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Completing a second grand slam
Guide Roy Lerg and I are moving slowly up a dry wash, when suddenly he says, “Rams! Up to the left! Get ready to shoot!”
Friday, January, 04, 2013 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Guide Roy Lerg and I are moving slowly up a dry wash, when suddenly he says, “Rams! Up to the left! Get ready to shoot!”
Friday, January, 04, 2013 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Tracking Nevada bighorn sheep
Six months ago, when I drew permits for Montana elk and Nevada desert bighorn sheep, I began fretting and worrying that perhaps I had been too optimistic about my abilities to collect either animal. A double-fusion back surgery in late July did nothing to allay those fears, my back and legs being as bad or worse than prior to the surgery.
Friday, December, 28, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Six months ago, when I drew permits for Montana elk and Nevada desert bighorn sheep, I began fretting and worrying that perhaps I had been too optimistic about my abilities to collect either animal. A double-fusion back surgery in late July did nothing to allay those fears, my back and legs being as bad or worse than prior to the surgery.
Friday, December, 28, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Ted Dowell’s fine craftsmanship
I learned recently that knifemaker Ted Dowell of Bend, Ore. died at age 83 in October. Most readers probably never have heard of him, but he was a founding member of the Knifemakers’ Guild in 1970, and I have owned one of his fine knives since the late 1970s. Dave Petzal, shooting editor of Field & Stream magazine called him “a dedicated elk hunter and good guy. If you happen upon a knife with his TMD stamp, you are looking at the best that can be done with a piece of steel.”
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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I learned recently that knifemaker Ted Dowell of Bend, Ore. died at age 83 in October. Most readers probably never have heard of him, but he was a founding member of the Knifemakers’ Guild in 1970, and I have owned one of his fine knives since the late 1970s. Dave Petzal, shooting editor of Field & Stream magazine called him “a dedicated elk hunter and good guy. If you happen upon a knife with his TMD stamp, you are looking at the best that can be done with a piece of steel.”
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Taking proper care of your meat
For at least the last 35 years, we have butchered every big game animal taken by a member of our household.
Friday, December, 14, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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For at least the last 35 years, we have butchered every big game animal taken by a member of our household.
Friday, December, 14, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Hard work ends with a bull elk
A raging wind has blown all day, and I am making myself as comfortable as possible, lying just beneath a mountain peak in fir and pine timber, and waiting for elk to come out into a high meadow to feed.
Friday, December, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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A raging wind has blown all day, and I am making myself as comfortable as possible, lying just beneath a mountain peak in fir and pine timber, and waiting for elk to come out into a high meadow to feed.
Friday, December, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Working hard to spot elk
Outfitter Keith Atcheson, Laurie and I spend most of the morning driving central Montana back roads, and stopping frequently to glass parts of the “island mountain ranges” common to this part of the state. “I see a cow elk up there but no bulls,” Keith announces. “Otherwise, I’d have you sit in that saddle and try to push some elk by you.
Friday, November, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Outfitter Keith Atcheson, Laurie and I spend most of the morning driving central Montana back roads, and stopping frequently to glass parts of the “island mountain ranges” common to this part of the state. “I see a cow elk up there but no bulls,” Keith announces. “Otherwise, I’d have you sit in that saddle and try to push some elk by you.
Friday, November, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Katrina’s first deer hunt
We were hunting in the Missouri River Breaks in 1992 — the year that daughter Katrina turned 12 — and the idea was to get her a shot at a mule deer.
Friday, November, 23, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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We were hunting in the Missouri River Breaks in 1992 — the year that daughter Katrina turned 12 — and the idea was to get her a shot at a mule deer.
Friday, November, 23, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Importance of proper packing
“Packing successfully for a hunting trip is far more important than making out a will which will hold up. If you die and your will is successfully contested, what do you care? You’re dead. If, however, you bring only longjohn bottoms on a hunt and leave the tops at home, you’ll regret it bitterly for a week or more.” — Dave Petzal
Friday, November, 16, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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“Packing successfully for a hunting trip is far more important than making out a will which will hold up. If you die and your will is successfully contested, what do you care? You’re dead. If, however, you bring only longjohn bottoms on a hunt and leave the tops at home, you’ll regret it bitterly for a week or more.” — Dave Petzal
Friday, November, 16, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Remembering a 1972 hunt
Forty years ago this week we were deer hunting in the Little Missouri River Grasslands north of Marmath, N.D. Jake and I were on the hunt, and the late Roy Wentz, who worked on the railroad with Jake. And that year my friend Ken Ball and his father came out from Columbus, Ohio for his first and only western hunt. (Ken and I both served with 1st Marine Division, 1st Recon Bn., “B” Co., 1st platoon. We still keep in touch by letter and phone.)
Friday, November, 09, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Forty years ago this week we were deer hunting in the Little Missouri River Grasslands north of Marmath, N.D. Jake and I were on the hunt, and the late Roy Wentz, who worked on the railroad with Jake. And that year my friend Ken Ball and his father came out from Columbus, Ohio for his first and only western hunt. (Ken and I both served with 1st Marine Division, 1st Recon Bn., “B” Co., 1st platoon. We still keep in touch by letter and phone.)
