To be honest, this story is not mine. I was at a dinner a few nights ago and sitting around the table were some avid hunters. We commenced talking about firearms which inevitably led to some great hunting stories. So, I am going to post one from a friend of mine named Howard. I will tell it, as best as I can recall, as he told it.”

“I used to live out on a farm and one day during Pheasant season, there was a light snow. It blanketed everything in an inch or two and was pristine. I thought that this would be a great time to hunt down a pheasant as we often had them on our property.

So, I climbed in my truck and drove slowly down the drive looking out both sides of the truck. Before long, I saw what I was looking for. A set of pheasant prints in new fallen snow.

I climbed out, grabbed my shotgun, and carefully followed those tracks. Before long the tracks stopped. It didn’t look like the pheasant took off, I’ve seen what that looks like in the snow. No, these tracks looked like they just stopped. So I started looking around. Right next these tracks there was a bush so I looked carefully inside and sure enough, there was the pheasant just sitting there staring at me.

On a whim, I reached in and grabbed it by the neck. Now what am I going to do with this. So I threw it up in the air and shot it!”

Everyone at the table busted out laughing!

“It was the easiest shot I ever made!”

( Average: 8.00 out of 5)
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This post was submitted by Doug.

The time of year is upon us, finally, the Minnesota fishing opener for ’10! The walleye, sauger and northern pike in the lakes and rivers won’t know what hit them. The fishing opener in the state of Minnesota is truly a state holiday. Anglers cherish this time of year and are filled with excitement as they hit the water in hopes of landing a trophy.  The guys here at Davis J. Hennes, the parent company of the Rod & Rifle Rag, wish all anglers a successful and safe fishing opener. Read More of the Story…

The fellows here at Davis J. Hennes, the parent company of the Rod & Rifle Rag, are thinking the same as other hunters and anglers…SPRING! Another exciting year of outdoor adventures awaits with the thrill of harvesting game looming over us like a fairy tale dream that a three year old never stops talking about. Ooops…I guess I was thinking about my three old there, I think I better through in some Outdoor or Versus channel programming in front of her and not always some Tinker Bell movie.

The Spring Turkey Hunt and Stream Trout Fishing openers are both less than a month away! Whahoo! 2010 is upon us and the boyz here have been hard at work, because what else are we going to do besides work on our passion, towards a major goal for all hunters and anglers to cherish. We’ll keep at it and let you know when we think its about to be unveiled.

Prez. @ Davis J. Hennes, LLC

Wishing all fellow hunters and anglers a joyful, peaceful and safe holiday season. 2009 was another year full of hunting and fishing memories to cherish and record. 2010 looks to be a very exciting year here at Davis J. Hennes, the parent company of the Rod and Rifle Rag. Here is to making 2010 a successful year in your life and in harvesting game!

Davis J. Hennes, LLC

This post is from a link that was tweeted to me by DetNewsOutdoors, a good follow.  I do not know who the original author is or the validity of the story.  This is the original link that was sent to me.

ROPING A DEER
Author unknown – probably for good reason

I had this idea that I could rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer.

I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home. Read More of the Story…