If you’d have asked me a week ago if I were through hunting for the season, the answer would have been yes. I’d already dropped 260” worth of bone on the ground and added a couple of does to go with them. For the most part, I was content to let the calendar run out... Continue Reading →
It never fails. Around this time every year I become an emotionally unstable individual. It’s not for no good reason, but nevertheless, I’m somewhat of a train wreck. Most could agree that coming off of the holiday season can make one crazy, but the holidays ending is only the tip of the iceberg. Deer season... Continue Reading →
The sound of the alarm clock startles me. My heart is racing from being abruptly awakened by the annoying ringing as I fumble around to turn it off. It’s still dark outside and will be for another hour and a half. The smell of fresh brewed coffee makes its way down the hall into the... Continue Reading →
Addiction. Merriam-Webster describes addiction as the following: a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms upon withdrawal or abstinence. Self-admittedly, I am an addict. Fortunately, I realized my addictive personality at a young enough age to know... Continue Reading →
Each passing year brings new excitement, as well as new challenges. 2022 was certainly no different. Keeping with the theme of the last couple of years, I thought I’d do a year in review for my final article of the year. Here’s to hoping 2023 brings more opportunities to keep churning out material! Just like... Continue Reading →
The Christmas season is full of traditions, old and new. Most of us will spend the holidays in the company of family and friends, often sharing old stories and laughs over a meal. There will be gift exchanges, Christmas light shows, church programs, and many other traditions that we hold sacred for this time of... Continue Reading →
By Ben Smith: For what seems like the first time in a long time, I’m in the Christmas spirit early this year. Maybe it’s because I didn’t have to suffer from getting all of the decorations down from the attic. The girls had everything put up and decorated during my Covid quarantine in the woods,... Continue Reading →
By Ben Smith I’ve been so excited to see all of the pictures of young people with their first deer lately, and there have been more than a handful. It gives me great joy to see parents introducing their children to the outdoors. I’ve always been a believer that the best way to teach kids... Continue Reading →
By Ben Smith: I don’t miss many opening days. I’ve yet to miss an opening day of baseball season. I rarely ever miss the opening day of archery season. And you can bet on opening day of rifle season I’m usually in the woods. However, sometimes things are beyond our control. For far too long... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I joined fellow podcast host, Matt Langford, on a deer hunting trip to his camp in the Mississippi Delta. The weather wasn’t great, but the opportunity to go to the delta wasn’t something I was going to pass up just because it was a little warm. The Mississippi Delta, for... Continue Reading →
