Opinion

Don’t let greed break your balance VI The Lovers, King of Presents, XI Justice, Ace of Presents Merry meet, dear readers. Before you continue, take note: Tarot is for everyone, no matter your walk of life. While the cards have their own singular meanings, tarot is also largely intuitive and the meanings can change; no…

This time of year, orange fills the woods. It confirms gun season has come. I’ve sat in many places, thinking I was the only one around, only to scan the horizon with my binoculars to discover an orange vest in a tree closer than I wanted. I can remember one time while hunting in Muhlenberg,…

By Bill Hoagland Here are the opening lyrics in the classic song, “All Along the Watchtower”, which was written by Bob Dylan and sung by a number of musicians, including Jimi Hendrix: “There must be someway out of here,” “Said the joker to the thief,” “There’s too much confusion,” “I can’t get no relief.” I…

Four eyes are better than two It never fails that each deer hunting season I get a slight strain in my upper back and a vertebra that tries to dislocate. Most of the time, these return to normal after a few days back to my normal activities, along with a mini massage. I’m fairly strong…

Monkeyshines and Copyrights By Bill Hoagland In 2011, David Slater, a British wildlife photographer, spent time in the jungles of Indonesia photographing wildlife there. Among his subjects was a troop of Sulawesi crested macaque monkeys that he spent several days attempting to befriend before photographing them. According to Slater, on the day he was actually…

 By Gary Miller My ground blind leaks. Yours does too. Yeah, I know you have the top-of-the-line, largest, most cushy, made-of-the-best-waterproof-material-blind money can buy. I’m sure it’s nice. But it leaks. It may not leak as much as mine. It may not leak in the same places as mine. But it leaks. Those leaks may…

 By Bill Hoagland As I am writing this column, we are 10 days from Thanksgiving and that means we are probably very close to another campaign by PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals folks, to discourage people from eating meat during the holidays. All too often, these campaigns simply remind us, again,…

A Fascinating “Snatch and Grab” By Bill Hoagland When you see that this column is going to be about a “snatch and grab”, you might think it concerns a mob breaking a store window in Chicago and stealing everything in sight. No, this is an acceptable “snatch and grab” and frankly, a fascinating one at…

Eternity A few years ago, I bought a really nice and comfortable lock-on stand along with an expensive ladder climbing system to go along with it. I had been hunting the Midwest for years before that and was always fighting comfort because I stayed in the stand for hours.