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Three steps toward reducing firearm violence and fatalities

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Jerry Johnson

Three steps toward reducing firearm violence and fatalities Proposals for gun control, for the most part, are ludicrous. Not because the intentions of the “gun control” advocates are unworthy. To the contrary: reducing the number of firearm homicides is an … Continue reading →

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North Country Tales

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Jerry Johnson

North Country Tales, my latest collection of essays, stories, poems, and tales about life in the North Country, is now published and available at independent book stores listed at indiebooks.com and through amazon  (https://www.amazon.com/North-Country-Tales-Jerry-Johnson/dp/1983577154/)

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Tyroler hat

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Jerry Johnson

Klas took it down and spent several minutes in a more careful investigation. It was just a hat, a fawn-brown Tyroler with a braided, black leather hatband. Its sweatband was smooth, perhaps doeskin. Except for its too-square cut, there was … Continue reading →

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Snow bird

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

Abbey began to lecture me: “Wahrl-arn-wahrl-yawl!” which, translated from spaniel French to North Country English means “Pheasant season only lasts eleven weeks, you know, and every day spent in the Clubhouse is wasted, lost forever and cannot be regained.” Snow … Continue reading →

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Bringing out the Big Gun

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

Over the course of the past hundred years the sixteen rose to the height of its popularity and then quickly disappeared. I seldom see a hunter with a 16-gauge double gun, and if I do I can be almost certain … Continue reading →

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Six-rooster opening weekend

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Jerry Johnson
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Sandhills report

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

Sandhills report Grouse numbers are down. Way down. Both prairie chickens and sharptail grouse. Nebraska’s Game & Parks official bird hunting forecast told us that a month before: beware, there would be far fewer grouse. But we had to find … Continue reading →

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Three seconds

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

Our time on this Earth is a momentous gift. For each of us, deciding how we will use that gift is an enigma. Three seconds What will you do with your three seconds? How well will you fare with your … Continue reading →

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Flowers and weeds

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

The household lawn with its decorative gardens of flowers/weeds is a bitterly contested battlefield in the war between the sexes, and while the male invader with his mechanized equipment and chemical weapons may seem to have the advantage in each … Continue reading →

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100th Meridian

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

100th Meridian On November days wandering near the 100th Meridian (fabled barrier to rainfall in the Great American Desert), the tail end of the grouse season when birds are flighty, or midway through deer season when heart-stopper bucks are wise … Continue reading →

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