Wild turkey feast feeds 16
The payoff of my turkey hunt April 13 came on Saturday, when I prepared my favorite recipe: wild turkey/wild rice casserole. This would be the largest group I would feed with this dish — 16 people,...
View ArticleWisconsin turkey season ends with a chorus of gobbling
There I was on the edge of the woods along a ridge in Wisconsin Tuesday, the last day of the spring turkey season. It had been a very tough spring. I did manage to shoot a young tom, called a jake,...
View ArticleTwo-year bow hunting drought finally ends
The last time I drew my compound bow on a deer was November 2014. I did it several times, and was able to tag two does, one in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin. I also killed a third doe in Wisconsin,...
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Nice buck down in Wisconsin
I really like it when the calendar flips to November. That means it’s time for the annual whitetail rut. I was filled with optimism and excitement when I took to the woods last week. I had heard...
View ArticleNothing’s easy in deer hunting
What does a Jesuit priest have to do with deer hunting? Plenty, I think. I recently started reading a book by Father Walter Ciszek called, “He Leadeth Me.” Starting at the end of World War II, he spent...
View ArticleTurkeys play hard to get in Wisconsin
It has been a while since I’ve had a really good turkey hunt in Wisconsin — 2014 to be exact. That was the year I bagged two longbeards in the Badger State, and didn’t have to work very hard to do it....
View ArticleDeer escape on archery opener
I felt very good about my first foray into the woods for the 2017 archery opener. Both Minnesota and Wisconsin opened the same day, Sept. 16. The weather was rainy Saturday, so I opted to sleep in and...
View ArticleDeer season was exciting, rewarding
My deer season might be over for the year. After exciting encounters with bucks and does over the last few weeks, I’m a little hesitant for it to end. But, three deer is definitely enough. I got my...
View ArticleTurkey season features odd beginning
I was all set to open the spring turkey season last week in southeastern Minnesota. I got drawn for the A Season, and planned to hunt a property with lots of birds on it. I had taken birds from the...
View ArticleRemoving scent — and sin
My head has been in the ozone recently. Specifically, I have had my mind on ways to remove human scent so as not to spook whitetails when I am out in the woods with my bow or gun. Anyone who has ever...
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