December 20, 2018 at 5:00 am
Four shopping days until Christmas. What to buy the outdoor-minded people in your life?Yes, it is late to begin thinking about gifts, but we will go through a few ideas.FirearmsWhat firearm is good for a hunter. My first firearm was an over...
December 13, 2018 at 5:00 am
The backyard bird count is a free bird-counting event. It is scheduled for Feb. 15 through 18, 2019.This Backyard Bird Count is easygoing because it can take place in the family backyard, with the family group simply looking out the back wi...
December 06, 2018 at 5:00 am
Audubon’s 119th Christmas Bird Count will be conducted between the dates of Friday, December 14, 2018 through Saturday, January 5, 2019. This is a fun and educational event. Volunteers around the world conduct a count of birds in selective ...
November 29, 2018 at 5:00 am
This is the last of a multi-part report about the many uses of the FoodSaver vacuum seal machine.Some readers are perhaps wondering if FoodSaver is part of my stock portfolio. It is not. The FoodSaver machine has been a major part of my lif...
November 23, 2018 at 5:00 am
This is the second of a multi-part report about the many uses of the FoodSaver vacuum seal machine. We backtrack a bit and then continue.The FoodSaver machine used was an old one, 15 or 20 years old, with some parts having been replaced occ...
November 15, 2018 at 5:00 am
This is a multi-part report about the many uses of the FoodSaver vacuum seal machine.Eating a big-game animal during the 12 months after placing it in the freezer is the perfect circumstance. After all, preservation specialists tell us ther...
November 08, 2018 at 5:00 am
This is the last of a multipart series about the 2018 deer camp.Thomas returned to the area Saturday morning. We hunted our area and spotted around 15 does and three 2-points and a spike. We also drove to regions outside our area with no d...
November 01, 2018 at 5:00 am
This is a multi-part series about the 2018 deer camp.Monday morning of the 2018 general deer season found Rudy Lopez, Thomas Steffens and me hunting for deer north of Odessa. Nothing appeared.Thomas left for home after lunch. Rudy and I che...
October 25, 2018 at 5:00 am
This is a multipart series about the 2018 deer camp.Rudy Lopez and I were checking some hunting land outside of our home hunting area when we noticed a buck in a small clearing. Those critters will remain stationary for many minutes. The de...
October 18, 2018 at 5:00 am
This is a multipart series about the 2018 deer camp.The temperature inside The Hut was 48 degrees. The time was 6 a.m. The largest burner on the Coleman Guide Series propane stove was ignited and water in the large container began to warm.T...
