Hello Friends, Perhaps you'll recall a dispatch from earlier this year when, as part of my Trapper's Favorite Things giveaway event, I promised to donate beef jerky to the Oregon Food Bank when my ...

Hello Friends, My deepest thanks go out to all who entered to win some of my favorite things.  Thanks to everyone who participated! Below is the lucky winner of some Heathman Lodge r&r. Old Tr...

I've Felt Hunger Many a day has passed where I've felt the ache of a stomach hollowed by hunger. When you go about trapping your own food, you better reckon on a dry spell our two. It's just part o...

Hello Friends, My deepest thanks go out to all who entered to win some of my favorite things. Please find below, a list of the lucky few, fortunate enough to claim these #TrapperGifts. If you'd be ...

Hello Friends, Being a Trapper, I've had cause to spend many a night outdoors, huddled against the elements. It's not my favorite thing to do, but it comes with the trapping territory. I've learned...

Hello Friends, Now old Tom Sims claimed to be the inventor of the snowboard, and I reckon he had reason to rightfully believe that to be the truth. Little did the honorable Mr. Sims know, I'd bee...

Hello Friends, My #TrapperGifts bonanza marches onward this week, unchecked by the passing of the Christmas holiday. At this moment, my gift-giving prowess has nearly surpassed my trapping skills. ...

Hello Friends, In my recent travels I happened upon an old friend who I hadn't seen in a dog's age: Jolly Old Saint Nick. Now Nick is a gentleman of the highest order, generous and kind, but he's ...

Hello Friends, It's been nearly a year since I left the comfort of the wilderness and descended into this mad cityscape. During that time I've experienced wonders best described as living fever dre...