Saturday, December 13, 2025

Gilliland, Steve

What to do when the Dogs of Summer Howl

I need to begin this week’s rant with the word OOOOOPS! In last week’s column about Tweety Bird the Catbird, I committed the unpardonable...

I’d Say These Guys Deserve a Shot!

Between my nieces and other high school kids at church, I’m familiar with the term “Going to Nationals,” and it usually means national livestock...

Weather Proverbs: Of Rain Crows and Sundogs

A while back when our weather was so hot and dry, a friend told me she’d been hearing the call of a “rain crow”...

Ole’ Stumpy part 2

  I have a love-hate relationship with squirrels, also known as limb chickens or tree bacon in our neck of the woods. They taunt our...

You Don’t Say! 2018

My wife and I often pass the hours spent in a hunting blind by making up animal conversations for various situations. On a fall...

What Ya’ Gonna’ do when the Fish Don’t Bite

This year’s annual church men’s group fishing trip is now in the books, and as far as fishing goes, it was not our best...

The Cows and the Decoys

  It was Saturday afternoon several years ago, and Joyce and I were snug in our blind, hoping to harvest her spring turkey. We had...

Be Prepared when the Fish are Biting

Have you ever stepped into the water on the first fishing trip of the spring only to find your waders leaked? Or lost a...