After arriving home from my last hunting trip, I spent a few days relaxing at home, meeting up with old friends and getting caught up on my reading. On Friday morning, my dad and I packed up our hunting equipment and dutifully headed back into the woods. After an hour-long drive, we arrived at theContinueContinue reading “North Woods Deer Hunting, Part 2: The Drought Ends”
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North Woods Deer Hunting, Part 1: What Trophies?
Last Thursday, I packed up my truck and drove the 1250 miles from San Angelo, Texas back home to Alexandria, Minnesota. What would inspire someone to make such an arduous journey? Why the Minnesota Deer Hunting season, of course! Minnesota deer hunting holds a few idiosyncrasies that make it differ from Texas deer hunting, andContinueContinue reading “North Woods Deer Hunting, Part 1: What Trophies?”
Shooting Holes in the Sky: My First Experience Hunting Doves in Texas
I apologize for yet again another gap between posts, but at this point, do you really expect consistency? Sorry to disappoint. I’m here now, so what do you want me to do? You want me to write, so write I shall. I had another post I had intended to write, and it would have beenContinueContinue reading “Shooting Holes in the Sky: My First Experience Hunting Doves in Texas”
A Milestone
My apologies if this posting is somewhat disjointed and/or truncated. I’ve been kept up a bit later than usual the past week taking care of and training my roommate, Ash. This week’s post is not about Ash, cute as he is. Rather, this week is a story from my life. It’s one that I haveContinueContinue reading “A Milestone”
Lost Classics
Two of my favorite places in the entire world are not too far apart from one another. Nestled in the Northern Woods of Minnesota, quiet, secluded, and serene are two cabins owned by my Grandfathers. As a boy, I relished any opportunity I had to escape to either cabin, where I was free to runContinueContinue reading “Lost Classics”