Me from the future.
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#santa #futureme #filson #polaroid #preciateya #papabless
Loves.
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#preciateya #papabless
Grunt work commenced. 1.5 hours ruck with 65 lbs in pack and a dog to lead the way.
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#neature #sota #winterhike #gruntwork #boone #preciateya #papabless
In both purpose and practice, aim true and shoot straight.
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#bowhunting #conservation #hunting #nature #wisco #preciateya #papabless
Accuracy and precision dialed in. Knives are sharpened and so I wait.
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#bowhunting #deerhunting #grousehunting #attherange #wisco #filson #appreciateya #papabless
Pulled from new blog post:
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"Breathed deeply and softly, starting to calm. About 30 yards and quartering now. Just passed behind a larger tree so I can afford to draw back an arrow and take aim..."
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#publiclands #wisco #deerhunting #bowhunting #neature #sustainablemeat #keephammering #preciateya #papabless
Time listening to music en-route to an adventure is one of my favorite times...knowing that an array of possibilities lay ahead gives me such joy!
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#fishing #wisco #flyfishing #neature #filson #autumn #openroad #preciateya #papabless
Trip home. Drove to Chicago and back. Caught up on conversations. People nearest to my heart. And baby Jup.
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#donovon #sniffs #chlo #jup #happy #love #preciateya #papabless
Early rise. Gear laid out from night before. Coffee tastes more fulfilling whilst traveling on a road to somewhere. Few vehicles are early commuters and other wanderers. Get to welcome the sun and coming day. No time better to listen to music. Arrive stream-side as sun greets the land. Now the pleasures continue. Especially when trout speak up and ask to swim into net. ///
#flyfishing #laughingtrout #wisco #filson #filsonlife #ecology #neature #preciateya #papabless
Securing a clamp vise to a table before teaching a camp full of kids how to tie flies. An extra hand sure is handy...
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#laughingtrout #sota #ecology #flytying #preciateya #papabless
Showing a sliver of his hand crafted selection, Mike "small fly" gives anecdotal advice and fly suggestions for still, high mountain lakes.
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#laughingtrout #beartooths #beartoothmountains #montana #flyfishing #preciateya #papabless
Learn continuously without the fear of failing or negative harassment. Until old age and further, pursue studies and inquiries.
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"It is not a question of praise or reproach but of learning." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
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Mayfly nymph found this summer whilst studying the water quality of the Root River. ///
#learn #courage #sota #mayfly #neature #ecology #preciateya #papabless
Following my grandpa at the tractor show, circa 1997. ///
#grandpa #tractors #suspenders #redbeard #preciateya #papabless
Fiancé. She surprises me constantly with her unending gentleness towards all things and her observant nature. Also she's perfectly weird in the cutest way. She's mine and I'm hers.
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Picture is along the Beaten Path that treks through the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountains in Montana. Was only days ago that we were in awe of the views and scope of the mountains. Hard to be back in a bustling city. Eager to get back in mountain country to explore together.
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#fiance #beartoothmountains #absarokabeartoothwilderness #backpacking #montana #neature #preciateya #papabless
Yester-saturday hiked with a friend and his two Wirehaired Pointing Griffons, Huck and Fin. Dogs need to stretch their legs fully and having access to land helps with that. Amazed at how attentive, well mannered, and loyal they were. At hike's end, we talked about "gun dogs & bird guns" and began plans for upland hunting this fall. Eager to see Huck and Fin in action! -M-
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#uplandhunting #wirehairedpointinggriffon #sota #neature #preciateya #papabless
Reading the nitrate results of a water quality check on the Root River. Water was high and murky that day, but all was "clear" with the results.
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#waterquality #ecology #rootriver #flyfishing #neature #tunecamp #sota #preciateya #papabless
Cow city! Stumbled upon this settlement whilst on an early June fishing outing. Oh what a life!
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#cow #cowcity #sota #flyfishing #laughingtrout #neature #preciateya #papabless
