Recent content by Mike Sheppard

Glacier Park is probably my favorite place on earth. It's getting more and more crowded but you can get away by taking some of the less popular trails or get a climbing guide book. Most of the climbs are not technically difficult and many routes follow breathtaking "goat trails". The fishing...

I love wyoming but have never lived there. My son did an interned ship with game and fish and would have stayed if they had a permanent position availabl. We have been on three do it your self elk hunts west of encampment and have done pretty well. There are a lot of hunters but plenty of elk...

I'd say an airstream camper and a station wagon. Maybe accompanied by a potted plastic palm tree

Well, at least the boat didnt go down. I was getting worried when I heard the music.

It's hard to beat the speed of a tiller when picking up decoys.

That handle on the motor is a great idea!

I dont have any information on that particular canoe but I think royalex was considered one of the best materials for canoe manufacturing. I've read many articles lamenting the fact that the company quit making it. It appears that the demise of royalex had nothing to do with the canoe market.

Thanks, I didnt remember ever shooting one like that, but it's been a long time.

Iowa was late to legalize dove hunting so I've only shot a few. My grandson shot this today and I dont remember ever seeing one with this much blue. Is this common? I told my grandson it's daddy was a bluebird, but even he didn't believe that.

The beretta 686 onyx was my favorite gun that I traded off in a moment of insanity. I had the 3.5 version and was guaranteed to wake you up if you were drowsey.

Is it heavy like cast iron, or stamped metal?

Looks like something a bored farmer put together with parts from the scrap iron pile. Disc blade and spacer. I'm not sure what's on top.

My go-to hat for duck hunting for the last 30+ years After a couple days stuck in a cabin I considered making a new hat but luckily the sun came out. Dont know why they uploaded sideways but it's past my bedtime.

Thanks, He loved it. After looking at the picture with the rooster flushing I realized that I could see the house I grew up in in the background. And that is the exact spot where I shot many a rabbit and jumped not a few coveys of quail with my single shot .410 in my early teen years.

I decided to take my grandson out for a first time pheasant hunt after a disappointing duck season. The land I farmed for 25 years was converted to a game farm after I quit farming. I was unenthusiastic about hunting pen raised birds but it's getting very hard to find land to hunt pheasants in...