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If Cats Could Fly

January 30, 2012

The mature bald eagle was unimpressed. It had flown up from Crow Creek and unexpectedly found itself in the center of a middle-school science experiment. My youngest son Connor and his partner Gus were launching rockets and gathering data comparing the heights they could achieve. The flight of the eagle and the descent of their [...]

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Observations from Lion Season

January 23, 2012

I have hunted lions in bitter weather, the kind that has icicles hanging from your horses’ belly. I have hunted lions in deep snow that closed down most of the hills to only the most ardent snow shoe enthusiasts. But I must confess to enjoying hunting lions in shirts sleeve weather. I enjoyed sitting high [...]

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Calling all Cats

January 19, 2012

I embarrass my family. I’ve driven the same car to work for twenty years. It is pretty banged up, but then so am I and I think we both still run dependably and start easily on cold mornings. I tell my wife that she should be proud that I believe in commitment and longevity. She [...]

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Surprise Buck

December 27, 2011

This story and set of photos comes to us from Rapid City hunter Mark Zacher. I’d been looking for a DIY public land buck like that for a very long time, since we had to change up our hunting area last year and find a new spot. My son is 25 and is a hunting [...]

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Predation

December 26, 2011

I watched three pairs of predators hunting deer this weekend. A pair of golden eagles landed and sat side by side on a ridge just above my wife and me. The female dwarfed its mate in size but both were enormous. Twenty years ago I had climbed to the top of a signal butte on [...]

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Gifts

December 23, 2011

My 11 year-old son found a fawn and he didn’t bring it home. The pictures he took won purple at the Butte-Lawrence County Fair and then again at the state fair. The gifts I received were found in the reverence in his voice as he bent over the new-born deer, the immensity of his eyes [...]

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What a Year

December 12, 2011

This story comes to us from Tom Patterson of Wisconsin who had an outstanding year…and one that made the record books! In 2010 I traveled to Alberta & was successful on a spot/stalk archery mule deer hunt with a guide service. I was immediately hooked on this spot/stalk type of hunt & couldn’t wait for [...]

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Surprises

December 9, 2011

The greatest delight of hunting season is often found not in the harvest of a known quarry, but rather in the sudden and unexpected surprises served up when seasoned hunters have convinced themselves that they have seen it all. I saw the biggest buck of the year on the last day of the season. He [...]

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Thats Why They Call it Hunting

December 5, 2011

“That’s why they call it hunting and not killing. “ I explained to my 12 year old Connor. But the words that I’d spoken so many times before rang hollow in my own ears. It was easier for my mature clients to swallow than it was for my youngest son on his first deer hunt. [...]

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Patience wins the Buck

November 29, 2011

I’d seen this buck on opening day. He was high and heavy with a small drop tine on his right main beam. He had just had his head handed to him by a one-antlered monster; a heavily muscled whitetail with a more aggressive personality. The one-antlered buck had experience, age, and attitude on his side. [...]

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