Over the years, most hunters have gone through a small passel of firearms. Some depart, some remain. Not everyone fancies themselves a collector and my personal policy eschews safe queens. Anything in my safe either gets shot or gets shopped. A small, but well-loved, compilation occupies the ...
On each side of my body, below the waistband, are my tattoos. They are not pretty and they don’t say anything — just two dark blue dots. I pay them no mind. I got them all those years ago on the first day of radiation for cancer. The young woman poked me with the needle to make ...
Q. My grandpa told me some people were commenting mean things on your Facebook page. I’m not on Facebook but grandpa showed me, when I fussed until he did. I don’t like it if people disrespect you. I know that if they knew you, they’d know that you respect people especially people like ...
Long before GPS, when I got lost, I’d drive to the nearest gas station to ask for directions. At night, reinforced (possibly bullet-proof) glass stood between me and the attendant. It was a sure-fire tip-off that you were in a bad neighborhood. Sometimes, the clerk had a microphone, just ...
Each Monday we’ll look back at the highlights of the week that was in local high school football. This week saw a first for Trinity, Monessen end its drought, two wins for the Tri-County South and some rematches are on the horizon. 1. Trinity’s triumph It was the second year in a row ...
A couple of weeks ago, I was afforded the pleasure of hunting with the would-be grandmother and mother of what would hopefully be my next pup. To say that I was impressed with the possibilities that unfolded before me would be putting it mildly. All of my German Shorthaired Pointers were out ...
