Confession From a Deer Hunter

Confession From a Deer Hunter

As I hike to my deer stand, my mind drifts back to when I was a young girl walking into the dark confessional at my church. Yes, I grew up in the Catholic Church, and the memory of stepping into the strange cubicle for the first time was nothing less than a mixture of...
A Good Morning Hunt

A Good Morning Hunt

When most hunters have already left their stands, I am just getting excited about the morning hunt. I abandoned the “get to the stand an hour before sunrise to settle in and get quiet” mode of hunting deer several years ago. Seeing in dim light has always...
Reflections on the Past Year

Reflections on the Past Year

“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...
Stand Number 10

Stand Number 10

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...
Deer Hunting Prep and the Lost Camo Boot…

Deer Hunting Prep and the Lost Camo Boot…

It’s that time of year again when your good sense says summer, but your mind says: “when does hunting season start?” We were a little behind schedule getting our trail cameras in place for the upcoming season since the weather had been extremely hot. With temps in the...
HELLO 2018!!!

HELLO 2018!!!

Ringing in the New Year was different than what I had planned.  In keeping with past years, we had planned on hunting the last day of the year and the first day of the new year.  Our New Year’s Eve hunt was bitter cold but that did not keep us from enjoying our...