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May 13, 2008
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Feature Stories

Gopher Hunting: A Springtime Ritual

By Kevin Wilson
Bill Murray, eat your heart out! If you ask me, his producers would have been better off casting me as the cunning greens keeper of Caddyshack fame. Ok, maybe I’m overdoing it; truth is I probably terminated just as many as I let live on my last gopher hunt. But despite overall success on that fine afternoon in early May, one critter in particular had been taunting me. Consistently evading me, the only choice I had was to get into position and wait him out. As I crept across the pasture on all fours, I wasn’t going let him get the better of me. No sooner had I placed my shooting sticks when the cocky little guy popped his head out of the hole and made a break for it. Bad mistake.
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The Pecking Order - Mar 28, 2008
By Bruce Ranta

Every hunt camp has a pecking order. A pecking order is more than just human nature - many birds and animals, particularly species that are gregarious by nature, have one - it’s something we need in order to get along with one another. While a pecking order is nothing more than the chain of command, that certainly doesn’t trivialize its importance. In hunt camp, as in any organization, it’s essential to first understand there is a pecking order, and then figure out what it means and get a clear understanding where everyone fits into that order.


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The Caribou Rut - Feb 21, 2008
By Bruce Ranta

Caribou populations in North America fluctuate wildly. In the late 1970’s, it was thought there were as few as 1.1 million roaming the tundra, mountains and taiga of the continent. By the end of the century, there were upwards of 5 million.Whatever the exact number of caribou in Canada and USA is, one thing for sure, there are a lot. Caribou are often described as ‘always being on the move.’ Apparently, even the rut doesn’t slow down the constant wandering of the barren-ground herds.


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After the Shot - Feb 15, 2008
By Kevin Wilson

Hunt long enough and it will happen. Unless you have superhuman powers, it’s not just a probability but more like a certainty. I’m talking about the proverbial bad shot; the one that inevitably results in a rodeo of hide and seek between hunter and game. There, I said it. Few writers will ever admit that it happens, but the fact is hunting is an open activity with loads of variables that dictate whether or not, or how fast a downed animal is retrieved. Regardless of what kind of shot was made, it’s what we do afterward that determines whether we go home smiling or with a sick feeling in our stomach.


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