Fishing/Hunting
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Ephrata Youth Fishing Derby Saturday
EPHRATA — The Ephrata Lions Club will host its annual Youth Fishing Derby from 6 to 8 a.m. this Saturday at Ping P…
SHOT Show impressive
It is named the SHOT Show, which stands for Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show. The show is owned and sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation…
Last of the name series
Today we finish our series about animal and bird names, with more group names.
Animal and bird group names
We have been exploring the names of animal and birds for a couple of days, so it is appropriate to look at some names for a group of animals or birds. Actually…
Animal and bird names are entertaining
Animal and bird names have always been fun and entertaining to me. Of more importance, you, the reader, seem to enjoy the names, also.
Elk stew my way
The digital pressure cooker is used often at my house, but so is the slow cooker. We have several slow cookers of different sizes.
Cooking the harvest
We have been discussing outdoor wintertime activities for outdoor-minded people during the past few weeks. Today and tomorrow we examine another activity desig…
Elk stew and elk roast
Wintertime activities for outdoor-minded people include cooking the harvest.
In search of the proper load
The goal of a person, who reloads rifle ammunition for hunting, is to find the perfect load for the rifle she/he is using. Indeed, each rifle is different and,…
A time for reloading
This is the slow time of year for outdoor-minded people. As mentioned before, we have anglers polishing and sharpening hooks in their tackle boxes.
What to consider as a fly-angler
Fishing line maintenance was mentioned at the end of yesterday’s column. A couple more thoughts about making sure the fishing line you are using is up-to-date and continues to be the strength you desire.
More first-of-year ideas
Yesterday we briefly mentioned checking fishing gear as a wintertime activity. One sentence talked about polishing lures, plus replacing and sharpening hooks.
Winter, what winter?
The current weather forecast indicates we have eight days of above freezing days and four above freezing nights before us. The temperatures afterwards show tem…
2020 is here
We have spent a few days discussing what happened in 2019, but now we are in a new year. This is an exciting time for me.
A final 2019 reflection
My, how time flies; the year has passed so quickly, seems as if January was yesterday and now January is tomorrow. There are many ways to state the passage of time and how time seems to fly by, truth is, time does …
Reflecting again on 2019
This was a busy outdoor year with camping, hunting, birding, fishing, wildlife viewing, boating, outdoor cooking, time at the shooting range and more on the agenda.