2012

      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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      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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      Deer Licenses Reduced, Refunds Offered Due to Die-offs

      by admin September 19, 2012

      PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has been monitoring die-offs of white-tailed deer across portions of the state and must make adjustments to some West River deer hunting units. Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) has been confirmed in white-tailed deer, and many of the deer deaths being reported by the public [...]

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      Youth Deer

      by Bob Speirs September 10, 2012

      You waited their entire lives for them to become old enough carry a gun or bow and go hunting with you. She happily wore every camouflage jacket or pair of boots you ever bought her and her first buck will always be one of your most cherished days afield. He worked out all his twelfth [...]

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      From Where Comes Wisdom

      by Bob Speirs August 9, 2012

      Wisdom can be developed in many ways. I personally have always tried to associate myself with those that were clever of thought and judgment. As a teacher, I am annually and humbly reminded that many of the students in my classroom are brighter than I. Yet often I discover that even the brightest among them [...]

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      2012 Photo Contest

      by admin August 2, 2012

      *In celebration of the upcoming hunting season (yes we are hunting enthusiasts!) we announce the: 2012 Summer Hunting Photo Contest – [See all the Entries Here] Contest Complete! Grand Prize Winner: Tyler Ulrich

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