One of the essentials every deer hunter must have is a good skinning knife. This is my knife of choice, a Buck 192 Vanguard, that I have had for quite a...
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Black Powder and Big Bucks
Black powder season has started and the rut is underway! The woods are alive with bucks cruising their territories and...
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DIY Kraft Paper Wall Dots
If I were to write a personal design mantra it would certainly include the line “I believe in polka dots.”...
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Eastern Box Turtle
Did you know that both Tennessee and North Carolina honor the eastern box turtle as the official state reptile? I’ll...
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Deer Stories
As you can see, I come from a family of deer hunters. We enjoy hunting just about everything, but deer...
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DIY Turkey Feather Headdress
This turkey feather headdress is sure to have you smiling well past November! I used a variety of beautiful feathers...
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Meet Whitey
Whitey is perhaps the best one-year old hound we’ve had to date. His AKC registered name is Puckett Creek’s Timber,...
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Wild Turkey for Thanksgiving
Is anything more American than eating turkey at Thanksgiving? Well, how about eating wild turkey! It would make the Pilgrims...
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The Color of Fall
When we built our house we tried to leave as many trees as possible. At the very edge of our...
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Chore Boots
These boots get OSR approval. Our children need boots – hardworking, waterproof, play in the mud kind of boots –...
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Patch of Pumpkins
I have a weak spot for pumpkins. I love all pumpkins, orange of course, but also the white ones and...
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Don’t Forget Squirrel Hunting
With three-month long deer seasons in many southern states, squirrel hunting is all too often overlooked. I grew up small...
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S’more Please
October is the perfect time for a little backyard camping trip! The weather is perfect and the bugs are dying...
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Autumn Apples
Every single fall my grandmother drove from North Carolina to her childhood home in the Southwest Virginia mountains for apples...
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Pick of the Litter
Biased, I’m sure, but beagle pups are the cutest puppies we’ve ever seen! We would like to introduce Puckett Creek’s...
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Black Bean Stuffed Butternut Squash
Here is our current favorite way to eat this versatile squash. This is a dish that you can eat alone as...
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Farm Fresh
Hello little ones. Welcome to the farm! There are new calves in our field and more on the way. Amazing...
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Butternutters
We call them Butternutters. It wasn’t until we started gardening that we fell in love with Butternut squash. It’s fairly...
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Orange Tractor
Our Kubota is a reliable, trouble-free work horse! Southern summertime tractor work is hot and dusty. When fall arrives, tractor work is...
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Early Duck Season and a Bowl of Gumbo!
Growing up in Louisiana, duck hunting and gumbo were both important parts of my childhood. This game and this dish...
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Young Dove Hunters
Our youngens aren’t ready to carry a gun, but when they are I’ll bet a dove hunt will be their...
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Dove on the Grill
Now doesn’t that make your mouth water? Dove can be a bit tricky to prepare. Too often we hear that dove are...
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September Dove Shoot
Nothing marks the change of seasons like the opening day of dove season! It’s possibly more anticipated than Christmas Day...
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Labs in the Dove Field
How do you make a dove shoot better? Make sure you have a couple labs in the field! I never...