Our Last Hunt by James L. Bruner article copyright Sitting back, eyes closed, the memories play back in my mind like an old slide show flickering at high speed. Random frames appear punctuated with importance as they slow just long enough to capture the event and pull me back to the moment. The gray figure […]
Belligerant Bucks And Bruins by James L. Bruner article copyright The Foggy Buck I believe it was somewhere around ’95 or ’96 when I encountered this buck during an early morning firearm hunt one foggy morning in Michigan. Unlike other mornings I opted to grab a flashlight. Safety concerns or otherwise I really have no […]
The Little Hunter by James L. Bruner article copyright Though many days had passed spent fishing, I often wondered just how much of the outdoors I had instilled in my daughter. At 6 years of age she was as good with a rod and reel as many twice her size and enjoyed watching the fish […]
The Monarch by James L. Bruner article copyright Like his majesty walking through the hallowed halls of his kingdom the old monarch swaggered through the field wearing his crown of antlers in pride. The flushing of a lone pheasant brought him to a momentary halt as he quickly surveyed the surroundings then continued on his […]
How To Create Your Own Ghillie Suit by James L. Bruner article copyright Creating your own Ghillie Suit can be as simple or as ellaborate as you like. Remember as with any do it yourself project the fancier you get the more costly it can be. Ghillie suits have been used in the military for […]
Michigans Wolf Economics by James L. Bruner article copyright Honestly I dont understand it beyond a point that in the end we lose a major resource and that being the whitetail deer. I do understand that authoriative figures project a carrying capacity for how many wolves we can sustain in the Upper Peninsula. I also […]
Last Chance Perch by James L. Bruner article copyright I know right off the bat what most people are thinking. Icefishing? In March? Understandable for a majority of the countries regions but in the month of March you can always find those last chance ice anglers in search of various fish species willing to take […]
Commercialization vs Realization by James L. Bruner article copyright Years ago I left the unforgiving circus of print media not for a lack of material or capabilities, but for the sub-standards imposed by editors who have never realized the actual experience of setting their own foot to the earth for sheer pleasure or adventure. Stifled […]
Recycled Research by James L. Bruner article copyright I peer cautiously from behind the lacy foilage of dying cedar trees that have lost an earlier battle with the wind. Their root system desperately made several final attempts to pull enough liquid life from the earth before relinquishing to defeat in a rust-colored mass of entangled […]
From Days Of Old by James L. Bruner article copyright Spring has always been that time of year when nature seems to replenish herself with a new year of vegetation, game animals, and fish. Growing up, spring meant several things right off the bat. Those were perch fishing, smelting and steelhead fishing as listed in […]
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