Fishing with my family on Memorial Day. This past weekend I took my family camping and fishing at a fun little creek beneath lofty peaks. Before this trip, I happened to have a four-weight G. Loomis that I don’t use very often. On the drive over, I told my nine year old, Jenness, “Nessy, if…
AN INTERESTING SIDENOTE
Orphaned Mountain Lion Cub. In my last post, “One Hot Tom,” I wrote about a recent turkey hunt in southeastern Idaho. A few weeks before our hunt, the landowner (on who’s property we hunted) was asked by the Idaho Fish & Game to go up into the mountains near his home and pick up a…
ONE HOT TOM
If there is one thing that I have learned from turkey hunting over the years, it is that there are no guarantees. On some days, the stars align and it all seems too easy. On other days, any number of things can mess up your hunt . . . rain, predators, other hunters, fences, canyons,…
In Loving Memory of Bodhi 07/29/1997 to 05/17/2009
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>In Loving Memory of Bodhi 07/29/1997 to 05/17/2009
>Shawn: Today was a story you may need to tell, as an author, veterinarian and storyteller. If anyone is going to tell it, you should, as I cannot. In fact, I am unlikely to write about or, even, discuss any of this again, as I cried more today than any day in my life, which…
>Confessions of an Addict: Part the Spring
>I’m starting the 12 steps today! I’m new to turkey hunting…I saw my first wild turkey in southern Idaho in the early 1980’s while my brother Scott and I were mule deer hunting. It was a hen, and she flushed out of some scrub oak. Scott and I looked at each other and wondered what…
>The Ultimate Challenge…Turkey with Traditional Archery Equipment
>I’ve spent the past month and a half chasing long beards with a stick and a string in Colorado and Kansas. What a blast, but I have come to realize that it is by and far one of the most difficult challenges I’ve ever perused period! My hat is off to those of you out…
The Buck stops here!.
“When that second Buck stops moving – kill it” – I instructed in a horse whisper. This was my friend Jame’s second outing Stalking, ( hunting) Roe deer this week, and already he had one carcass hanging in the barn. This second Buck however, was a much better animal, and showing the full 6 points,…
>Dottie’s Bird
>Colorado’s weather can be crazy…to say the least. Yesterday was beautiful Spring weather the kind that’s made for chasing wild turkeys in the high country! Today is the exact opposite! It’s cold and rainy…could even snow! It’s been awhile since my last blog post…work has been extremely nuts which I’m grateful for in this crazy,…
WHAT IS THE WORTH OF OUR OUTDOOR MEMORIES?
I have been rereading Burton L. Spiller’s, Drummer in the Woods, and wanted to share one of my favorite quotes from “His Majesty, the Grouse”: Just recently an acquaintance took me to task for spending so much time afield. “Did you ever count the cost of your hunting?” he asked. “Of the time you have…
THE WORLD’S GREATEST TURKEY BLIND
I want to share with you a story about one of the best turkey blinds I have ever witnessed. It is big, it’s camouflage, and it’s mobile. Oh yeah, and you can use it as a solid gun rest. I learned about this turkey blind on my first turkey hunt almost twelve years ago. This…
BURTON L. SPILLER: A GREAT WRITER AND AND A GOOD MAN
I recently reread Burton L. Spiller’s Fishin’ Around. Many know Burt Spiller as “the poet laureate of [ruffed] grouse hunting,” a sentiment to which I whole-heartedly agree. Even though he died just a few months before I was born, Burt’s writing speaks to me like few other authors have. When I found out that Spiller…
Upland Ways 