Search results

I am trying to get at least a couple hours per day cutting dead balsam on the road into my place. It's a good workout, but I can tell that I am going to have to cut back on the calories this winter; either that or start a trapline. Managing to keep finding some projects for the shop, after...

I make up emer. kits that are tuned to the trip, time of year, vehicles, etc. Something that a lot of people don't consider is what you should always have in your pockets. I have put my pack down while making a stalk, and had the devil of a time finding it in the dark later, and each year...

I guess that I should consider myself as fortunate, that here I am at 68 and my only surgeries so far are tonsils at age 2, and appendix at age 14.

I despise yoga also. In the P90X program, one of the cd's is Yoga, and when I was following the program religiously I grunted my way through it, but I avoid it as much as I can these days. Any guy who thinks that yoga is just for sissies should take a yoga class with a bunch of women and...

Yup, and you better get used to it. I've done a couple canoe trips (plus the planned arctic trip this summer) with a 74 year old guy who doesn't seem to have any aches & pains issues. Your extremely active lifestyle serves you well until the crash & burn episodes, and they sure add up as the...

I'll fly into Edmonton to meet up with my canoeing partner from Wawa, Ontario. I introduce him as "Enos from Wawa". Then fly to Yellowknife, Norman Wells, and finally a long floatplane ride to Horton Lake (north of Great Bear Lake). You can look up the specs on "Jackpine Paddle" 26 days...

It all went good cutting trees yesterday, until about two hours into it my back started yelling in my ear, "You stupid some-B, you're not 20 any more (or even 50)"

It's anyone's guess as to that, but Canada is in a bigger financial hurt-locker than the US, and another season of shut downs will likely kill off thousands of tourist based resorts and outfitters. The roll out of the vaccine will be the game changer, and I wouldn't be surprised if Canada...

Headed out to the woods shortly to do some cutting on bud-worm killed balsam and spruce. It's a PIA, but good exercise and something that needs doing.

**Canada fishing trip (Ontario) in May if the border opens by then. ** If not^, then a SW tour of the Indian sacred places with my wife. Also to visit a friend who needs some help shooting his BIG guns in the new Mexico desert. **360 mile canoe/fishing trip to the Arctic Ocean (NW...

Those relationships with friends and family are often taken for granted until they are no longer there. Especially in these difficult times, I've looked back and found little regret for the things that we have done together, but do have some regret for not expressing our appreciation for each...

Kid, I didn't know that you were origionally from Arkansas.

Great bull Trent. Those photos really show off the length of the main beams.

Now that's a cool looking buck, and with a great rack too. Wisc. has a small gene pool for albino bucks, and some pie-balds get shot each year. I'm not sure, but I thought the state had made it illegal to shoot one. The DNR generally is against protecting them.

I have taught "personal preparedness", and wilderness survival via community education, firearms and snowmobile safety, and guided in the US and Canada wilderness for 7 summers. My mantra is what I call the "7 P's"; Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Expect that the worst...

I just read on a Minnesota DNR website that the largest deer killed in the state weighed 500#. There was no supporting info, so I don't know if it was gutted or not. The record black bear was over 800#. A guy I went to high school with was close to 600# when he died, but that isn't even...

Crime and punishment are going the other way these days, so don't expect harsher sentences for violations. Look at the guy who was just arrested for cold-cocking RicK Moranis, (all 130# of intimidating he-man that he is) had been arrested for 7 previous assaults and was still walking around...

Check out the section in the forum titled, "Getting in shape for the hunt". You can read thru past posts that cover this issue very well. In the link titled "Who else is", there is a handful of members who are very dedicated, both in training and in posting. All have a variety of routines...

I have owned a .308, and 7mm/08, both in the 700 Rem. Mountain Rifles. My son and grandson have them now. The 7mm/08 is very, very close ballistically to the 6.5 Creedmore, and any disadvantage it has only comes in at very long range. My go to rifle now is in 30-06. Some say the long action...

Supposedly the ammo mfg. are going full bore, but none of it ever seems to appear on the shelf anywhere. I've looked on-line too, and pretty much the same situation. I don't really need to buy anything right now, but will continue to monitor the availability. Not to divert into politics, but...