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I bought a couple guns for my wife the first year we were married, but would not give her one for an anniversary present. The shotgun that I got her has been pretty much a safe queen, but she has told me several times, "Don't you dare sell that revolver you bought me." That one is a Ruger...

My food plot is the woody browse of the big woods. This is what it looks like now.

I doubt that this will change anytime in the for-see-able future. I went across for a fishing trip just a few days after Canada reopened the border last August, and for the first few days traffic was stacked up for hours to get through. I talked to the outfitter for the fly-in outpost that we...

Here's a few from my CO fishing trip.

My fall back plan for future years if I don't draw a tag is to go on an alpine lakes hiking trip. I solo packed into a high mt. lake in Colorado the week before my mzl elk hunt in 2019, and surprised myself at just how much I enjoyed catching cut-throat and watching elk.......even without a gun...

I totally agree with Muley Bound....you can get out west and hunt every year if you don't focus all your energy and $ on "Trophy Tags". On my 22 or so hunts out west, I have been mostly successful, but never put a tag on a B&C critter. I shot some nice ones for sure, but the most memorable was...

I sold some primers to six different forum members last year, and an expensive tent & stove several years back. In those cases and also for some binos I bought we just agreed to a check in the mail. The money was good in all cases. You just need to avoid dealing with the 600 pound fat guy...

I have hunted in WY 15 times for various critters, all in GEN elk or regional deer areas that are OTC for residents. Other than 6 pts. for antelope, I always applied for a tag that I could draw with minimum pts., and I would guess that a large majority of NRs never do build up enough points to...

I haven't seen sand or even dirt since last November. We just got another 4" of snow and it is still coming down. I checked with a neighbor who just went ice fishing, and the 30" of ice has not dissipated at all. I was hoping to take a sled ride into the hunting shack, but after clearing 6...

I hate yoga with a purple passion. But, it definitely has merit as a fitness routine, and anyone who poo-poos it should take a class with a bunch of women and prepare to have your ass kicked. My yoga experience was primarily as a part of the P90X routines. As far as the "eastern religion"...

With just the two of us at home, there is a limit on how much wild game we can eat. Luckily, my wife loves it all (especially fish), so if we have it we will have game 3-5 times a week. Unfortunately, our local deer numbers have dropped off a cliff, and another killer winter is doing its best...

Geeesh...it never seems to stop. 28 degrees and 3" of fresh snow. At least the last couple days it was rain instead of snow, or we would be dealing with 20" or more. There's still several feet f packed snow on my lake and 2-3' of ice. Last year, the ice went out on April 8th, and my dock and...

Fabulous!!! Looks like rare mallard breast. I'm also am waiting for an antelope redo in WY.

Great Marcus...the scale isn't the only way to measure. The best reminder for me that I am putting on pounds where I don't want it is when my pants get too tight. I haven't changed my waist size in pants in over 45 years, and wearing an uncomfortable pair is constant reminder to lose a few...

I went on my first guided elk hunt after I retired, and figured that it was a once in a lifetime experience. That hunt was $2,800 in 2006. Since then I have been on 6 other guided hunts for deer or elk and have seen the prices increase to $4,500 for a 2 0n 1 and $6,800 for 1 on 1. The going...

I have the remnants of 105" of snow this season...likely 3' to 4'. Last year ice out on the lake I live on was April 8th. I would guess that we are easily a month plus away from ice out this year. BUT, I have two Canada fishing trips planned; the first a drive to resort in May, and the...

I am one short on getting my morning exercise routine back to my annual goal (20+ pullups, 40+ pushups). I will for-go it this morning as I have over 6" of heavy wet snow to deal with for myself and older neighbor. The snow total for this season has pushed past 100". I am within a few pounds...

So, if private landowners own the airspace above their properties, just how far does that go? I wouldn't want a drone hovering over my house either, but there must be a reasonable limit. It would be cool to take a power parachute into some of these landlocked public areas.

I burned my CO points a few years ago, but have continued to get elk and deer pts. I used the 1 that I had for elk again last year, and will likely use 2 pts. to draw a cow tag in 2024. As I hit 70 this year, there is no "point" to sitting on points. I actually did my first CO hunt in 1979...

We used an old trail that went up to an old fire tower site where my grandfather was the first fire warden in 1936. Locals used the trail for snowmobiles to access other trails, but the Forest Service decided that wasn't to be allowed. So, they brought in a big bulldozer, pushed over rocks and...