The Everyday Hunter
Most hunting camps are buttoned up for a long winter, mothballed until the approach of trout season or spring gobbler season. But memories of camp continue to live as those who hunt or fish from them reminisce about camp camaraderie. Hunting camps are a living paradox. Collectively they’re a breed that has a zillion things in common, but the paradox is that each camp is unique to itself. When camp owners maintain a logbook of their adventures, it reveals that camps are as unique as the individuals that make up the roster. Such a logbook is behind a new volume by a writer you’ll take a liking to. Don Feigert writes about his camp and his comrades along the west bank of the Allegheny River in Warren County between Irvine and Tidioute — a place called Althom. Whenever you drive through hunting camp country, you’ll note that every camp seems to have a name. In compliance with this unwritten rule of owning a hunting camp, Feigert named his camp “F-Troop Camp,” not for the antics
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THE EVERYDAY HUNTER: What’s special about a knife?
I doubt there’s a guy who doesn’t like knives. If there is, he probably wouldn’t admit it. That would be admitting he didn’t have the right upbringing.
Something about a knife gets a man’s attention. A knife is the universal tool — and m
Too late to think about deer rifles
With the second week of deer season winding down it is too late to be thinking about getting a new deer rifle, which makes it precisely the time to do it, or at least think about doing it. Like most of you I need a new deer rifle like I need a leak i
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