, so figured this’ll set the proper tone.
I hear a lot of folks say that Texans and Californians don’t get along, and the good people of the Lone Star State hate to see Left Coasters moving into their fine piece of the country. Good thing I’m [...]
Doug Paymer of Camera Land has become a great friend of the Desert Rat Blog. Doug is well-known through his participation on a bunch of hunting message boards across the internet, including our own AHT Forums. If you are interested in purchasing cameras or optics, please contact Doug. I guarantee his knowledge will impress you. [...]
Go to Interview With Doug at CameralandAhem… as you’ve noticed, I haven’t been here much this week. Please excuse the dust and cobwebs… I hope to be back tomorrow or next week (with pictures!) of what I have been doing this week. Anyway… I decided to sit down, catch my breath and try to read a few of the posts I’ve missed this week from my blogging friends (no way I’ll read them all – sorry guys.) and I stumbled across this post
Go to On a Forgotten Quest By Jerry Long, March 10, 2010
At Burlington Boss Toms National Wild Turkey Federation Chapter we pass on the hunting tradition.
Some of you faithful readers may remember the dustyvarmint’s Mostly Archery and Up North Journal Game Camera Photo Contest. Third prize winner Dave from Rapid City, SD asked me to give his turkey decoy to a [...]
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Posted by Tom Remington on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Thomas Sowell wrote: “People are all born ignorant but they are not born stupid. Much of the stupidity we see today is induced by our educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities.” He also said that one of the problems with education today is that what our educational institutions were created for, [...]
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