I don't suppose that I will ever tire of seeing elk. A day with elk, will be a good day indeed... A young bull elk walks into the rising sun in the high desert of Colorado Photograph by Michael Patrick

A Rare Offering From Out Inventory: Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass by Ruscha, Edward $1250.00 First edition. Wraps. Cunningham Press, Alhambra (1968). One of 2400 unnumbered copies, 64 pages, with

A Boone & Crockett Record Book class Mule Deer is an extraordinary animal by any measure. Scarce as hen's teeth they be, and it would be reasonable to speculate that a hunter could spend an entire

No - this is not a water color painting! But it is a recent photograph of a very large mule deer buck, captured in the low light at the end of day, surrounded by the heavy smoke of the terrible fires of

A small group of Rocky Mountain Elk of the bullish kind, caught on a game camera in Western Colorado on an early summer day. Photograph by Michael Patrick McCarty Active Member Outdoor Writers Association

I read a lot, books I mean, and have done so for a long time. The first book I read was Tolkien’s The Hobbit as a nine year old, quickly followed by The Lord of the Rings and many, many more. It’s a passion

Welcome to THE @STEEMITBLOGGERS BUS STOP ...... The Steemit Bloggers Community is a discord community of individuals who are dedicated to producing quality content which adds value to the Steemit platform.

There are days when it is great to be a goose hunter, and some days when it is not so good to be a goose. Here is an image not often seen, probably because most of us are busy shooting at things rather

My neighbor is an artist - a sculptor of wire, found things, and other materials. Hence, I never know what new item of interest will naturally appear in her yard, nor how long it will hand around. Today

Elk leave behind a lot of evidence of their passing for those who look. Rubs on branches and brush are some of the signs that I love to find, because it usually indicates that something with large antlers

A close-up view of some feathers from a mature Merriam's Gobbler, harvested in the high mountain's of western Colorado in the Spring of 2018. It was an epic hunt too, but that's another story... Long live

As any one who has been following me knows I have been terribly busy. While the load is lightened we still cannot rest, but I'll save you the boring details of my work and get to the fun I was able to

This post was inspired by @dmcamera and her post here. She's suggested a great idea to celebrate #nationaldays because everyday there's something new to celebrate. And now I'm going to add #worlddays to

Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was an American writer known for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. Upon graduating high school in Pennsylvania

What do you do when hunting season is over? You practice and prepare for the next season. :-) Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play | IOS

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Steemit is doing well by all accounts - the size and complexity of the blockchain is increasing, buzz is up, FaceBook is falling apart, and so on. But OUCH, the STEEM cryptocurrency has fallen by 82% against

The image contained above is of a bookplate that I found a few years ago in a book first published in 1917. The author, and the book itself would seem on the surface inconsequential, but the bookplate,

One year ago today, I threw caution to the wind and became the 143,462th person/bot/wombat to have become a citizen of Steemlandia. I had only the vaguest idea of what I was doing. Maybe try to make a

Bugling for Elk: A Complete Guide To Early-Season Elk Hunting by Dwight Schuh, Stoneydale Press Publishing Company, Stevensville, Montana, 1983, 162 pages. In Hardcover and Softcover Editions. Every once