The Best Chili I Ever Had
I’ve only gone deer hunting once and that was 19 years ago. I was a member of a rod and gun club in Virginia back then and I had access…
Fungus Hunting
Not sure why I like to go out fungus hunting. Something about decay has always been attractive. I have no interest in ever identifying what I find, but that's true…
A Hunting I Will Go
I don't do it as much as I used to, but this coming Wednesday a hunting I will go. A decade and more ago I used to go pheasant hunting…
Illinois Deer Population and EHD
Ran into an old guy while out driving around yesterday. He lives on a hoarder infested farmette a few miles out of town. Says he has indisputable evidence that the…
Driving on 290 Toward Rockford
That's all the text message said, Driving on 290 toward Rockford, and there was a photo attached. I had to have Nina email me the photos, the screen on my…
Illinois Gun Control Legislation in Progress
When I woke up this morning the last thing I really felt like thinking about was gun control. Being a gun owner, I had been dwelling on it enough ever…
North Zone Waterfowl – Ducks Done but There’s Still Geese
Wrote this on December 10th and never did anything with it… _______ Some waterfowl observations. For the first couple of weeks of the waterfowl season, it sounded like a war…
Even a Deer Enjoys a Good Cuban Now and Then
For well over a dozen years while out cruising the internet, I've been using the same picture of a cute smiling me when I was four years old as an…
Gone Huntin’
"What are you doing?" Well, I was thinking that over the last 10 years I've got out duck and goose hunting one time. I used to like hunting for ducks…