Made it out yesterday for the first time since spraining my ankle on December 2. Leslie came along for the hike and to take video and photos. We decided to try a place I hunted a decade ago in the Owyhees. Long drive, but it was nice to revisit some of that terrain, and we …
Cabela’s Ripstop Chest Protector review
Serious bird hunters: how many minutes of your life have you spent pulling and cutting cockle-burrs out of your partner's hair (I'm talking about your dog)? As a Brittany fan, I can say I've spent my share of time getting my dogs back to Ground Zero after a day in the weeds. Angus is a …
Benelli Ultra Light 12-Gauge Shotgun review
I'm not a spring chicken but I'm not dead yet, either. Still, I find lugging a heavy over-under up 2,000 feet of 60% slopes all day a pain in the butt. And the arm, and shoulder. I lift weights and try to keep a little strength going on in this aging body, but my gun …
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Recovering?
I'm nearly giddy with happiness after hiking today. For the first time since I sprained my ankle I was able to hike, much of it off-trail and on some steep side-hill stuff, wearing my new boots (review to come). It's been five weeks, and it's still nowhere near "good-as-new," but today was the first sense …
Down Time
Not being able to hunt because of my sprained ankle has afforded me the unwanted leisure of thinking about chukar hunting more than doing it. But I thought I'd share some of the thoughts just because it's the next best thing to being on the hill with Angus. Imagining Whenever I drive anywhere near hilly …