Hunting for Political Friends

I have an aversion towards politics, kind of a like a mothering moose cow has towards a wolf.  I get dizzy easy and following some of these political arguments and rhetoric go around and around does nothing good to the stomach.  I’ve always been amazed to see someone level headed enter such an arena and have [...]

Unicorns, Fire Breathing Dragons, and Flying Steelhead: The overly dramatic title, to a fairly ho hum story of one man’s quest for…um, revenge?

I stepped out the front door of the cabin and was blasted in the face by a gust of arctic wind.  It has been an early spring in the southern reaches of the state where I make my home but here in the mountains it evidently still gets cold.  I almost wanted take my cup [...]

Steelhead DO exist?!

Up till Saturday, I had been quite certain from my own experience that steelhead are nothing more than imaginary critters made up in the minds of exhuberant, and very creative, fishermen. I mean, really, a trout that goes to the ocean and back? That’s really creative, is it not? So, try to imagine my dissapointment [...]

Taxidermy Project: European Mount On Arrowhead Board

My Dad just finished the European mount he did of my 2009 deer… and I couldn’t be happier with the results! I took the deer with my bow, so Dad wanted to make the board he mounted it on look like an arrowhead. He drew up his own pattern and went to work… this is the great results! I love [...]

I Really Don’t Like Mine Toasted

When I was a bit younger and my actions didn’t turn out the proper results,  there were a few times, maybe more then a few times, that I felt there was no need that anyone should know.  But after a while you’re dragging this big bag on undesirable memories around that you have no release [...]

What are the Odds?

My brother shot a coyote the other day (no, he didn’t invite me to come along) and took a picture of it with his cell phone. With no way to get the pics off his phone, he showed me and my cousin, Cody, the pictures off his phone. Over the weekend, Cody was cruising the [...]

The Agonies of the Monday Morning After

I know, that title doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but somehow after what happened yesterday and how I feel today, and what I feel like I should do tomorrow it all makes perfect sense.  In short, yesterday I got talked into going chukar hunting with two of my sons, Todd and Tom.  Today [...]

Chasing Elusive (Adroit) Elk

Elusive (e lu’ siv)  adj.  Adroitly evading; baffling, hard to grasp. I had to look this up to make sure it was the description I wanted… and then had to look up adroitly( this always happens to me!) adroit (a droit’) adj. Skillful or clever in performance; quick to grasp and execute; resourceful; deft. …and [...]