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Picking Up Hitchhikers

March 8, 2010

Some of you probably can’t even remember the days when picking up hitchhikers was acceptable. People routinely hit the road with nothing more than extra clothes in a duffel and their thumb in the air. You didn’t have to worry (at least not as much) about serial killers, rapists and simply “weird folks.”
I worked with [...]

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Coyote Problems at the Retirement Community

March 5, 2010

My parents sent me this photo the other day. It seems as if my coyote hunting skills are needed at the Sunland Springs retirement community in Mesa, Ariz. Just when the cats thought it was safe to evade marauding coyotes by climbing the coyotes themselves learned to climb, and balance like a tightrope walker at [...]

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Shamu Reminder

March 3, 2010

The tragic death of the female trainer at SeaWorld last week was horrifying to say the least. But was it unexpected? Not really. This particular killer whale already had an established history of injuring trainers. In fact, I watched one interview with an employee whose job it was to watch the animals at SeaWorld and [...]

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Starbucks and Firearms

March 1, 2010

Keeping with my current theme of firearm rights I had to comment on the current spike in publicity on businesses that are inviting firearm owners to legally carry inside their premises. Or, the fact other businesses are posting their premises as off limits for firearms even when legal. In states where it is legal to [...]

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Locked and Loaded in the Parks

February 26, 2010

This week was a successful week for defenders of the Second Amendment. Don’t breathe too big of sigh of relief. There’s still a large crowd out there hoping to take your right to own away, but we have to revel when triumphs occur.
On Feb. 22 a Congress-approved law went into effect allowing loaded firearms in [...]

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Forget Australia for Bunnies, Head to Florida for Snakes

February 24, 2010

Scrub your plans for Australia to help out with the bunny conundrum going on there. We have problems right here in the good old U.S.A. Yes, nonnative snakes have taken hold in Florida and these aren’t just everyday garter snakes. These are monstrous, poodle-choking, cat-gripping, gator-gulping Burmese pythons. And it’s only now that the authorities [...]

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Who Are You Gonna Call? Elmer Fudd!

February 22, 2010

Do you have a hunger for hasenpfeffer? Are your beagles bored due to the lack of bunnies in your backyard? Is Elmer Fudd your bunny-hunting hero? If you haven’t reached your fill of bunny hunting yet this season, have I got a deal for you.
First, book a ticket to Australia. Next, be sure to have [...]

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It’s a Wrap

February 19, 2010

We wrapped the latest edition of “You Call The Shots” in record time. It went more smoothly than creamy-style peanut butter thanks to the great production crew at North American Hunter. I actually had a bad feeling when my trip kicked off with a series of unlucky omens. For starters, the flight crew failed to [...]

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You Call the Shots

February 18, 2010

Yes, it’s time again for my annual trek to the Minneapolis area to meet up with the gang from North American Hunter. We’re filming the entire roundup of the “You Call The Shots” segments for all of 2010 this week. We’ll be filming on the premises of ATK or many of you might be more [...]

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Helping Out the Next Generation of Hunters

February 15, 2010

Over the weekend I ended up in Rapid City, South Dakota, for one of my daughter’s skating competitions. While I was there I had some business to complete. I’m working on an archery business article on how to run a shop better so I couldn’t think of a better example than Al Kraus who runs [...]

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