Author: Bob DeVaughn Jr
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The Right Tool for the Job
I’ve always liked knives, though it wasn’t something I ever really thought much about. I never consciously set out to build a knife collection, but ever since my grandfather gave…
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A Drifter Adrift in the Driftless
When I was young, my mother’s parents used to take me and my brothers camping and out on their boat fishing. The Drifter was a 21′ StarCraft center console with…
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Bob of the Brule
“That river — that Brule — sweeping for 66 miles from the heart of Douglas County, Wisconsin, to Lake Superior. I’ve already said too much about it … I must…
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Redemption Bird
Turkey season crept up on me fast this year, or rather, I saw it coming, but was just too busy to really put a lot of energy into preparing for…
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Adventures in the Big Woods
Before the start of 2025, I had resolved to focus on hunting the big woods of Pennsylvania, to try to go deeper into that vigorous and exciting domain of pursuit.…
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Squirrel Stew How-To
Step 1: Get up early in the morning and drive out to some beautiful woods. Any old woods will do, but if you can go to someplace exciting, go someplace…
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Ducks on GB. Part Deux
It was all a blur. We came in hot and got right to it. My hopes were high and only stoked by our brief survey of the marshes before the…
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PA Crossbow Buck
I’ll start by admitting that I wasn’t expecting it, and that should make it clear that however amazing it turned out, a good bit of luck was involved. It was…
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Wisconsin Grouse
Though it had only been a few years since my brother Eric moved to Green Bay, he was very quick to learn about the north woods of Wisconsin. Hunting with…
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In Anticipation of Fall
Late in the summer, when the first cool wind blows in the evening, and the first leaves begin to dot the ground, long before the blaze of autumn, a visceral…