Living life to the fullest
Two great friends — my son David (left) and Mark Rinckey of Honor Life is a very precious commodity, and speaking only of myself, I try to live each day…
My Mistress and I
CHENA HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA — OK, it’s true confession time. I have a mistress, and have had for 44 years. There, I feel better getting that off my chest. She’s…
Do human thought waves spook deer
You may have read this before because I’ve posted it a few times over nine years. If so, revisit it, determine for yourself how it may apply to your hunting…
Rainy Day Whitetails
There are times when a bow hunter can hear a whitetail coming for 100 yards. If the animal is upwind, and the leaves are as dry as corn flakes, the…
Highlighting Michigan’s Massasauga Rattlesnake
CADILLAC – No one has an accurate count on how many Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) live in Michigan, but one thing is well known: We have the lions share…
Try grunting with a deer decoy
If you’ve never used a grunt tube to call bucks, you may be surprised in two ways: the call, properly used at the correct time, can call a buck within…
Catching deep-water roach
The tug from deep water was soft but easily identifiable as a strike. My rod tip bowed slightly toward the stern, and when I hooked the fish, there was an…
Passing of the Michigan grayling
The Michigan grayling were so plentiful 125 to 150 years ago that they were caught to provide food. Some timber companies of the 1880s fed these tasty game fish to…