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A visit to the Sport and Rec show

My fiancee and I dropped by the Sport and Recreation Show this evening at the Jamestown Civic Center. It was pretty good. There were boats, RVs, campers, the tennis club, hunting and fishing groups and some drug dealers — also … Continue reading

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This is how Minnesotans allegedly deal with bears

According to this video’s description on Youtube.com, it was recorded in September in northwest Minnesota. I ask the better-informed readers out there to look at it and tell me if they know more about it than I do, which is … Continue reading

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Reader photos: How to taunt a deer hunter

Rick Bohn shared these photos with me this week. He sent the top one first, and I told him it was tough for me to look at it as my deer tag went unfilled this season. He then sent me … Continue reading

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Songs worth sharing: Deer gun opener

Here’s a couple of songs for Friday’s opening of deer gun season. The first is a well-known one in these parts, “Da Turdy Point Buck.” The second is one that fewer souls know, “The hunting song,” by Tom Lehrer.

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NRA endorses Hoeven, Pomeroy

I noticed something interesting on this month’s November issue of American Rifleman, the magazine of the National Rifle Association (Yes, I’m a member). It was no surprise to me that the NRA endorses Gov. John Hoeven, a Republican who received an … Continue reading

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Out in the country

I spent some time out in the country this weekend, shooting birds and shooting pictures. Here are a pair of frames from the undisclosed location I visited and where I shot two geese and two grouse.

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Happy thoughts for fall

I learned two truly awesome things today, thanks a great deal to Doug Leier. 1. You can find out on N.D. Game & Fish’s website if you have a deer tag coming your way. 2. There’s an any antlerless deer tag with … Continue reading

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Mmm… pheasant

This is the pheasant I shot back in fall that has been sitting in my freezer until now. At the moment, it is thawing in my fridge in preparation for tonight, when it will become my dinner. Back when I … Continue reading

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City slicker gets a ditch parrot

I went hunting this weekend, and it was a blast. Here is the pheasant rooster I shot Sunday morning. It was the first pheasant, and the first game bird, I have ever harvested.

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Gone for the weekend

I’m going to be gone the rest of the weekend on a trip to Kidder County. Here’s a video that is somewhat related to why I am going to Kidder County:

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