by maggie | May 19, 2019 | Featured |
It’s that time of year again when I realize that hunting—for the most part—is over until the fall. I can’t help but feel a sense of the blues coming on, since hunting is an integral part of my life. I am trying to turn my blues into a refreshed sense of...
by maggie | May 4, 2019 | Featured, Turkey Hunting |
Sharing some humbling events from hunts this season so far . . . When you try to be a turkey stalker you might end up with mud on your face Things got off to a pretty messy start, with Opening Day temps in the mid-30s, high winds, but no rain. For weeks, I had put a...
by maggie | Mar 27, 2019 | Featured, Female Friendly Destinations, Quail Hunting |
“The Dream Team” & husbands You know that feeling of familiarity—you go to your favorite restaurant and order the exact same dish, every time. It’s vacation time, and you make your annual trek to your favorite beach resort, not because you have one of...
by maggie | Mar 1, 2019 | Hunting Tales |
“Without hunters, there will be no wildlife or habitat. Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt.” —National Wild Turkey Federation Prepping my blind area I wake up and try to remember—it is the “off season”. My hubby reminds me almost daily, but my mind swirls with thoughts...
by maggie | Feb 1, 2019 | Critter Hunting, Featured |
Part 1: Maggie & Kim on the hunt! It’s not what you think . . . we are hunting partners. Kim Davis and I have been hunting whitetails together for the past couple of months and now, something unexpected that appeared on the trail camera has us up in arms—a...
by maggie | Jan 1, 2019 | Deer Hunting, Featured |
“One does not hunt in order to kill. One kills in order to have hunted.”–From Meditations on Hunting by Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955) Every January, I like to look back over the previous 12 months and reflect on the wonderful times I had doing...
by maggie | Dec 30, 2018 | Dove Hunting, Recipes- The Harvest, Wing Shooting |
Tugging, pulling, plucking feathers . . . “Why would anyone want to do this?” my hubby complained. “Don’t you know that the skin is the best part of the gamebird?” I retorted. I had finally talked him into helping me pluck feathers after years of using only the...
by maggie | Dec 25, 2018 | Featured, Guest Bloggers, Recipes- The Harvest |
Some of our hunting seasons in Maine start and end in chilly or downright frigid weather. After I climb down from the stand, walk through the woods and up the hill through deep snow and arrive back at camp, I want something warm to drink even before food. It’s too...
by maggie | Dec 3, 2018 | Deer Hunting, Hunting Tales |
It is always exciting for me to wake up on a brisk fall morning, knowing that in a short time, I will be settled in my deer stand alone with my thoughts and at peace with the world around me. I chuckled to myself, this pleasant 50-degree October day, knowing that I...
by maggie | Oct 16, 2018 | Fishing |
As many of you know, Jessica was featured in my blog many times, and her great tips and fishing reports were so appreciated by all her followers. Just before her untimely passing, we had been working on an article about surf fishing. I would go by Perry’s...
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