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About Sacred Meals and Hunting/Fishing Openers

by | September 30, 2020 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

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...
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Wyoming Safari – 25th Annual

by | September 23, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...
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Raptors and Fall Watching

by | September 16, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...
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Jack O’Connor Lives On

by | September 9, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...
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Of Ravens and Crows

by | September 2, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...
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Need A Family Bat Evening?

by | August 26, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...
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Pieces of our Outdoor Heritage

May 4, 2013 |

You gotta love May.  You can scratch an outdoor itch with the wild turkeys that are still afield, a family hike most anywhere, or with fishing for anything from truck trout to smallmouth bass, walleye, salmon and halibut.  Engage in your fall hunting fantasies right...

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Greetings!

Apr 30, 2013 |

Greetings and welcome to my "Inside the Outdoors" blog. I started writing a weekly outdoor column in 1988, in Colorado, and have been making weekly entries in Central Washington--this place I call Paradise--since 1995.  My interests run the gamut from families and...

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