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Surprise Buck

by admin 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

by Bob Speirs 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

by Bob Speirs 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

by admin 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

by Bob Speirs 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

by Bob Speirs 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

by Bob Speirs 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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Final for Shackling Wardens

by Bob Speirs November 14, 2011

“I Dennis Daugaard, do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution and the laws of the United States and the constitution and the laws of the state of South Dakota and that I will faithfully perform the duties of governor of the state of South Dakota. So help me God.” The Governor and I [...]

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Antelope Dope

by Bob Speirs November 10, 2011

People like labels. Some hunters declare themselves whitetail addicts, others hunters claim to be elk-oholics. I’ve guided folks who were in the Black Hills as part of multi-state turkey hunting tours and the pheasant season opener might as well be a state holiday. These species have at times; all found me a passionate advocate. But [...]

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Baloney Sandwiches

by Bob Speirs October 19, 2011

I brought my horses home from the summer pasture this morning. It is only seven crooked miles from gate to gate. I’d talked Maggie, my daughter, into riding with me when we took them out, but I didn’t have any takers for the ride back. “Dad, it is sooooo boring. There’re no cows to move [...]

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