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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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      American Made

      by Bob Speirs August 14, 2012

      Corbon ammunition is a South Dakota business that is family owned and operated and employs more than thirty community members in my hometown of Sturgis. The fact that a handful of my former students work there alongside many of the most highly skilled machinists in the country immediately drew my attention. To additionally discover that [...]

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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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      The Sky is Falling

      by Bob Speirs January 27, 2011

      The Sky is Falling Have you driven the wildlife loop in Teddy Roosevelt national park during the buffalo rut? Have you ever sat in a minivan with your wife and kids, stuck behind a stationary wall of tourist vehicles,  while two tons of bull buffalo tried to decide which one’s calves were going to get [...]

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      Archery Season Flys

      by Bob Speirs October 8, 2010

      If John Pole’s very first archery buck is any indication, this season will be one to remember. The Denver hunter came out to the Hills for the stick and string opener. He had hunted elk with his bow, but had never launched an arrow while on a hunt. The full moon and unseasonably hot weather [...]

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