Winchester intended to make 1,000 of these guns to appeal to the high-end market. The stock and forearm were checkered with high-grade walnut, and the rifles featured a set trigger.
Archery is in the spotlight today thanks to "The Hunger Games" movie but for thousands of archers the game began long ago. We took a look at the mind-body connection in archery for a special report a few years ago and thought those whose interest in archery is just now surfacing might appreciate it.
I was saddened to hear about the suicide of former NFL great Junior Seau. My initial reaction — as is human nature — was shock. To say it was a surreal moment is an understatement.
Whatever the motives behind Artest’s desire to legally change his name to Metta World Peace, I now found myself forever grateful for the comedic fodder it has provided. Some of the seemingly endless gems this story has provided:
Even if you think Al Gore is a goof, I’m safe in saying that we’d all rather be energy independent rather than ship crates of cash to the Arabian Peninsula, or even break the money-leaching grip of local and regional power suppliers. On the other hand, we really like gasoline-spitting, fire-belching race cars.
We wouldn’t think of keeping a stranger’s wallet that we find while deer hunting. If he or she is hunting without permission, we might have them arrested for trespassing, but we wouldn’t keep the wallet.
There’s a scene in “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” where Frank Drebin is calmly try to disperse a crowd saying nonchalantly “There’s nothing to see here, please disperse, nothing to see” while behind him a fireworks warehouse spectacularly explodes.
If you are a baseball fan and haven’t found the time in your busy schedule to travel to the Baseball Hall of Fame, don’t be like me. Get up there as soon as you’re able. You won’t be disappointed.
Earlier this year, I ranted about some blatant flaws –– as it pertains to home-field advantage –– in the NFL’s playoff format. Now it’s Gary Bettman and the NHL’s turn to face my wrath.
The annual morel mushroom mania wouldn’t exist if morels were easy to come by, or affordable, or if the window to find them stayed open longer. If they popped up all summer like the dandelions in my front yard, we’d probably end up spraying to get rid of them.
So did you hear about this Frank McCourt clown who bought the Los Angeles Dodgers for $430 million in 2004 on credit, then went through a messy divorce, filed for bankruptcy and was forced to sell the team?
The most believable fabrications are not verifiable.
According to LongRangeWeather.com, spring 2012 will be slightly warmer and wetter than normal. The Old Farmer’s Almanac says it will be cool and dry. Folklore says that, because New Years Day is on Sunday in 2012, there would be a mild winter.
Why should Tebow’s tenure in New York be any different? Dealing for Tebow either becomes a masterstroke for the Jets, both on the field and off, or an unmitigated disaster that likely sinks the Rex Ryan regime.
Now that the cold weather is in the rearview mirror, our minds have left deer season and our thoughts are of turkeys at the end of our gun barrel. But just because deer season is now out of our minds does not mean that it will not be returning anytime soon. Believe me when I say this — it will be here before you know it. With that said, now is a great time to wrap up those loose ends from this past season. There are five things that will need attention now in order to be ready for next season.
“Mom, Dad, I’ve got one,” Ethan, 6, yelled as he tugged at his pole. “It’s a big one — a really big one.”
Many hunters believe spring turkey hunting is a feast-or-famine game. There is a bit of truth to that ideology, but only if knowledge is left out of the equation. The adage “knowledge is power” serves a purpose in turkey hunting, and utilizing turkey behavior information could be the key to a successful gobbler hunt.
Few give the turkey credit for being the wild and wonderful creature that it is. Benjamin Franklin did, and he even suggested in a letter to his daughter that the U.S. should have made it the national bird instead of the bald eagle.
On Thursday, the Buffalo Bills signed Mario Williams –– this off-season’s prize defensive free agent –– to the richest deal ever given to a defensive player in NFL history.
Dogs can learn basic commands, such as “come,” fairly quickly. In Becker’s words, “cats can be impossible to train.” The differences between the two species are far more pronounced than Becker lets on. Both are popular with pet owners who are passionate and even fanatic.
