If you live in Northwest Indiana I don’t think this photo needs any explanation.  But I don’t think it’s matters whether you’re from the area are not.  Kind of like the People of Walmart site.  We all get it.  In fact, I had a People of Walmart photo opportunity on Saturday.  But I was afraid she’d kick my cupcakes had I taken her picture.

I’m about to go on vacation and I can’t have a chunk of my hair missing.

I was minding my own business while stopped at a stop light and as I casually glanced over to the car next to me … well … oh … dear … bones.

And I thought to myself…

I wonder if his car bounces up and down?

Please start bouncing up and down.

But it didn’t.

How do you have a pimped out ride like that and it doesn’t bounce up and down? Darn him.

Have a good day all … fo shizzle

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Training a new pup isn’t easy and it is going to take time! Start with the basics.

It isn’t easy and it is going to take time! Start with the basics. Sit, stay and come, and make him understand that a command given is to be obeyed. This is done through repetition but keep the sessions short. You must also understand that dog training isn’t a democracy, the pup has to understand that he has no say in what takes place. If the pup gets the idea that he can obey only when he feels like it, you are going to have problems.

There are lots of good books on dog training out there but my favorites are Gun Dog, Game Dog and Family Dog all by Richard Walters and have been in publication for over 30 years. These three great books will help you train your new pup without making lots of mistakes that will create consequences that you might have to live with for years. By avoiding a few common fundamental mistakes, you can help your pup achieve a high level of performance that you will enjoy for years.

Here are a few things in my opinion that you should not do with a new pup.

1. Don’t ever play tug-of-war if you want your pup to retrieve. That teaches him to play keep-away and teaches him he doesn’t have to give up the training dummies. Don’t let him chew or mouth training dummies either if you ever want an edible bird retrieved.
2. Don’t verbally or physically discipline a pup for picking up or carrying something you don’t want him to have. You might send him the message that retrieving is bad. Simply take it away from him.
3. Don’t use different terms for a command. For example, “Here” and “Come” mean the same thing so just pick one and stick with it.
4. Don’t chase a pup because you might scare him, or he might just see it as a game and you will have a harder time teaching him to come on your command.
5. Don’t ignore the small things like occasionally barking in the crate or kennel. Once these behaviors become ingrained, the more difficult they are to break.
6. Don’t let the pup get away with anything like sleeping on the sofa, stealing food, or eating birds that you don’t want him to do for life.
7. Don’t get stuck in a rut. Training in the same place at the same time with drills in the same order doesn’t allow him to think on his own. Teach him to adapt by varying his training grounds and routines.
8. Don’t discipline a dog randomly. Be careful that the pup can connect the discipline directly to his behavior. The same thinking applies to his rewards.

These simple don’ts will help turn you pup into the hunting dog that will give you more pleasure and pride that could possibly be explained in words. Please let me know your thoughts.

See the original article at GotHunts.com

For the past year my Dad has been battling cancer having many ups and downs but for the past couple of weeks he’s been doing so much better. Thankfully.

For months he sat around watching sports and old westerns not doing much else.  But for the past couple of weeks, he found his entertainment in something he hasn’t done for years…

Conversations with my Mom:

Me:  What’s Dad doing?

Mom: Playing cowboys and Indians?

Me: Huh?

This is a weekly conversation.

Me:  What’s Dad doing?

Mom:  Playing cowboys and Indians. Walking around in his cowboy hat and boots with his gun holster on.

So yesterday I went to my parents house for a visit and when I got home this was my conversation with Mark.

Mark:  What was your Dad doing?

Me:  Playing cowboys and Indians.

Mark:  Huh?

Me:  It’s the medication.

Broncho Cowboy George

And he took me on a tour of his gun cleaning room.

That use to be my bedroom.

My childhood bedroom.

Which is now the library.

Of guns.

I took several pictures but I think this is one of my favorites.  Don’t ask me what powered up Magnum PI kind of guns they are but they look antique.  And the thing in the middle kind of looks like an old perfume bottle.

