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Bullfrogs On the Bank
This article was first published April 27, 2025, at fieldethos.com. Most kids learn to shoot a rifle from a bench or off the hood of dad’s pickup, maybe. Those rifles are usually aimed at paper targets or old tin cans.… Continue reading
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“You Bought What?”
This article was first published April 11, 2025, at fieldethos.com. I’ve heard tell of wives sending their husbands to the store for a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk, only to have them return with something else entirely.… Continue reading
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Hat In Hand
This article was first published in the March 2025 issue of North American Whitetail magazine. I wanted to be clean shaven, I really did, but my hand was shaking so bad that I decided I’d better quit before I cut… Continue reading
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“I’m Going to Scare Those Poor Kids to Death.”
This article was first published February 23, 2025, at fieldethos.com. Good bucks on camera in August don’t always stick around till October, but this one did. He first showed up in a bachelor group with a couple of his buddies.… Continue reading
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Off the Rez
This article was first published February 18, 2025, at fieldethos.com. In 1886, the Canadian Pacific Railway had a problem. It needed to build a cantilever bridge for a commuter train over the Saint Laurent Seaway to connect the Island of… Continue reading
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A Miracle Shy of Sainthood
This article was first published November 21, 2024, at fieldethos.com. I’m not nailing theses to church doors or anything, but I’m a Protestant through and through, and as such, my mind doesn’t always grasp the intricacies of Catholic theology. If… Continue reading
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Fool’s Errand
This article was first published November 1, 2024, at tombeckbe.com. This morning may well have been God’s finest to date. The air was as sweet and crisp as a ripe red apple. An electric sunrise was reflected in every dew-dropped… Continue reading
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Gone, But Not Forgotten
The buck was on the wrong side of the fence, which was fine by me because I was on the fence as to whether or not he was a shooter. Continue reading
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Raised By Wolves
This article was first published October 10, 2024, at fieldethos.com. The hunters fanned out, each man mindful of his rifle’s muzzle. They had tracked the beast through the sweaty jungle to the mouth of a yawning cave where they could… Continue reading
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Landmine
This article was first published September 26, 2024, at fieldethos.com. Fleeting glimpses of long-tailed cats crossing country roads. Childlike screams echoing through dark timber. Rumors and whispers and nothing more. That’s what most folks believed, anyway. But it was hard… Continue reading
Wright Outdoors 