My friend loves to watch birds, and frequently buys and hauls seed or suet to her feeder. I also love to watch birds, but usually do so in their natural environment rather than working to maintain a feeder. Recently, I came upon a great alternative to hauling seed and suet to attract birds to [...]
Since it's whitetail season and a lot of us are hunting from trees, do you ever wonder why it's so easy to shoot too high from a treestand? Sure, bucks do jump the string sometimes, and their first movement is downward, but 3-D targets don't move and most of us tend to shoot [...]
This is a real simple belt mounted bow holder made with a length of cord, three overhand knots and a button made of wood, antler, bone or whatever. It may be useful for glassing while hunting rough terrain or still hunting where the bow can be kept within easy reach to prevent damage [...]
When using a spotting scope for lengthy glassing sessions---searching a hillside for an invisible group of elk, or searching the sagebrush flats for that trophy mulie or antelope--fatigue and strain quickly set in, causing discomfort in the non-viewing eye and surrounding facial muscles. The muscles try to hold steady in this unpracticed position [...]
I am an “elkaholic.” I’m away from camp glassing, stalking or scouting until the end of legal shooting time, and generally get back to camp after dark. A handful of solar powered yard or pathway lights are always in my camping kit. I set them up before I go hunting, and they provide [...]
While surfing the web for interesting tidbits of information that you might find valuable, I came across a website called www.wilderness-survival.net. They kindly allowed me to reprint this easy navigation tip. The earth's relationship to the sun can help you to determine direction on earth. The sun always rises in the east and [...]
I am fortunate enough to live not far away from a knife maker. Ed’s not just a knife maker, but a world-class one whose work has been featured in glitzy high-end knife magazines. He also has a waiting list of at least a year. I like to visit with him and hear about some [...]
If you bowhunt in cold weather, then you probably have faced the challenge of keeping your hands warm while keeping an arrow on the string. Once I'm safely up in my treestand, I hang my bow on a tree limb with an arrow nocked and ready, and then keep my hands in my [...]
There are several different types of clickers. Some attach to a bow’s riser and slide along the arrow; others attach to a bow’s limb and connect to the bowstring by utilizing a short chain and string. Most archers know it is best to replace the standard clicker chain with string to avoid chipping [...]
A lady having a yard sale gave me an old golf bag cart to get it out of her yard. Since I’m a tinkerer, I could see more than an old golf bag cart; I could see my new game cart! I attached some wooden boards to the cart using 3/4” conduit holders [...]
