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…
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…
Don’t shoot little bucks
A single belief is a continuing thread that runs through the management of any deer herd. A buck needs time, lots of time, to grow to produce big antlers. Big-antlered…
Dave Richey’s: Meet Some of My Friends: Homer Circle
HOMER CIRCLE I’ve been a member of the Outdoor Writer’s Association of American since 1968, a year after I began writing outdoor magazine articles for Sports Afield and other major…
Buying old turkey hunting books
I spent just enough time outdoors today to go to the doctor, say hello to my neighbor and bask in the warming breezes. I’m trying to work some nasty knots…
Build your own fishing shanty
This shanty can be built quickly and towed across the ice Snow covers the ground and skimpy icy covers some lakes. Even though a few daring anglers are fishing, fishermen…
Michigan’s deer herd has had an easy winter
This snow isn’t too deep for deer; belly-deep snow exhausts the animals A study of deer facts can make anyone a better bow, muzzleloader, rifle or shotgun hunter. Here are…