For years, Marissa Rosentreter of Carrollton, Illinois, would dutifully help her husband, Joel, track deer that he had shot if he needed help finding the deer. Sometimes helping the hubby track a wounded deer in the woods for hours, especially after dark, was not the most fun-filled way to spend an evening with your…
This column is being written on Valentine’s Day and yes, it concerns Valentine’s Day (sort of) but you probably won’t be reading it until at least a week after Valentine’s Day. And yes, it is a column about two “love birds” but they are not human love birds; these love-birds, as it turns out, are…
Lead is a mineral that despite extensive use for the past two centuries, has fallen into serious disfavor recently. That’s because the toxic effects of this mineral on both humans and animals can be long-term and debilitating. As a result, lead is now banned from usage in some shotgun shells, water pipes and…
Last week I found something hanging over a trail on our farm; it was about eight feet in the air and attached to a tree limb. A photo is enclosed with this column. Folks, this is not a fun-filled Mexican pinata, full of candy and waiting to be smacked with a baseball bat. …
Last week, I found a black snake in Annie’s flower garden. In fact, I nearly stepped on him. I told Annie about him but not for the reason you probably are thinking. Annie is not afraid of snakes at all; in fact, if she sees a black snake on the roadway while driving her…
Maybe you had the same reaction I had when I saw this headline recently on an internet news site. Could it be that my favorite fish — the smallmouth bass — is apparently right up there with those killer sharks and barracudas? A crew samples smallmouth bass populations on the Elk River in McDonald…
If you lived near the Mississippi River in 1993, you may have had an unwanted guest — namely: Mississippi floodwater. But there were some other guests that came with the floodwater and for Annie and me, one of those guests became more than just an overnight guest. I am referring to “Oscar,” a huge…
On June 23, the US Supreme Court published its opinion in the case of NY State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v Bruen. The decision was a 6-to-3 decision, consisting of 63 pages, with nearly all of the justices writing separate opinions on the issues presented. If you followed the comments and questions during…