Friday, November, 09, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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A morning at the range
The sky is clear and bright, the air calm this early in the morning. Laurie and I unload the shooting box containing spotting scope, targets, stapler and a host of other necessities and place it on one of the concrete shooting benches. Two rifles I place in the rack, and ammunition I set on the bench. We are at the rifle range near Logan, Mont.
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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The sky is clear and bright, the air calm this early in the morning. Laurie and I unload the shooting box containing spotting scope, targets, stapler and a host of other necessities and place it on one of the concrete shooting benches. Two rifles I place in the rack, and ammunition I set on the bench. We are at the rifle range near Logan, Mont.
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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The enduring magic of October
“Soak it up, go into it softly and thoughtfully, with love and understanding, for another year must pass before you can come this way again.”— Gene Hill, Wingshooter’s Autumn
Friday, October, 26, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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“Soak it up, go into it softly and thoughtfully, with love and understanding, for another year must pass before you can come this way again.”— Gene Hill, Wingshooter’s Autumn
Friday, October, 26, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Fall means America’s pastime and hunting
“So, how about those St. Louis Cardinals?” I ask the young guy who is handing out towels at the health club. (The Cardinals had just defeated the Braves in a one-game “series.”)
Friday, October, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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“So, how about those St. Louis Cardinals?” I ask the young guy who is handing out towels at the health club. (The Cardinals had just defeated the Braves in a one-game “series.”)
Friday, October, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Selling a rifle, end of an era
“My son, Brandon, is looking to buy a shotgun,” Rochelle began. “He is 23 and is just now starting to hunt in Colorado.” (Rochelle is a high school friend of my wife, Laurie, and lives in Denver.)
Friday, October, 12, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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“My son, Brandon, is looking to buy a shotgun,” Rochelle began. “He is 23 and is just now starting to hunt in Colorado.” (Rochelle is a high school friend of my wife, Laurie, and lives in Denver.)
Friday, October, 12, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Opening weekends worth forgetting
Not all opening weekends for pheasant hunting turn out to be exemplary experiences. Take the time I agreed to hunt opening day in southeastern Wyoming in the mid-’70s with a guy named Dave, a nervous, chain-smoking character I met at work. The plan was for me to pick him up at his house at 5 a.m., drive to the Torrington area and arrive just before first light.
Friday, October, 05, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Not all opening weekends for pheasant hunting turn out to be exemplary experiences. Take the time I agreed to hunt opening day in southeastern Wyoming in the mid-’70s with a guy named Dave, a nervous, chain-smoking character I met at work. The plan was for me to pick him up at his house at 5 a.m., drive to the Torrington area and arrive just before first light.
Friday, October, 05, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Fond memories of September sharptails
Late September in North Dakota meant sharp-tailed grouse hunting for us, and I still remember the indescribable anticipation of it as a teenager.
Friday, September, 28, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Late September in North Dakota meant sharp-tailed grouse hunting for us, and I still remember the indescribable anticipation of it as a teenager.
Friday, September, 28, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Looking for blue grouse
John Thorp parks his pickup at the logging road gate where large signs announce, “No motor vehicles beyond this point.” We will walk from here and try to find some blue grouse.
Friday, September, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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John Thorp parks his pickup at the logging road gate where large signs announce, “No motor vehicles beyond this point.” We will walk from here and try to find some blue grouse.
Friday, September, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Packtrips then and now
September is a glorious month to be in mountainous country, the air crisp and sharp, and one of the best ways to enjoy it is on with a packtrain — a string of horses, some saddled for riding, others carrying panniers containing the provisions for the trip.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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September is a glorious month to be in mountainous country, the air crisp and sharp, and one of the best ways to enjoy it is on with a packtrain — a string of horses, some saddled for riding, others carrying panniers containing the provisions for the trip.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Don’t leave anyone behind
Six years old, 1955, and I saw Jake pull into the driveway with two whitetail does strapped to the fenders of the ‘47 Pontiac. I had been left behind, I bawled like a baby, and Jake telling me I was “too small” to go along deer hunting, didn’t help matters.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Six years old, 1955, and I saw Jake pull into the driveway with two whitetail does strapped to the fenders of the ‘47 Pontiac. I had been left behind, I bawled like a baby, and Jake telling me I was “too small” to go along deer hunting, didn’t help matters.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Wyoming bighorn hunting is tough
You’ve got to admire my friend, John. He just turned 62 years of age, and he drew his second Rocky Mountain bighorn permit in northwestern Wyoming. The season opens tomorrow on the 1s of September, and John is determined to hunt without the aid of an outfitter. (John hunted this same country for bighorns in 1983 but didn’t get a shot.)
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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You’ve got to admire my friend, John. He just turned 62 years of age, and he drew his second Rocky Mountain bighorn permit in northwestern Wyoming. The season opens tomorrow on the 1s of September, and John is determined to hunt without the aid of an outfitter. (John hunted this same country for bighorns in 1983 but didn’t get a shot.)
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Fire suppression a flawed strategy
Over much of the West this summer, the U.S. Forest Service has been going after forest fires that in previous years would have been allowed to burn naturally and go out on their own. The policy reversal was announced earlier this summer, and has become highly visible in a number of western states.
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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Over much of the West this summer, the U.S. Forest Service has been going after forest fires that in previous years would have been allowed to burn naturally and go out on their own. The policy reversal was announced earlier this summer, and has become highly visible in a number of western states.
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - Outdoors
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