Keep Dreaming

First light has always been my favorite time of day. It’s at that time my expectation is at its highest. Whether I’m fishing, hunting or just out, I love the possibilities and excitement the breaking day brings. It seems all game is more active during this period....

What’s In Front

One of my least favorite things to see when bow hunting is a bunch of doe that comes in within fifty yards of my stand. I know that eventually I’m going to get busted. If I’m looking to take a doe, I might get a shot off. But no matter what, if they stay there long...

An Unwanted Victory

 One of the benefits of hunting is getting to see so many different animals and other things that one just doesn’t get to see otherwise. I have renamed one of my trail cameras, the zoo camera, because it always has pictures of so many different kinds of animals....

#HelenaHurtingHunters

One of the things I know about hunting is that if your mind is home, you might as well go home. There have been many, many times over the years when I knew that going to sit in a tree stand was not the best idea. Either I had stuff I needed to do, or my wife wasn’t...

Communication

I’ve often noticed how deer live mostly in quiet environments. This morning, I watched one city dwelling doe begin to get a bit nervous when the noise of traffic began to surround her. She quickly moved to a quieter place. Not only do they prefer soundless...