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Well, it's been a while since I have communicated with you, but I am not sorry. Vicki's mom passed away on December 31st after a long battle with dementia and cancer. I learned a few things. Death never comes at a convenient time and in so...
Until Next Year
Happy New Year to all. We will be back in the saddle next year!...
A Hunting Visit to The 74 Ranch
Doves and Quail at the 74 Ranch We found ourselves at the 74 Ranch for quail hunting this past weekend with sponsors. It was exciting and fun, and man, is it a pleasure to watch the dogs work. We decided to hunt doves on the last morning...
Synopsis of a Gun Fit
Just another satisfied customer who had the courage to let me cut on his stock. Storm, along with Dan Paxon in Carolina have both recently begun to shoot guns with the OSP stock dimension on them. Both of them have been blown away by how...
Beginner to Advanced Criteria
Are coaches effective when they tell athletes to be more like superstars such as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, or Wayne Gretzky? On one hand, the stories of these superstars are not very useful because the one-in-a-billion success of a Michael Jordan is different from the stories...
Learn to Mount the Gun
A Shooter's Transformation Just returned from a quail hunt at the 74 Ranch and discussed with other hunters what they saw and what went through their heads when they were shooting. As you might guess, they were looking down the barrel and you can guess the...
The Kill Shot Review Really Works
I talked to Doss yesterday, who had called to let me know just how lethal he's been on game birds from looking at the kill shot review on ducks. He also shared with me that he had shot the Brister shoot at West Side and had...
Comments Overheard at Tournaments
Thanks to Jeff Wolfe for these two comments he has overheard at tournaments. "You've got the correct lead, now try putting it on the other side of the target." "If that target was towing a 20-foot trailer, you'd have centered the trailer." Check out my answer to Kevin...
Sporting Clays Journey
It's About How You Handle Failure The road to success is not a freeway. It's always under construction, full of setbacks and holes to fall into. And the paradox is you never really get there, especially in this silly game we play called sporting clays. This brings...
Back from Quail Hunting
Headed back to Fulshear after the morning hunt with Rachel and Gary. Man, were the birds on these past few hunts strong flyers. They were perhaps the strongest flyers I have ever seen on pen-raised birds. Of course, you're gonna get your share of “motte...