The first time I hunted Montana I hunted with my friend John Barsness. We were bear hunting and on the second day of the hunt shot a nice one. It was an incredible western experience but it was one made even better by the food I ate. You see, John’s wife Eileen Clarke is what I would call a chef. No, she …
If you were raised like me, after you shot a rifle or even took it hunting, you cleaned it. Initially this made sense to me but it wasn’t until after I’d entered the military that I learned that this, clean every time you shoot, mindset was nothing but a carryover from training. You see, the military makes you clean your rifle or …
This past weekend Bat and I traveled the 250 mile trip to our family hunting camp in eastern West Virginia. The route we took is one I have been driving for my entire life. It winds through the hills and hollows of West Virginia on a two lane road. There is a faster and easier way to get there but none as …
