Recent content by Al Stockwell

Lots of good replies. Here are some of my pet peeves that I see/hear from ininformed people: -I don't want teachers walking around with a gun (open carry) - That isn't being proposed from logical folks -I don't want old Mrs. Johnson responsible for handling a gun - nobody is suggesting that ALL...

I tend to get myself in trouble with some twitter rants from time to time, but a recent one was a back and forth with several folks who claimed they were teachers or know teachers that "would never want to carry a gun". Well, we aren't asking EVERYONE to do it...we want volunteers who are...

In 2012, I had a big buck come in to my rattling sequence, got within 20 yds, but no shot. 4 days later I was switching stand locations and just as I was about to walk through a small waterway in the middle of the picked bean field, I told myself to clip the release on to my string just in...

I was feeling the strain as well. After passing up some nice bucks early on and then blowing a couple easy opportunities I finally got it done last night. Just sat the evening and saw bucks moving early on. Closing in on sunset there was a decent buck chasing does in an adjacent field that...

We have had 3-4 bigger bucks on camera all summer in this section, so I know that some of them are bedding there. This field lays in a valley with decent timber all around. I have hunted it for about 12 years, but really never focused on it real hard as it is about 30 miles from my house and I...

Got out last night in Madison Cty 100 acre CRP field. Buddy killed a nice 150 in 10 on Sunday morning there and saw a ton of action, so I went back to the same stand. Had a 150 inch 8 pt walk by at 20 yds 5 minutes into the sit and gave him a pass. Grunted in another about the same size, he...