And I didn’t touch any of them.

Because I grew up knowing NOT to touch them.

So I don’t.

And back in the day when you’re told NOT to touch the guns, you better not even look at the guns.  That’s why I think that thingy in the middle is a perfume bottle.

Dad:  Did I see you look at my guns?

Me:  No sir.  Maybe it was my barbie.

Have a good day all … I’m now wondering what Old John Wayne turned my brothers room into?

He probably has a horse in there.

See the original article at TheHuntersWife.net

This wolf had been terrorizing campers near Salmon, Idaho for months.

An Idaho hunter shot this wolf just outside her home near Salmon, Idaho. While waiting for the pack to make their rounds and come near their home again, they looked in the woods below them and there was this wolf. He weighed 127 lbs. He was a collared wolf and by the time they checked it in (1.5 hours later), Fish & Game already knew about the wolf and said they had been hunting for him as this wolf pack had been terrorizing campers lately. They had a couple of guys “treed” in the cab of their pickup all night at a campground a few days earlier. He is now skinned and hanging at their place.

Check out our wolf hunts.

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I have to admit, up until I started my blog I never heard of Field & Stream.  I’m sorry.  I was just that kind of girl.  And now that I’m an outdoor blogger, well, umm, I know about them.

My first encounter was last year when they posted a video with the Booth Babes From SHOT.  The video showed very cute girls in cute tiny outfits being interviewed by a F&S staffer asking them questions about the outdoors that F&S knew they couldn’t answer.   And again this year pictures of the Booth Babes were shared.  It seems to be a yearly thing of TNA at the F&S.

And they have lots of readers.  And are very popular.

Then this happened:   I was minding my own business on Twitter when I saw F&S post this -

Contest: Enter for a chance to hook up with a @Fieldandstream cover model.

So I clicked on it.  Cause I’m female and I’m only a reader when they post hot girls so I can email my other outdoor lady friends and complain.  Well not really.  I take the make fun route.  Like, “Now don’t get your thong in a bind but did you see F&S…”  It was kind of like that.

Field & Stream Contest Details:

You could win a date with a cover model.

And their cover models are:  A lure from one of their magazines or a hot model from Maxim.com magazine.  But what you are winning is just the lure from the F&S cover and you have to tell them why you would want to go fishing with their artifact and not the Maxim cover model.

And then it hit me.  I need a couple of hot outdoor males on my blog.  And then I could have a similar contest.

The Hunter’s Wife Hottest Angler Contest:

What hot outdoor angler would you rather fish with?

Me:

If you pick me you are responsible for all travel expenses, food expenses, clothing expenses and taking my fish off the hook. And bring your boat. So I can learn to drive.  ‘Cause I know where the fishing actions at.  Just have a look at that bluegill.

Or our F&S Chip and Dale Anglers:

And if you pick my hot F&S outdoor angler guys, well, maybe you could take them shopping.  To buy them a shirt.  And for a waxing.  And maybe a bra.  I bet they would rock your boat.

“If you like it than you shoulda put a fishing lure on it … oh, oh, oh”

Have a great day all … and if you pick them, I won’t be upset.  I promise.  I know my readers would never pick them over me just because they have a bigger rack.

Oh wait, that’s hunting.

Please note:  This is not an official contest.  And that is not an official picture of a F&S guy’s body.  It’s been cropped.  And I borrowed their cartoon heads.  Without their approval.  But I think they’re cute.  And if I had the chance to fish with them, I am not answering any technical fishing questions.

Win a F&S aritifact

TNA at the THW

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One of our PH’s in Zululand has a Rogue Elephant bull available. He is approx. 20 to 30 years old and very similar to the one on this picture (approx. 25 to 30 pound tusks).

Rogue Elephant Bull Hunt in Zululand

$28,950 plus daily rates – 7 days minimum
It’s a good deal but the hunt needs to take place in the near future.

See the original article at GotHunts.com