February 22, 2012
I was lucky. When I was growing up, I had the good fortune to be surrounded by people who loved being outside, and who were generous enough to share that passion with me. I was lucky, too, because there wasn’t much to distract me from hunting and fishing; videos games weren’t a huge draw at [...]
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| Posted in: Hunting, Kids, Opinion
February 19, 2012
For the last three days, many of the SimplyOutdoors crew have been hanging out at the Michigan Deer and Turkey Spectacular. And though we’ve visited the show many times over the last few years, this was the first time that we had a booth at the show – it made for a long three days, [...]
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| Posted in: Hunting, Things to see
February 12, 2012
Honestly, this news could not have come at a better time for me. With my oldest just turning three in October, and my newest little one not turning a year old until October of this year, the recent news from Michigan’s DNR couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s official: Michigan does not have [...]
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| Posted in: Fishing, Hunting, Kids, Outdoor News
February 8, 2012
My chest freezer is in dire straits these days, and looks pretty pathetic, actually. To be honest, if it wasn’t for the ten pounds of venison that a buddy gave to me recently, the thing would be completely empty. What a hunter I am. But venison burger wasn’t exactly the first thing I wanted to use [...]
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| Posted in: recipes
February 5, 2012
When this site/blog started back in 2007, we really had no idea where it was headed. Jeff initially came up with the idea, created a Myspace page (remember Myspace? Oh how times have changed), and that is where SimplyOutdoors initially started. After I took a look at the Myspace page, however, and noticed how weird [...]
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| Posted in: Fishing, Hunting, Site goodies, Video, Writing