The places near here where I run my dogs are so infested with ticks we just have to give up outdoor life once the weather warms

I’m beginning to think a teardrop trailer makes more sense for the way I’m likely to use it

Evolutionary history seems clear — eye camo was an advantage until the human horde proved otherwise

The assault on public property rights of hunters, anglers and outdoor recreationists in the West is relentless

My fibula succumbed to what I’ve proclaimed the GOAT of stupid injuries

Mudsnails may fill a trout’s belly, but like a deep-fried Twinkie at the county fair, they don’t provide any nutrition

The controversial flavor enhancer MSG was first extracted from kelp, which is an essential ingredient in dashi, the ubiquitous Japanese soup stock

As spring approaches another kind of map draws my attention: the U.S. Department of Agriculture Snow Water Equivalent maps of Montana river basins

During this present Spring of Deception, it is warm enough on the Great Plains that I’ve resumed my afternoon jogs. I run on a trail near the river where the migrating birds are staging before they push on for the Northwest Territories.

I’m hopeful second winter will be but an instant allowing the spring of deception to reign until summer.

A powerful minority has seen the freedom Montana’s public land, easy access and plentiful native wildlife incubate, and decided they’d rather have Texas.

The access fight at Mitchell Slough was about more than just limiting public access on Montana rivers

My sense of the West was formed watching at a distance the previous decades of conflict shaped by environmental laws passed in the 1970s

While the fate of Montana or any state’s wildlife doesn’t rest on semantics, every time we talk about hunting in a public space we are engaged in public relations

Soon computer-generated imagery will cure Hollywood’s firearm negligence. There’s no longer reason for firearms on set in inexperienced hands when realism can be created with pixels.