Just wrapped up our muzzleloader season here at home, and I had the good fortune of filling a tag last week after a cold, damp vigil high in a white pine at the edge of a creek-bottom swamp. The afternoon sit was rather uneventful until a twitch turned into a tail, which turned into a […]
We should all salute and thank these pioneering women for joining our ranks, and do everything in our power to invite and welcome all the women in our lives to share the Spirit Campfires of the wild.
It is not just about the day or the meal. Giving thanks is something we should do each day of our lives, and the more we do so, the happier we will be.
The silly tradition of my father’s generation to not utter the words I love you should be a thing of the past, for if we truly wish to make the world go round and bring happiness into those lives we care about, we should never hesitate to express such powerful, supportive, strengthening, sincere human emotion to everyone in our lives.
So southbound with the hammer down we are, headed from our Michigan happy hunting grounds to our Texas happy hunting grounds, and though it is always difficult and bittersweet to leave the northern properties, I must say I am as giddy as ever to get cracking on our amazing Texas properties to keep the arrows flying and the happy flames fanned ferociously.
There are no guarantees for a kill when bowhunting, but there is an inescapable guarantee that the morning will be fascinating and ultra-fun in my grandson’s namesake treestand, where the world is at least temporarily perfect and peaceful and where the mighty Spirit of the Wild runs strong and free.
For those still left in the hunt, here are some tips and strategies that will help you hunt the rut more effectively.
Hang onto your safety harness boys and girls, for the real deerhunting excitement has just begun in earnest.
They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but over the years the Good Lord has provided me numerous triple bow and arrow lightning strikes and the resultant electricity ignites my soul beyond measure.
When we honestly get right down to it, the unlimited minutia and infinite details of what we accomplish as hunters is as vast and important as anything we do here on earth.