It’s the Friday before Thanksgiving and as I close my work laptop my anxiety begins to increase. You see, Thanksgiving week means a week at deer camp; In the Texas Panhandle it just so happens to coincide perfectly with the rut. Today, the laundry list of items that...
A Box of Chocolates, A Couple of Mossbergs, and the Transformation of Our Youngest Hunter
It could be said that hunters are second to none when it comes to embracing the illusion of control. When I set out planning a hunt, there are elements that can be controlled and oh-so-many others that cannot. However, as a hunter, I possess a naive optimism that...
Mossberg 930 Review (Dove May Have Died for this Test)
For all intents and purposes, the whole month of September is a holiday in the state of Texas. Of course, Labor Day is the first Monday in September - three day weekend, BBQs, etc… But what September signifies to Texans is the start of dove season. It is absolute...
Mossberg’s New MMR Carbine and Firefield Optics – A Deadly Combination
Big Workhorse Bang for Your Hunting & Shooting Buck! Where has the time gone? When I look back over my life, I see a series of mountains and valleys, each navigated, some carelessly, yet none left without my footprints… and occasional claw marks – I’ve never been a...
The Shotgunner’s Hog Hunter
I sat is a West Texas box blind, ten feet in the air and 120 yards from a feeder, on a cold, clear night, the front window of the blind open and me trying not to fall asleep. While I love night hog hunting, I’d been up since Five AM, it was 11 at night now, and I was...