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As you probably know, the season of fall is my favorite time of the year because fall means football and pheasant hunting.
Unfortunately, it also means Old Man Winter is just around the corner.
The cold weather of the past weeks reminds us it’s time to make the switch from lawn mower to snow blower...
The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older.
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 10, 1943.
That a person is never really...
There is just never a dull day in the field when you share it with four Labradors.
I have a great start to the 2022 pheasant season. Bird numbers are far higher than last season and the only challenge has been the high temperatures.
The first weekend of the season we hosted the Minnesota governor...
So, my dad has a worm farm.
He’s currently runnin’ a few thousand head of red wigglers.
It’s not 80 acres or anything like that. It’s just a galvanized stock tank in the farmhouse basement sitting under the old canning counter.
The purpose of the worms is to produce castings (worm poop) to amend...
Question: I was wondering what the state guidelines are regarding smoked or tinted headlights. Are they legal?
Answer: Minnesota law does not allow for this. It is illegal to equip or operate a motor vehicle with any equipment or material that covers a headlamp, tail lamp, or reflector.
I’d also...
The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older.
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 3, 1943.
A person no older than he thinks...
I have never really been much of a deer hunter. I have purchased a Minnesota firearms deer license for the past 37 years and have never pulled the trigger on a Minnesota deer. I have participated and helped in the harvesting of many deer over that same time frame.
A few years back I set a record of...
“Forever indebted” is how I’m feeling lately.
We picked up the supper tab for my sister, Lisa, one day last week. “You didn’t have to do that,” she objected.
It’s true we didn’t. But it seemed like a small thing considering all she’d done and been for us in the days following Carson’s passing.
She...
The opening of the 2022 Minnesota pheasant hunting season will be one I’ll never forget. It wasn’t one of my best openers – it was actually one of the worst.
Our hunting group and our wives were staying at the home of our friends in St. Cloud. We were hunting about six miles north of Richmond, just...
The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older.
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 27, 1943.
“When we could see three stars in...