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Do you know the feeling of sleeping in a bed with cool sheets? I love it, especially in warm weather, and I think I finally understand the formula. Before I spell it out, I want to describe some of the many traps that have been set out for me. I used to think it was […]
The Bonneville Salt Flats are located on the western edge of Utah along I-80. They are world renowned as the place where land speed records are set, chosen for their natural flatness. I was looking for a place to camp overnight on my camping road trip during June of this year, and this was a […]
The Pawnee National Grassland is located in northeast Colorado. As the name would imply, it is a large expanse of grassland, relatively flat, set aside for public use much like the National Forest system. It is a very beautiful place, and very peaceful. Except, perhaps, for the cows. There are three small developed campgrounds at […]
Several years ago, when my father retired, he moved up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Escanaba, where he has a house on the lake. He quickly came to understand that hunting is very important to the area. As my interest in hunting was budding at the time, he suggested that I should visit […]
In 2008, in preparation for my first hunting trip to Arkansas, I picked up a Kimber 84M Classic chambered in .260 Remington, and I topped it off with a Leupold 2-7x3mm scope. I wanted something that was lightweight and not excessively powerful for the slightly smaller whitetail deer in the south, and that’s exactly what […]
Like many states in the region, Indiana has not allowed deer hunting with rifles. Shotguns, handguns, muzzle-loaders, and bows are allowed. Some say this is intended to make the hunt more challenging, thereby promoting growth in the deer population (particularly several decades ago when deer populations were low). Others say it is intended to limit […]
I bought a compound bow this week. This is the first bow I have ever owned and the first bow I’ve shot since I was in the Boy Scouts. The bow is a Diamond Razor Edge, which is actually a youth bow. I ended up with a youth bow because it turns out that I […]
(Wow. I don’t normally buy firearms this often – or this impulsively.) I bought the Ruger 77/22 in .22 Magnum when I did because I wanted to get ready for some serious coyote hunting. However, I was really let down by the accuracy. I’m thinking I might still be able to do something about that, […]
I took my Ruger 77/22 to the range today. I was a little disappointed by the accuracy. A year or two ago, I decided it would be a good idea to have a .22 Magnum rifle. There are a few situations in various hunting regulations which limit rifles to “22 caliber rimfire”, even for game […]
I am a little surprised that I don’t know any fishermen. I have identified a few areas now that are a little difficult to reach by land, but which could easily be reached by boat. Howell Island was the first. The chute is impassible most of the time. If I had a boat, I could […]
