Hello Friends, It's been a long, cold winter for your favorite Old Trapper. Like most other forest mammals, I spend the majority of my winter months buried deep at the bottom of a cave, fast asleep...

Hello Friends, I'm often asked, "Mr. Old Trapper, how did you become the world's greatest maker and purveyor of beef jerky and other related smoked snacks?" Okay, maybe they don't ask me that verba...

Hello Friends, Well, the team's are set for the big game and because football is, at heart, a social activity, it's time to start plannin' your festivities. Now smart snackin' is a serious affair, ...

Hello Friends, I've made no secret of my love for football. Ever since my last game in '64 when I walloped that young whippersnapper Y.A. Tittle and realized I had nothin' left to accomplish, I've ...

Hello Friends, Well, once again, we watched another year recede into our collective rearview. At my advanced age, I've become accustomed to these New Years and all the promise they bring. There was...

A Christmas Story in Four Parts For part one, click here; for part two, click here; for part three, click here.  My heart rate grew rapid at the sight of the beef, And if it could not be mine, I mi...

A Christmas Story in Four Parts For part one, click here; for part two, click here.  He was dressed all in leather, from his tips to his toes, And from them the warm scent of cedar arose; A worn le...

A Christmas Story in Four Parts For part one, click here. The great bear gave a growl as The Trapper alit, Claws scraping the earth, as he snarled and spit. An ordinary man might have cowered in fr...

A Visit From The Old Trapper: Part 1 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the lodge, A hunger was stirring that I just couldn't dodge; My stash near the chimney had long been laid bar...