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The Jordan river in East Jordan, MI, sometime in middle school around 12 yrs old. Just day paddles, and lazy cruises. It’s a fun river with deep holes and good wildlife. As well as local “pirates”

Woodpuppy, it’s good to hear that those traits, or habits, are being passed down. Every year at salmon camp, my buddies kids, and all of us adults, clean the trash up where we fish. It’s become a special moment for the kids, they look forward to the fishing and campfire, but they really get...

I could very much be wrong on what I saw, there’s no doubt about it. But after doing some research, while waiting for the bridge to open back up, on IF it’s possible that golden eagles can exist in northern Michigan. I found some info where the DNR state that although goldens do not nest here...

driving back from the keweenaw today, somewhere between 5-10 miles West of Nuabinway, fresh deer carcass drivers left, we saw an eagle but it was larger. Turned around to double check, too big for a juvenile, thought maybe a golden. Yep! A golden eating venison. How crazy to read that you and...

It’s beautiful that more and more people are getting out into nature and making purchases that help fund a park or brand. But what isn’t beautiful, is hiking in a scenic area only to see wads of willy roll and granola bar wrappers scattered. We learn things at an early age, be polite, don’t...

And every other park! Literally in sight off of the hiking trails

10/02/2019 Killarney, ON. I might’ve already posted this one before

It’s hard to know what’s purposely thrown out and what’s an accidental litter. Either way, it drives me bonkers seeing trash around. We do our best to grab trash on our walks, hikes, and paddles. But sometimes it’s hard to get it all Here’s a photo of trash picked up everyday from some good...

I think groups can definitely be fun! Like several other people have said, they’ve gone with family, friends, acquaintances, etc and have had a good time. It is a blast to have good company around and shoot the breeze with each other and tell stories around the fire. Those gut busting laughs...

I prefer solo, or with my wife. Groups bother me, everyone has the “better” way of doing something at the same time and that tends to get under my skin. Some of my not as “outdoorsy” friends don’t know proper care or handling of items, and we’re dang near 40. So, I’ll stick to solo or with my +1...

I agree! And she often comes looks like a chese. The wife had one of the dna tests done and it came back lab/pitt parents and the rest of her bloodline as lab. But who knows

Bob, I’ve had a few people ask if that’s what she is, but she’s actually a lab mix

Last year, I purchased my first Kevlar canoe, a blind purchase for a used Northstar. It was used for one season and the serial # and sings reflects that. I paid $1,500 for it and drove from Northern lower MI to just past Ely for it. Had a fun road trip! I did have some repair work to do, and I...

A thief will get what they want if they really want it, but here are some locking cam straps that could help in conjunction with some of the ideas mentioned above. Not cheap, but neither is a canoe. https://www.kanulock.com/collections/all Thule, Yakima and Sea2Summit also make some of these.

There were many times last summer when one of us found a tick on us, it was so tiny! Like the head of a needle small. So easy to miss

If you can’t contain the head, yes, twisting is bad. If you twist and the head breaks off, there’s risk of a dirty infection. Not necessarily tick borne infection, let me emphasize that. I think twisting with tweezers or fingers has a higher potential of separating the body and mouth. This...

The number of ticks seems to go up every year, and what an annoying pain it is to pull them off some times. It’s extremely common to see them or pull them off while I’m working. Sometimes, while we’re taking a break or lunch on the trail we can actually see them crawling. Last spring while...

While camping, I don’t want to have a too much food prep but I don’t want to always eat dehydrated meals either. I love a good “buttered noodles” dish. I use butter at home and olive oil camping. Cook my noodles add salt & pepper, some janes crazy seasoning, and parmesan. That’s it! Nothing is...

These electric chainsaws are becoming very good! Even in the winter time, I can use an arborist saw (trim saw) ALL DAY long non stop and only use two batteries. Summer is better… I highly recommend the Makita saws, and I’m a stihl/husky fan. They’re the only saws out that are More water...

The three mentioned above are good, plus there’s a few other brands out there. ACR makes a couple as well. They were the company I ever heard of to make such a thing and at the time they were very pricey and bulky. I personally have a Spot device and like the easy non mistakable buttons...