Columns
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Northern Pike: Love or hate?
Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing.
Hunting season ends with a bang, just no buck
It was pointed out to me last week that I needed to share the rest of the story...
Christmas carols bring us comfort and joy
“...A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
Time to hit the ice!
Last week, along with a couple dozen other folks, I was on Smith Lake...
Hunting season, it could've been much different
To begin, I should have killed a bull elk...
Tales from the road with our ‘Bugs’
Years ago in Ohio when my boyfriend was teaching me how to drive his VW Super Beetle — a stick shift — I forgot to switch to a lower gear and the car started doing that bucking thing that’s so embarrassing.
Welcome to hard water season
For folks that know me well, they know that I live to ice fish!
What’s so funny? Serious thoughts about humor
“Laughter is the best medicine,” the age-old saying goes.
Snow, a hindrance or help to hunters
If there is one weather factor that can and does influence hunter success it is snow.
A hearty dish that stands up to the decades
It may be too soon to talk turkey about post-Thanksgiving poultry recipes, but I’ve got a favorite chicken one I’d like to share.
Making green-bean casserole and giving thanks
I’m making green-bean casserole for Thanksgiving this year, even though I don’t have to.
Best days ahead for hunters
If you love to hunt, the best 10 days of the general deer and elk season are just ahead. Most hunters who are reading this column will still have their un-notched deer and elk tags in their pocket.
Late season kayaking creates its own surprises
After two consecutive weekends of foul weather, the Flathead Paddlers kayaking group I belong to was finally able to sneak in one more outing Nov. 1 under relatively mild temperatures and fair winds, the latest thi…
Ice is coming!
Its almost mid-November and like it or not (ice anglers definitely like it) old man winter is knocking again.
Confessions of a worry wart
I tend to be a worrier.
An unexpected hike to unparalleled views
I was surprised last week by the photo in my free Glacier Bank calendar when I flipped ahead to the month of November. It’s a picture of Hornet Lookout with an early skiff of fall snow.