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About Sacred Meals and Hunting/Fishing Openers

Such a strange year, 2020, on so many fronts. Silly me, I have been anticipating and talking up the meals we might still have at the beginning of our general deer and elk seasons – those sacred breakfasts which set us properly on a path to make the precious meat with...

Wyoming Safari – 25th Annual

Last Friday evening, I pulled into Paradise with the meat made during our very successful 25th Annual Wyoming Deer and Antelope Safari. Interestingly, this year I headed out on 11 September and arrived back home on the 18th – exactly the same dates as that first 1996...

Raptors and Fall Watching

With continuing restrictions on gatherings beyond family, the question on the floor had to do with watching wildlife, possible photo opportunities and fresh air. Given the season, and the magic of watching critters gather for long flights to winter, I suggested Red...

Jack O’Connor Lives On

What started all this was a thirty-something homey asking about the logo on my shirt. I was at one of the few safe and open sight-in spots in the foothills, testing some loads for the .270 Edward, last of the Hucklings, would use on our upcoming Wyoming Safari. The...

Of Ravens and Crows

Up in the hills, around town, or on the way to fishing in the Columbia River Gorge, crows and ravens seem to be a regular object of attention lately. They seem to be most everywhere, just making sure we see and hear them, or busily and noisily harassing birds or dogs...

Need A Family Bat Evening?

Looking for a low-impact, quiet, yet delightful family late-evening outing? So was Homey. “Look,” he said, “Sue and I were trying to come up with a cheap evening’s entertainment for us and the three offspring, and I remembered that you once wrote something about...
About Thunderstorms and Tornadoes

No doubt you have taken note of the thunderstorms which have rolled through parts of our valley over the last few weeks.  We are all paying attention to the tornadoes popping up in parts of the US almost daily.  This is spring—this is weather time. No matter where I...

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Hard Questions Answered

As you might imagine, from time to time, questions are posed to the Reecer Creek Rod, Gun, Working Dog & Outdoor Think Tank Benevolent Association.  I believe this is because we have gathered some of the best minds in the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps I get the hard...

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Up a Potholes Swamp without a Battery

Homey Chris Smart heard from Roger Reynolds, and asked if I remembered him. Duh…  I knew Roger from our shared time in Central’s Communication Department a decade and a half ago.  Roger was a great prof—and a good coach—as I developed Com classes, but we mostly hit it...

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To the Edge of America for Big Flat Fish

We needed a big adventure, so we signed up for one at the Central Washington Sportsmen Show in February.  We got one, and more. Homey Kirk Johnson and I hooked up with Captain Don “Determined” Davenport for a run from Westport out to the edge of the Continental Shelf...

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Heirlooms, Firearms, Kids and Tomorrow

Last weekend’s Friends of NRA banquet—supporting the NRA Foundation—was a big success, thank you.  Nationwide, in events like ours, the Foundation has raised a couple hundred million bucks over the last two decades for shooting programs and education.  Washington...

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Stan and Goliath the Gobbler

No, I have not yet crossed paths with a wild turkey willing to give itself to my family’s sustenance.  Others, however, are having success, and sharing what they know.  To wit: the following note from Stan Wills of Crab Creek fame. “Fellow Hunters…  I have been...

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