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      Fewer Hunting Families

      by Bob Speirs March 13, 2013

      Fewer Hunting Families February is a maudlin time of year; overcast and grey. All life seems to be tied in a knot, desperately clinging to the hope of spring. My normal optimism has been tempered by several weeks of a nagging cough. All the snows that have come seem to be dry dust rather than [...]

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      Dog Man

      by Bob Speirs February 8, 2013

      I’m a dog man. If you too are committed to dogs, you understand. If not, I’ll try to explain. Dogs are loyal and think of others first. They stand by you through thick and thin. If you get sick or injured, they stay by your side until you heal. They worship the ground you walk [...]

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      Raise Your Hand

      by Bob Speirs January 14, 2013

      Will the real lion hunters please raise your hands? I know that I have to qualify that statement. My definition won’t please or fit all interested parties, but I’d like to start the discussion. When the Game and Fish were first given the task of developing a mountain lion season, it caused tremendous controversy. So [...]

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      Hunter Numbers are on the Rise

      by OOBuck December 24, 2012

      Hunter Numbers are on the Rise My youngest son Connor is the least competitive hunting partner I have ever had. He gets the greatest pleasure from the associations with friends and relatives. He hunts differently than I do and spends most of his time in the outdoors involved in the pages of a book. He [...]

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      Thanks Dad

      by Bob Speirs November 26, 2012

      I’ve used the same rifle for deer hunting since I was seventeen years old. Every elk, antelope, or deer that I have harvested over the last 32 years has fallen to the Christmas gift that my father left under the tree back in 1980. There is a saying that there are two kinds of hunters; [...]

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      Black Hills Deer Opens Today

      by Bob Speirs November 1, 2012

      Carcass after deer carcass litters the creek bottoms near my home, all were victims of disease. The Black Hills deer season has definitely started on a sour note in my area, but reputable sources have tipped me to an old pleasure that has quietly made a come-back. For several years, deer hunting has experienced a [...]

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      Pulling Off a Double

      by Bob Speirs October 16, 2012

      The antelope buck gave us a fly-by. He charged the decoy we were hiding behind, leaving his does alone and unprotected more than 200 yards out. Instead of hitting the breaks and throwing sand in our faces he blew by us at forty yards without ever giving my bow hunter a standing shot. But I [...]

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      Archery Elk Season 2012

      by Bob Speirs September 26, 2012

      Every bull elk is different. Some are cowards. Others are loud braggarts. The best are conservative family men. My hunter and I worked them all through the middle weekend of South Dakota’s archery elk season. It has been brutal this fall on the forest. Drought has combined with the destructive forces of the pine beetles [...]

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      EHD Threatens Black Hills Deer Populations

      by Bob Speirs September 21, 2012

      The eagles had already eaten his tongue and eyes. Two days before I had seen this buck and four of his bachelor herd grazing through the sunflowers. He was easy to identify; four long tines on his left beam and six lesser points on the right. The two golden eagles had a young bald eagle [...]

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      Shotgunning Improves Rifle Skills

      by Mark Kayser September 18, 2012

      While spending time at NRA Whittington Center during the past week, I remembered how valuable it can be to practice with a shotgun to prepare for running shots on game that might be presented during rifle (or slug) season. Watch the video below and I’ll explain my theory. South Dakota native son Mark Kayser – [...]

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