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…
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…