Nobody loves their dogs more than I do.  I surprised our companions on our honeymoon camping trip when I mentioned firearms in an unpleasant manner to the owner of a large dog which was viciously attacking mine.  I don’t usually give in to temper like that, but I loved that dog as [...]

Why would anyone start a blog like that : “The Pity Party?”
I am certain that all of my Democratic Party friends think I fell off the edge into the right-wing abyss several years ago.
And most of my Republican Party friends are polite and sometimes supportive but they don’t invite me to their fund-raisers.
The [...]

I was showing a rancher from Simms. Montana, around a ranch a partner and I owned for a few years, very nice fellow, likes to irrigate, fix fence and weld stuff because he enjoys the hands-on part of work.  He is educated with a dry wit and his wife is a charming school teacher.  We [...]

Hunting wary ducks, deer and pheasants requires stealth, skill and often a significant commitment of energy which requires physical conditioning.  The chance that many of the prey might get away, coupled with the foregoing, is what many hunters consider to define sportsmanship.  I have bagged many deer and a few antelope, [...]

The latest Auk (Journal of the American Ornithologists Union) arrived recently, Volume 127.  A monograph at 16-22 regards sex ratios of Greater Sage-grouse.
This is interesting:  hunter harvest data shows more females than males are shot by hunters.
The authors of the study report trapped and radio-collared hens and followed their nesting activities.  [...]