Category Archives: Hunting

Someday never comes

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Well, I’m here to tell you now each and every mother’s son, You better learn it fast, you better learn it young, ‘Cause ‘someday’ never comes.             – Lyrics from the song             Someday Never Comes,             written by John … Continue reading →

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The situation in Pierre

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“The prairie skies can always make you see more than what you believe.”              ― from the novel The Past Never Ends by Jackson Burnett The situation in Pierre Fort Pierre National Grassland, dead smack … Continue reading →

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Pernicious pump guns

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“…if I only had one gun to go ducking with, it would have to be a pump.” “I’d rather look good shooting than have what I’m shooting look good!”  – from Shotgunner’s Notebook, a collection of essays by Gene Hill … Continue reading →

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Last of the old timers

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“I am, beyond a doubt, the last of the old-timers.”    – Jack Crabb, from the movie Little Big Man,based on the novel by Thomas Berger (1924-2014) Last of the old timers Bird hunting isn’t what it used to be. … Continue reading →

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Happiest moments

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.                       … Continue reading →

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Bear hunt

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Bear hunt Remembering Dave Wade: A tribute delivered at his Celebration of Life Service, August 26, 2014 Dave Wade was the best and closest friend I have had in my life. His friendship was so precious to me, and his passing … Continue reading →

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Gone on ahead

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

When I heard those words on the telephone – “Dave’s gone”- I did not feel the emptiness of death but only the loneliness of departure, as if I had been told, “Dave’s left on his elk hunting trip to the … Continue reading →

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If I had a hammer

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Be ready, and if’n a bird flies in front of you, just poke yer barrel at it and pull the trigger. That gun probly feels pretty big, but don’t worry. She don’t kick. Much.              – Advice from a well-meaning … Continue reading →

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Heaven’s roads are gravel and sand

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

 …the street of the city (of heaven) was pure gold…    – Revelations 21:21 Heaven’s roads are gravel and sand When the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelations at age 92, a prisoner of Rome on the island of Patmos, … Continue reading →

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Bird dog art

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Shooting afield without the aid of a trained dog is very poor sport indeed…  …for it is not only the large number of birds brought to bag that inspires and gratifies, but rather it is the fine performance of his … Continue reading →

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