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I would like to wish every one of the ladies a Happy Mothers Day. I would also like to relate a funny anecdote. My Dad, many years ago, asked me if I knew the best fishing day of the year. I said no. He said Mothers Day. I asked why that was. He said: Because you can't go. I know this...

Today is the tenth of April. This is usually a day when temperatures are friendly but up "Nawth" here we have experienced a prolonging gesture from Winter over the last few weeks. We had snow (two inches) yesterday. It all melted off but we got hail this morning that amounted to another inch...

Got a new AR. It's a Smith and Wesson that is lighter than my Ruger 10/22. Absolutely amazing. I put a scope on it that cost almost as much as the gun (Bausch and Lomb optics). I sighted it in at 100 yards. I'm old so I'm not as good as I used to be but I can still manage 1/2 inch groups at...

I was called out for a chimney fire today. For those of you who have no idea what this is, it means there has been a buildup of creosote in the chimney that catches fire. Chimney sweeps were used in the old days to avoid this problem. Nowadays there is no such animal. Usually, when you have...

Has anyone noticed the prices on .22LR ammunition? Recently I had a buddy who wanted to purchase some .22s and they do seem to be difficult to find at the local Wal-Mart. I did some checking for him and discovered that you could indeed buy 50 round boxes for around $13 to $14 dollars plus...

I live in the Northwest corner of Indiana. I can practically spit and hit the Michigan border and the Illinois border is about forty minutes away by car. So far our Winter has consisted of a few light snowfalls that have long since melted away. The daytime highs have been averaging 35 to 45...

I am a hunter. I love hunting. I kill animals and butcher them for food. I am, by definition, an evil person who kills defenseless animals. Of course, those who have defined me have never met a Grizzly or a Tiger. They've never been confronted with a situation where the prey becomes the...

I noticed the large gooseberry bush on my land was full of berries, tasted a few and determined to pick them the following morning. I arrived the next morning only to find the bush completely denuded of berries. I couldn't find one! I did find the bear tracks. I talked to a DNR officer who...

I get to the site, login and then try to post a reply and have to login again. I move to another post, read it, and have to login yet again in order to reply. It's annoying. I'll probably have to login one more time just to post this new thread.

For the first time in apparently more than 100 years, the state of Indiana has acknowledged the existence of black bears within its' borders. They were considered extinct prior to this. They have of course been here for the entirety of that time. Officials of the state had us believe the...

This is a type of rattlesnake that is indigenous to the Great Lakes area. I had not seen one in twenty years but I knew they were here. Today, the guy who leases a part of my land says he not only saw one, he took a picture of it. He says it was three feet long and rattling when he uncovered...

Last Saturday which, incidentally, was my birthday, I went down to my pond with a buddy to see if the bluegill were bedding. They weren't although we did get some along with a few bass. Not really enough for a good dinner so we went over to another pond and waited for the muskrats. It didn't...

I was browsing around the site filled with all the outdoor activities including questions, comments, stories, complaints, and advice. I've pretty much done all of them at one time or another including spelunking, which tends to be a rather obscure outdoor activity since it is technically not...

I just left Facebook where I am convinced there is not a scintilla of intelligence. What most do on Facebook is stroke themselves with emotional BS. Most of it is political or having to do with visceral pursuits. And, should one have something to say that is outside of the realm of guttural...

I went out today with a buddy of mine to sight some weapons. We had everything from .177 air rifles to 12Ga. shotguns, and I do mean everything. I got my Ruger 10/22 sighted to the point I can hit a squirrel's eye at 50 yards. We got a .45 Colt lever action carbine hitting the bull at 50...

Did anybody see this game? I'm not that big a fan but when you're up 14-0 at the end of the first quarter and 20-7 in the third quarter, you should win. They should move the team to Anchorage, Alaska and enter them in the Iditerod because they are the best dog team in the world.

Here's an interesting subject. What have you eaten in your life? I don't want to hear about your girlfriend or your boyfriend. I want to know about what you consumed for food. I've eaten insects, snakes, mink, opossum, monkey, elephant, bear, cougar, lion, tiger, cape buffalo, bison, heron...

Today was the first day of gun season in Indiana. Unfortunately for me it was also the first day I was able to scout. I went out mid day and was able to easily see where the deer were running. We have a few inches of snow cover and it made tracking very easy. Temperatures for the coming week...

Yes, I remember a time when orienteering and finding the best fishing holes had nothing to do with electronics. It involved Dad, a few uncles, my grandma and grandpa and a couple of my Dad's friends. Each one had skills they passed on to me. Nowadays kids have no clue about things I take for...

The funny thing is that after spending all of the money that is necessary to keep one of these dumb animals alive for a winter that seems to have hung on well beyond where it should have gone away, I still like the horse. I went out in the middle of the winter and busted my ass to make sure...