Monthly Archives: June 2016

End of the line

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Sport hunting has been in decline throughout my lifetime, and its demise is not long away. For those who live in an urban society and culture, sport hunting is increasingly more expensive and time consuming, an activity made more and … Continue reading →

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Lessons in deer rifle protocol and good manners

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

You can always tell a Czech, you can always tell Finn, You can always tell a Limey when he’s had a shot of gin. You can always tell a Canuck from ’way north Ontario, You can tell an old Swede … Continue reading →

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Through a hunter’s eyes

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Sasha and Abbey know they are not really hunting on this morning walk but some manic corner of my mind does not, and I allow my awareness of nature and its wild beauty to be restricted by my ingrained habit … Continue reading →

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Notta lotta difference

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

In this era of once unimaginable bullet design and construction, the superb quality of factory loaded ammunition, the excellence of CNC manufactured rifle barrels and actions, and the equally impressive quality and reliability of telescopic sights, there is notta lotta … Continue reading →

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