hunting humour

How To Install A Home Security System On A Budget

Go to a second-hand store and buy a pair of men’s used size 14-16 
work boots Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo magazine and several NRA magazinesPut a few...

Deer Watch Naming Conventions

How do you name the deer stands in your favorite hunting area? I delved into some official records of the Rip N’ Tear Hunt Club Manual to find out. The aging and dusty manual is rarely referred...

Tamarack Tea

I remember, as a kid, an old Tamarack tree that guarded our well at the hunt camp. By day, I would hunt grouse in and around its lower branches. At night,  it became a dark and spooky place that...

Moose Hunting And Blue Sky

We made our plans. Dad was going to watch where the trails to the ‘Evergreen Watch’ and ‘The Knob’ meet. I was assigned to watching the top of the sunny ridge which was...

Deer Proof Scopes

Have you ever heard of them? I have one. Contrary to popular belief, these kind of scopes do exist. These ‘diseased’ scopes surface in normal populations of rifle scopes across North...

Deer Camp Ritual: Planning Phase

I put my compass on the table and tried to focus on the choices dad was trying to give me about where I was going to spend the next several hours of the hunt. The planning phase ritual at our camp...

The Deer That Could Tell Time

I should finish the title - And The Hunter Who Ran Out. For our visitors who followed the updates I sent in from our deer camp in November, you will remember my encounter with a feeding doe outside...

The Pumpkin Gun: Reloaded

One of my favorite hunting stories to date is one that I wrote during this blog’s ‘infant’ stages. It is a tale of legend within the halls of Rip N’ Tear Hunt Club. I hope you...

Snowshoe Lesson

I was able to take a group of 10 college students on a snowshoe hike the other day. A recent snowfall made the journey a bit of a struggle for myself and the ‘rookie’ students. I decided...

Have You Seen These Hunters?

I have multiple reactions to this video advertisement for a hunting game on the Xbox 360. It is a year or two old, so I apologize if this has gone around the block already. This is the first time I...