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Hip or not, you can still kill wild turkeys

We all have friends who are always on the band wagon of the “hot new thing” when it comes to turkey hunting. The newest ammunition, the newest vests and clothing, decoys, and calls. I’ll honestly admit that even I sometimes jump in on the excitement when something new comes out. Unless you’re actively trying, it’s quite hard to stay on top of and up to date with all the new advancements in an industry that generates billions of dollars in retail sales each year. So where does that leave the average gobbler hunter? The type of hunter that after paying the bills, putting food ...

The road less traveled is often the better route

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” These words from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” are used as an allegory on life — that doing one’s own thing and not going along with the crowd often makes the difference between an ordinary person and an artist such as Frost. Members of my generation or older may remember Frost at Kennedy’s inauguration when a gust of wind blew the feeble old man’s poem (that he had written for the occasion) away, so he recited some lines of other works from ...

Treatment tells ticks to bug off

Friends, I’m really tired of seeing my hunting buddies and colleagues of the outdoors industry struck down by a little, teeny-tiny, disgusting bug. Yes, I’m talking about the creepy-crawling and bloodsucking ticks. Fortunately for me, after spending years peeling ticks off my skin, I’ve never tested positive for the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, otherwise known as Lyme Disease. I haven’t, but I very easily could have, and subsequently forced into submission to its adverse effects on the human body. That said, there are a variety of tick-borne illnesses in addition to Lyme ...

High school trapshooting has more programs, participants

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — It is a sport that is flying high. The proof of high school trapshooting’s rapid takeoff in North Dakota can be found at shooting ranges throughout the state. The impact of high school trapshooting at the Minot Gun Club has been nothing less than astounding. Area trapshooting teams comprised of students from grades 6-12 have been stepping to the line at the Minot Gun Club in ever increasing numbers. So much so that the club located north of the city is in midst of an expansion in order to accommodate the remarkable growth of the sport. Six new traphouses are ...

The road less traveled is often the better route

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” These words from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” are used as an allegory on life — that doing one’s own thing and not going along with the crowd often makes the difference between an ordinary person and an artist such as Frost. Members of my generation or older may remember Frost at Kennedy’s inauguration when a gust of wind blew the feeble old man’s poem (that he had written for the occasion) away, so he recited some lines of other works from ...

Treatment tells ticks to bug off

Friends, I’m really tired of seeing my hunting buddies and colleagues of the outdoors industry struck down by a little, teeny-tiny, disgusting bug. Yes, I’m talking about the creepy-crawling and bloodsucking ticks. Fortunately for me, after spending years peeling ticks off my skin, I’ve never tested positive for the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, otherwise known as Lyme Disease. I haven’t, but I very easily could have, and subsequently forced into submission to its adverse effects on the human body. That said, there are a variety of tick-borne illnesses in addition to Lyme ...