Entries for December 2012

An essential sound effect in old Westerns was the ricochet. Once you heard that whining cry, you knew someone had missed.
   

The allure of Alaska, and especially Kodiak Island, is the unknown ... the collaboration between land and sea to make the most seasoned sportsman feel like a complete neophyte in an environment that's both unpredictable and unforgiving.

The ever-struggling Minnesota Twins reportedly took a special offering to the MLB Winter Meetings this week to help entice potential free agents to play ball in The Twin Cities: venison jerky.

If you watched last week's episode, you learned about Hunt Week. Well, now it's time to see how fierce the competition has been between the Thump Monkeys and the Kill Billys.

I’m deep into a 2-month road warrior hunting trip to capture footage for TV. Extensive hunting travel requires some dedicated planning, optimistic spirit and grit. It’s not the life you want to live if you cherish a stable, comfortable home environment. You’ll be moving from bed to bed, motel to motel and lodge to lodge every few nights.

A package of important pro-sportsmen measures, known collectively as the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012, faltered in much-anticipated U.S. Senate action last week.

During the fall of 2010, I hunted blacktails and waterfowl with Ninilchik Charters out of Larsen Bay, Alaska. So, when Linda Powell of Mossberg hesitantly invited me back knowing I'd already done a very similar hunt, there was no hesitation on my end for two reasons: The hunting experience is that good, and I knew she was going to ask me to hunt blacktails with slugs. I sit here writing to you now with ocean waves pounding at the beach and snow-capped mountains holding those beaches in place. Kodiak is indeed God-kissed country.