Entries for April 2011

Apr 28

When you’re taping a hunting television show sometimes things go all wrong … until they go all right! That was the case last week on Lone Hollow Ranch near Vanderpool, Texas out in the western Hill Country.  I was chasing Rio Grande turkeys with freelance producer Tyge Floyd at the invitation o...

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Apr 27

Apr 25

Almost 30 years ago, I killed my first turkey near Port Gibson, Mississippi with longtime NAHC Life Member and one of my gun writing mentors Dr. John Woods. The bird came down a logging trail in the afternoon strutting and gobbling. I was set up around a tight curve so I couldn’t even see the tom cl...

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Apr 21

To an old fossil like me, this collection of colored triangles all jumbled together doesn’t mean a thing. It doesn’t tell me where to find more ducks, where ol’ Thunder will fly down in the morning or even where to buy a hunting license. The danged thing looks like some kind of high-tech, low-practi...

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Apr 18

Not long ago I was working on a calendar project for the North American Hunting Club. My assignment was to develop a list of historical and commemorative dates of importance to a broad range of hunters. So I started trolling the internet, letting random thoughts and threads take me where they might....

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Apr 14

Whether it’s the weather, the fact that hunting permit application deadlines are looming or simply because “sports show season” has come and gone hunters and fishermen are dreaming about outdoor get-aways. North American Hunter-TV’s visit to the Eastern Sports & Outdoors Show in Harrisburg, Penn...

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Apr 12

I grew up visiting my aunt’s parent’s (Darrel and Lois’) farm in Greenwood, Wisconsin, as a child. I’d help with simple chores, such as shoveling manure in the barn, and I loved every second of it. (Yes, I literally had a $*#%-shoveling grin.) Later on during those trips I started tagging along...

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Apr 11

Seldom these days do I have anything good to say about any legislator anywhere. That’s especially true with tax day so close. A big shout out to the IRS for the three extra days to hang on to my own money this year … whoooo hooooo!!! So it’s a bit surprising to be blogging about a couple of good ...

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Apr 08

You may have guessed science fiction isn’t my preferred literary genre. Fact is you can count on one hand the number of sci-fi novels or short stories I’ve read in my lifetime. I’ve written before about what a wonderful wife I have. We’ve been married for nearly 27 years and every one better than...

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Apr 07

Finally, I'll get to hit the spring turkey woods this coming weekend. So what if snow still lingers on the ground and late-winter temperatures continue to punish thermometers across the Midwest? The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources declared the dates, and not even Armageddon will change the...

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