Monday, March 9, 2026

Gilliland, Steve

To Smoke or Not to Smoke

I make few if any new year’s resolutions, but this year I’ve decided that 2019 is the year when I will take up smoking....

A Coon in My Coveralls

One of Groucho Marx’s more famous lines was “I once killed an elephant in my pajamas; what he was doing in my pajamas I’ll...

Paul Bunyan would not have been Proud

Although it has absolutely nothing to do with the outdoors, I still feel the need to ask you all to observe a moment of...

Whitetails and Cars Don’t Mix

When coming home late from an every-other Wednesday night commitment in Hutchinson, we’ve frequently seen deer, rain or shine, summer and winter along a...

The Road Kill Game

My wife has a fascination with identifying road-killed critters, so in an attempt to pad our retirement nest egg (which I believe long ago...

Kansas Fall Outdoor Opportunities Abound

Having grown up on a farm I’ve been a part of many livestock tagging adventures. These escapades always took place in a barn or...

State Fair 2018

Well once again the Kansas State Fair has come and gone, and that allows me to take a slight detour from outdoors stuff and...

Xtreme Wildlife Rescue

My wife has gotten hooked on a couple British TV shows that are all about rescuing wildlife, and the British take that VERY seriously....