Deer hunting is a time-honored tradition and, for many of us, a 24/7 lifestyle. I’ve had the good fortune of spending the past 27+ years of my life living the dream of getting to think about deer hunting “for a living,” and most of that time has been in serious, reflective thought. My job is […]
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.
When it comes right down to it, it doesn’t matter what we have in our hands, but always what we have in our heart.
It’s almost the perfect afternoon for deer hunting. There’s just enough nip in the air to warrant this knit hat, and the air is crisp enough to turn my breath into small billows with every exhale. There’s not much wind, but what little there is creates a wind-chime effect with the red, yellow and orange […]
Alright all you Spirit Warriors of the Great American Outdoors backstrap army, happy happy September to you all! Ladies and gentlemen; start your spirit engines! We have Spirit of the Wild liftoff 2021, and thank God almighty, just in the nick of time!
As we discovered, there is no shortage of reasons why hunters quit going afield. Here are some of them.
Last year Dan Schmidt took a fallow piece of private ground and turned it into a fabulous deer hunting honey hole. This year he’s at it again.
It doesn’t matter how much experience you have as a hunter, there’s always that one hunt that takes you back to what it was like the very first time.
Dan Schmidt is hunting with Ted Nugent. Together they share their thoughts on the current and future state of the hunting community.