Solstice traditions carry forward from ancient times
We are in the time of year when many folks leave for work in the dark and come home in the dark. During December, the...
Shawn Perich
Time with the knife, and memories
On a recent afternoon, I begged off from heading back into the deer woods after lunch. A buck was hanging from the gambrel in my...
Blaming deer hunters won’t restore Minnesota moose
Somehow, I just knew it had to be my fault. Are you wondering what happened to the missing Minnesota moose? Wonder no more. Just blame...
Hunting ends when baiting begins
Somewhere in northern Minnesota, there is a pile of apples with a deer stand over yonder. Somewhere else, there is a pile of corn hidden...
Walking on Snow
In winter, the snow gets pretty deep around here. Sometimes it comes early. Other years it arrives late. Most winters, the snow just keeps getting...
Out there, we’re all the same
When the autumn leaves drop and the forest is bare of foliage, deer appear in the backyard. They clean up fallen apples and whatever is...
Nostalgia in the Grouse Woods
Longtime grouse hunters have a list of places where they used to go hunting. Trees grow old. They fall down or are cut down. Over...
An Upper Peninsula Adventure
If Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was a misshapen mitten, the Keweenaw Peninsula would be the thumb. This rocky appendage juts defiantly into Lake Superior, its hardwood,...