Author Archives: Jerry Johnson

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About Jerry Johnson

Retired journalist and college public relations director. Former teacher, coach, mentor. Novelist and short story writer.

Frosted

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth … Continue reading →

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Doing the splits

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor, and rich is better.    – Mae West, American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol (1893-1980) Doing the splits Rich is having enough cash in your pocket to rent a hydraulic wood-splitting … Continue reading →

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Why we hunt the grasslands – a single photo

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Jerry Johnson
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Senior hunting camp

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

This list is not intended to be comprehensive, and there may be some regional and cultural differences, but I expect that every bird hunter past middle age will identify (or identify with) several of these axioms that I have titled … Continue reading →

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Broken arrow

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Hunting success should not be gratuitous. If you do not earn it, you should take no pride in it. Broken arrow Seeing the broken-shafted arrow at the side of the game trail sparked a memory: for the Plains Indians the … Continue reading →

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September ablutions

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Ablutions (əˈblo͞oSHənz) – the act of cleansing oneself or a sacred object as in a religious rite; Middle English; from Latin ablutio(n-), from abluere, from ab- ‘away’ + luere ‘wash.’ The original use was as a term in alchemy meaning … Continue reading →

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Squirrel woods

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

The world does not owe me a squirrel woods on my doorstep, especially since I have given not one moment’s thought to squirrels while designing and implementing all the wildlife habitat projects on our place, but I rue the loss … Continue reading →

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One-hole groups

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

One-inch groups (let alone one-hole groups) are pretty, but the hunting rifle does not really need that degree of accuracy. As a hunting companion once said, “If your rifle can shoot a three-inch group at 100 yards, any deer you … Continue reading →

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Honor among thieves

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

All bird hunters are jealously possessive of their birds – or their best bird coverts, at any rate – and they would more willingly tell the IRS all their sources of income than reveal the location of good bird ground. … Continue reading →

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Molly’s grouse

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Deep inside, Molly knew that she could tug my heartstrings and do anything, get away with anything, and be forgiven, because my soul held her in an embrace more needing and more desperate than a shipwrecked sailor clinging to a … Continue reading →

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