
by The Hunters Wife
MyNature – Is your digital guide to animal tracks and wildlife in the palm of your hand for iphone or ipod 3.0 or higher.
A couple of weeks ago Rick at Whitetail Woods wrote about MyNature and because I think it’s a great app, I thought I would write about it here as [...]

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is offering an opportunity to participate in a youth hunt at the Hagerman Wildlife Management Area. Great use of our licensing fees!!! The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is offering a waterfowl hunt for first-time hunters in November at the Hagerman Wildlife Management Area. This hunt is open to all 2009 hunter education graduates who are 10 years or older.
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Every once in a while I get to thinking! Usually when this happens there is a flash of conscious thought accompanied by a blank stare then it is over, and I resume my normal activities.
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Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors is giving you a chance to win a gun every week for 52 weeks, beginning the first week of March 2009! Each ticket enters you in a weekly drawing for a new firearm! After 52 weekly drawings, all of the winning tickets will be put in the hat for [...]
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WICHITA, KS (February 11, 2009). Today, many children express an interest in outdoor activities, but don’t have the support to help them realize those adventures.
Field Dress LLC has stepped up to help these kids. A portion of the price of every item sold on Field Dress’s website will go directly to Pass It On [...]

A good friend of mine, Cary Craner sent me this story of their elk hunts this year. He hunts the same areas I do so the exact whereabouts are off limits.
Congratulations Cary and good job getting those kids out there.
Logan, my son drew a cow elk tag in one of Idaho’s premier elk [...]

Jim Mortensen sent us this story about his 12 year old niece Christina’s first deer. We’re big here on getting kids out to experience the outdoors. It takes a lot of dedication to sacrifice precious time during your hunting season, but it’s worth it. Great job Jim, and thanks for the story.
Our hunt started a [...]

My good friend Marc Warnke and I each have kids of similar ages. He has two sons (4 and 1) and I have two sons (7 and 4) and a little girl (2). We are both pretty committed dads, but there is always room for improvement, so we decided to make an obligation to get [...]
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I came accross this post by Kristine recently on gun safety for kids. If you have kids, I highly encourage you to read it. My kids are still a little young, but I thought it was great information to pass along to all of you whose children are of that age.
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Over the last twenty years children’s playtime has declined by 25 percent, unstructured outdoor activities have declined by 50 percent and family dinners have decreased by 33 percent. How can you gain back some of that lost time while increasing your child’s interest in the outdoors?
Call me an old (young?) sap, but as a father [...]
