Our trips to the Pere Marquette River in recent years, have been somewhat disappointing.  The river is always an inviting place, and we always love being able to enjoy its sure beauty, but in the last few years the steelhead run hasn’t been what it...

Walking on the ice has always felt unnatural to me; it always feels like something I shouldn’t be doing.  And as we rolled onto the ice on Saturday, it still felt odd….but I sucked it up, and pressed on. My inaugural ice fishing trip took us to Duck...

I walked out our back door tonight, intent on shoveling the driveway and sidewalk, when I noticed something odd on top of the fence.  I knew there wasn’t a chance that my wife had left this odd fence ornament there, but I still brought it to her...

I’m sure all of you have heard the following definition for insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over, but expecting different results.”  And lately, that is the way I feel about this blog. I always sit down, write a post, and expect that people...

Most of my readers know that I have a young daughter, and many of them have previously read posts in which I alluded to the fact that I plan – in some capacity or another – to have her involved in the outdoors.  My hope is that she enjoys hunting and...