Just Plain Hunting | Stalking The Seam

Early Elk

It was still raining as I settled into my bag under the flimsy yellow tarp, a gentle but relentless rain that fell as though it meant to keep it up all night, all day or all week. A mixed blessing…

Category: Big Game, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting Tags: archery, archery elk, Archery Hunting, Elk, solo

My eyes were already open when the alarm hit 2:30am. By 3:00am I was hitching up the boat. I put the dog in the cab. Scraping the windshield quickly, I worried she might eat the breakfast burritos that my partner in crime had toiled over the night before. After sipping on a thermos of, Read More

Category: Angling, Dogs, Hunting, Just Plain Fishing, Just Plain Hunting, Waterfowl Tags: Big-game hunting, cracking a cold one, drift boat, fly fishing, Labrador, retriever, trout, waterfowl

Banded

Folding neatly the greenhead splashed soundly onto the water. The old lady made quick work of the retrieve.

Category: Featured, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting, photography, Waterfowl Tags: canada, conservation, Hunting, Labrador, mallard, waterfowl, wyoming

Sorting

“Dada, is this one pokey?” “Yep.” “Um… cause it’s got a hook on it?” “They all have hooks son. Careful.” “Ok, I will. But then… if I get poked a little… then um… then I’ll just be brave. Ok Dada?” The next day would bring the year’s first fishing trip and we had some, Read More

Category: Angling, Con Kiddo, Fatherhood, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting, The Deal Tags: catch and relaese, fishing with kids, fly fishing, fly gear, hunting with kids, kids in nature, rainbow trout, trout fishing

The Other Dog

The old lady gets all the ink. See here, here, here and here. But I actually do have two dogs. My 5 year old male, while lacking the flair for the ridiculous and the dramatic of his counterpart, has been consistently retrieving birds like a laser guided missile since he was a pup. At, Read More

Category: Dogs, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting, Upland Birds Tags: Hunting, Labrador, pheasant, puppy, retriever, upland birds

Old Habits

Bucking in circles like a rodeo bull, her enthusiasm belied her age. I was scrambling around the cold garage looking for duck hunting gear that hasn’t been used much lately. The temps started to drop, from a high of 20 F, as soon as the sun dipped below the mountains. Waterfowl was our game, Read More

Category: Dogs, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting, Waterfowl Tags: dog training, ducks, Hunting, ice, Labrador, retriever, waterfowl, winter solctice

Of Tots and Teal

“Dada… um… what… um… what are we going to doooo today?” It was a good question. We’d been batching it for a few days and the seams were starting to show. Three consecutive days of no mom, no nap, and long hours hunting in the elements had combined with the post-Christmas hangover to produce, Read More

Category: Con Kiddo, Dogs, family, Fatherhood, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting, The Deal, Waterfowl Tags: diy duck hunting, diy waterfowl, duck hunting, ducks, green winged teal, Hunting, hunting with kids, kids in nature, Labrador, labs, public lands hunting, public lands waterfowl, retrievers, water fowl

Returning the Favor

Clean white snow covered the faint two track. Nobody had been into the basin since the last storm. The truck pitched forward and we cautiously made our decent. Without talking my dad and I both had the same feeling in the pit of our stomach; a level of excitement for elk we hoped to, Read More

Category: Big Game, family, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting Tags: Backcountry, Big-game hunting, Elk, Elk Hunting, fatherhood, Hunting, Outdoors, photography, wyoming

Greg Brady meets Davy Crockett

Someone once described my brother Ryan as a combination of Greg Brady and Davy Crockett. An odd pairing, yes, but in some ways it made a lot of sense. At age 12, Ryan was on the Pro Staff for Matthews bows and one of the best under-18 archers in the country. As a chubby-cheeked, Read More

Category: family, Fatherhood, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting, Roots, The Deal, Uncategorized Tags: Big-game hunting, brothers, deer, fatherhood, Hunting, Montana, white tail

Crystal Clear: Swarovski EL Range

Turns out I’ve only owned one pair of binoculars and I lost those in a horse wreck in Wyoming’s Red Desert circa 2003. As a kid I borrowed a compact pair of Nikons from my dad. Since the horse wreck, I’ve had some 20 year old 8×32 Pentax’s, on semi-permanent loan from my brother., Read More

Category: Big Game, Hunting, Just Plain Hunting Tags: antelope, Backcountry, Big-game hunting, binoculars, Elk, Hunting, Mule deer, Optics, Pronghorn, Swarovski

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