Don’t forget your best friend this Christmas
While you’re exchanging gifts on Christmas morning, you might glance over and notice your most faithful friend giving you those sad puppy-dog eyes. That’s just the sort [...]
The Great Outdoors
The handwarmer people missed an opportunity
I pulled up to the place I planned to get some photos last week, and the thermometer in the dash of my rig said it was one degree outside. The weather app on my phone said [...]
I’m no morning person, except on hunting mornings
Everybody in my house is a morning person. Everybody but me. Each morning, at 5:30 on the dot, my youngest is up, banging cabinets and slamming drawers, looking for [...]
Go sledding
I love a good snow. The more we get, the merrier I am. Especially if I get to go outside and play in it. There’s a ton of stuff you can do in the snow. Ski, snowshoe, hitch [...]
Stuff those stockings with more stockings
My best advice for you, if you’re looking for stocking stuffers this year, is to stuff that stocking with some more stockings. Specifically, Darn Tough socks. These things [...]
Christmas season starts with cutting a tree
I wasn’t sure if our tradition of going out into the woods to cut our own Christmas tree would survive the kids’ teen years, because you can’t take an Xbox on a hike in [...]
My bird dog is a dud
I have an irretrievable retriever. I started to suspect that my Lab was missing the hunting gene her breed is known for the first time I took her hunting. She seemed excited [...]
Carry a gun, because you can’t carry a police officer
Many people see no reason for regular citizens to carry guns. But Massad Ayoob, a handgun trainer and concealed carry proponent, answered a few questions about carrying [...]
Take care of your state lands
There’s a section of state land near my house where I like to go to feel like I’m away from all the pressures of civilization for a while. It’s not far from town, and [...]
I don’t need any more expensive, time-consuming hobbies
I need to find someone with coon dogs who’ll let me go hunting with him sometime. I’ve been reading a lot about raccoon hunting, and it sounds like my kind of activity. [...]