October 04th, 2008
By Arthur

I know this picture is a little rough, and I apologize for that, but looking at it brought back a pretty good memory for me, and I had to share.

The photo is actually from a few years ago.  At the time, my brother and I were on a lease together (it is actually a piece of property that he is leasing again with some other family members).  He had this decoy and told me that I should give it a try one night.  I took his advice, and I’m here to tell you that it is probably one of the best nights hunting I’ve ever had.

I had this little four or six point come into the decoy.  I knew I wasn’t going to shoot him, so I figured I might as well play with him a little.   With the help of this decoy I brought this young back back into my setup 5 times.  I’m not even kidding.  I would bring him in, and then he would walk away.  I’d grunt, and he would come back into the decoy again.  It was a riot and a night I will definitely never forget.

If any of you reading this have never tried using a decoy, you should try one this year.  You will definitely not be disappointed.

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September 27th, 2008
By Arthur

This is another installment, of our weekly series here at SimplyOutdoors, entitled Inside the Frame.  In this series we post a picture from our archives and try to tell the story of what’s Inside the Frame.——————————————————————————————————————————

This picture was taken 10 yrs ago.  I can’t believe that it has been that long already.

Jeff’s son, Tyler,  was only a few months old in this picture.  And, as you can tell, we already had him in the camouflage clothing.

The outfit was actually my doing.  I can’t remember why, but I was on my way home from a trip up north, and stopped by a local outdoor store on my way home.  This outfit was sitting there, just begging for me to buy it.  I wish I would have taken a little more time, realized how expensive it was, and how short of time there would be that he would be able to wear it, and moved on.  But, me being me, I just couldn’t resist the temptation to get him his first camo outfit.

Tyler has been hunting with us for years now, and has seen Jeff shoot at least a couple of deer.  This is his first year that he will be able to bowhunt, and he is stoked.

I’m glad I bought the outfit, and I’m glad I have the picture for a keepsake.  That, in and of itself, was worth the twenty bucks.

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September 20th, 2008
By Arthur

I don’t honestly know how many years ago this was.  I’m sure Jeff may remember and chime in with those facts in the comments.  What I do remember is Mr. Nugent was going to be speaking at a local outdoor show, and we figured we might as well head on down and see what he had to say.  We are both huge Nugent fans, and getting an opportunity to meet him, was a good thing for us.

We drove the hour and half it took to get to the convention center, arrived early to get in line, and waited.  It actually took quite awhile to get through the line, because Ted was taking so much time with each person that he talked to.  It was very cool.

The best part about the whole evening was the absolute class that Mr. Nugent showed.  His meet and greet hours were actually over, and the time for his speech had arrived with people still waiting in line.  Instead of moving on and doing his speech, and letting people leave empty handed, ole Uncle Ted told everyone to stay where they were in line, arranged for people to have chairs to sit in in line, and then once he was done with his seminar, proceeded to finish signing autographs.  He didn’t leave until every single person had went through the line.  If that didn’t say “class act”, I don’t know what does.

Ted was great to meet, and I was very impressed with his willingness to stay and meet everyone who had given up their time to try and talk with him.  I also thought it was pretty cool that he took so much time with every person he met.

It was a great day and one we will remember for a long time.

Why I didn’t get a picture with him I will never know.  I do have an autographed copy of his Hunt Music cd though.  I guess that will just have to do.

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September 13th, 2008
By Arthur

This picture is just too good for words, but I will try anyway.  This is from a few years ago, in 2005, as you can see on the picture.

We were sighting in guns that day, and Jeff with all of his stuff on, kind of looked like a sighting-in thug.  I’m not sure if he was trying to go range ghetto or what, but it sure made for a good photo op.

I know this Inside the Frame post is probably my shortest one to date, but I think that the picture is worth all the words in the world.  What a great pose Jeff.

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September 06th, 2008
By Arthur

This is another post, that is part of our continuing weekend series here at SimplyOutdoors, entitled Inside the Frame.  This posts attempts to take pictures from our archives and explain the story behind them.  If you would like to read previous posts from this series you can do so here.

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This particular picture was taken on my front porch a little over 3 years ago.  Jeff called and told me that he was stopping by and that I really had to see what he had just caught.  I don’t think words could prepare me for what he was about to show me.

Jeff, and my sister’s boyfriend Justin, were fishing at one of our local fisheries.  We don’t frequent this particular lake that much, but for some reason, and I can’t remember why, Justin and Jeff decided to fish this local lake.  They were struggling a little bit at catching fish, and Jeff decided to try the old live warm on jig trick.  He know sooner let the worm hit the bottom, and was explaining to Justin how this particular method worked, when BOOM, this beast hit the bait.

I don’t think we ever officially weighed it, but you can see just from its appearance how big this largemouth was.  It is Jeff’s biggest to date.  We could put our fist in it’s mouth.

I’m sure this is a night that Jeff will never forget.  And that is one big fish.

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