Fishing
4 things lost
We took a trip to a beautiful canyon. The hike was a tough one for kids and anyone not accustomed to pushing their bodies hard. We decided to take this two day trip after the Yukon was hit by a Read more…
Fishing
Jan Lake, Canada
Yearly trips. We have a few. They morph and change over the years. All except one. We have been traveling to Northern Saskatchewan now since the year we were married . Erik started going years before that, even. This year Read more…
Hunting
Gannett’s 2024 Opening Week Turkey
Last spring Gannett was able to harvest two mature toms. But not without a bit of a hiccup! His first tom of the spring he made a perfect shot (after which all of us got a tom and we went Read more…
Hunting
Spiraling into control
Pheasant hunting a game farm can bring snide comments about birds with blinders, tame birds and easy hunting. But it is, in my opinion, quite the same as hunting wild birds. Farm birds jump wild and run like mad. There Read more…
Hunting
Take a load off
It’s a good day of hunting when you are heavy laden with more than an hour to go.
Hunting
Pheasant hunt on a frigid day
We hunted scratch birds only today. It was fun but with the snow and all the recent below zero weather, no one had been out since last weekend so there were very few birds. We got a hen as soon Read more…
Hunting
Black Hills Deer
Another weekend in the beautiful Black Hills! Our good friend Gary came along this trip hoping to fill the freezer and enjoy God’s country with us. It was a wholly different weekend than the last. The temperatures were at and Read more…
Hunting
Antelope Hunting
wo great things about antelope hunting: not to difficult to fill the freezer and it is a simple hunt for bringing kids along! We grabbed a pizza on our way out of town Friday night and made it to the Read more…
Fishing
Cloud Peak Wilderness
This backpacking trip was a 9 mile trek from the truck to our base camp. We entered the wilderness Friday at 1pm. Besides Scout, Gordon (79 1/2) and Chad joined us. We were fortunate to have cool cloudy weather on Read more…
Fishing
Fish Lake
We headed up to Dubois to go fly-fishing for big cutthroats. We took Gordon and Scout with us this trip. We got to the lake on Wednesday evening, in time to fish for a couple hours before dark. Erik got Read more…
