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
January 25, 2012
It’s absolutely no secret that I’ve been neglectful of this blog lately. Some evidence: I never posted a few of the deer that Justin shot. I didn’t post anything about Jeff, Barry, Erin, and Josh heading down to the ATA show in Columbus a little over a week ago. And I’ve never posted anything about [...]
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| Posted in: Fishing, Hunting, Local Organizations, SO TV Episodes, spotlight, Video
January 5, 2012
Last night I cleaned my muzzleloader. And though I usually love the feeling that comes with cleaning any firearm, last night’s cleaning kind of depressed me a little, because it was a sure sign that another deer season had passed and that I had once again went through an entire season without putting any venison [...]
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| Posted in: Fishing, Hunting, spotlight
December 14, 2011
In my previous post, I eluded to the fact that my miss last Sunday morning was only the beginning of a very memorable morning. Here is the “rest of the story”. After my miss, it was still only a little after 8am, so Jeff and I decided that we might as well stick it out [...]
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| Posted in: Deer Hunt Reports, Hunting, spotlight