Category Archives: Outdoor Pursuits

FUFWP

As a member of the right wing Mafia, I’ve got so much stuff stuck in my craw that my breath is starting to smell awfully foul.  Leave it to the Montana FWP to throw in the rotting corpse of a hemroidal skunk:
Lewton and his buddies were arrested in an undercover sting operation during which an […]

Who’s the Prey?

Ah, tolerance:
Robert Millage of Kamiah said he’s been called a wolf murderer, a fat redneck and other names in about 50 phone calls and hundreds of e-mails.
Results like this make me wonder if a wolf hunting season will put a dent in S.S.S. at all.

It Really Doesn’t Get Much Better

Rows of empty soldiers Captains? Check.  A musculoskeletal system filling up the complaint jar due to a week of full contact water sports? Check. Residual head and neck pain from a few full speed “accidental” T-bones at the go-karts? Check.  The satisfaction of knowing that even if time allowed, the body probably wouldn’t accede to […]

Going…Going…

Gone.
Yup, it’s getting to be that time of year again (snow notwithstanding).  Fortunately for anyone who reads my drivel, I won’t be around here all that much for, well, quite a while.  Unfortunately for a group of 6-8 year-olds, there are a truckload of younger kids out for baseball this year, so around ten of […]

Quarry

Well, I never did knock down an elk this year, but between Mrs. Misanthrope and I, we got two bucks and one doe in the freezer.  Hopefully this will last us until next September, but there’s no guarantee when you’ve got two growing boys.  The deer were all whiteys, which wasn’t really intended, but when […]

Just a Moment

While getting up close to an elk when he’s clearing his throat is an exhilarating experience, getting up close to an elk when he’s clearing his throat while hunting with your young boys is an incomparable joy.  We didn’t put him in the freezer, after all little legs can only move so fast, but if […]

Loving Montana

Just as PJ requested, mother nature has made it so:

I’ve Been Mooned


The Joy of Camping

I generally despise campgrounds.  Given the choice, I’ll go a mighty long way to bypass them, but sometimes it’s unavoidable.  When the family wants to go to attraction X, there really isn’t any other option unless one wants to get cited for off road travel.  There are just too damn many people pretending to experience […]

Reason 3,284….

not to empty out your pickup.  Bailing twine as flipper strap beats the hell out of paddling around in circles with one fin.  Ask me, I know; I’ve got the cramp in the hammie to show for it.