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Outdoors just for kids: If you’re a big-game hunter, good weather has been bad

Nov 11 09
Our November weather has been gorgeous with warm daytime temperatures, mostly sunny skies and conditions more akin to September than the month before Christmas. But...

Brace yourself: Weather is about to deliver terrific duck hunting

Nov 4 09
There’s weather in fall. And then, there’s duck-hunting weather in fall. There is a big difference. Fall weather can mean many things. It ranges from...

It’s the same batch of mistakes, year after year

Oct 28 09
Every year, we print them. Every year, they stay pretty much the same. Many hunters continue to make the same mistakes and get themselves...

While you’re out in the field, take time to enjoy simple things

Oct 28 09
Hunters need to take a little time to stop and smell the sagebrush as they travel across Montana in the weeks ahead in search...

Last vestiges of old homesteads dot the ground that hunters tread

Oct 21 09
There’s a hill that I like to sit on where I can scope a huge swath of sagebrush prairie and grasslands for antelope. There...

Early blast of wintry weather takes color right out of autumn

Oct 14 09
So much for enjoying the fall colors with the ash trees in my yard. That all came to a frigid halt last week with...

Outdoors Just For Kids: Numbers don’t lie: Ring-necked pheasant tops among upland birds

Oct 7 09
Based on the raw numbers, there’s no doubt which upland bird species is the most near and dear to the shotgun hunters of Montana....

By any name, grouse species makes for good hunting, eating

Sep 30 09
Maybe one of these years, I’m going to hear somebody say, “Let’s grab our shotguns and go hunt some duskies.” But for now, most...

Sage grouse need sagebrush

Sep 23 09
The future of sage grouse is tied to just one thing — sagebrush. Of all the upland bird species in Montana and Wyoming, it’s...

It’s nothing personal: Sharptails just laugh when you miss them

Sep 16 09
Most hunters call them sharptails — or, more correctly, sharp-tailed grouse. But a good friend of mine always called them “chuckle chickens.” Why? He said...