Dove Hunting In Spirit
We spent all day in a kind of suspended animation, waiting for a friend's call, beckoning us out to the dove fields. Given that we relocated to Texas a mere six months ago, we realized this season...
View ArticleDecoy Spreads For Newbies
Dear Writing Huntress,I’ve always duck hunted with my dad and brothers, but would like to finally get out and go by myself. I generally stay in the boat while they’re setting up, so I’ve never done...
View ArticleThanksgiving Deer
This is an old post, one I wrote when I first began my hunting life, before the passion of the outdoors took over my being, when I wore mascara while hunting and my ill-fitting, bulky camo was all I...
View Article2014: The Year of The PegLeg Turkey
The ringing in of 2015 came with a bang in our desert homestead; literally, as the transformer right outside our back window blew up in a cloud of fire, accompanied by a magnificent BOOM that far...
View ArticleProis Jackalope Hunt
Starting the world’s first and only jackalope guide service was a dream come true for me. I poured over the literature and applicable tax forms to make my business a legitimate one. Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleI Am Ron Swanson
A recorded Parks and Rec marathon couldn't have come at a better time. The pipes are frozen, ice has made the roads impossible but I'm warm in bed with the pups, enjoying Ron Swanson and the memories...
View ArticleThe Death Threat Huntress
There's something about waking up in the desert air in spring that makes life worth living. The flowers have begun to bloom, the coyotes are out in full force, their yodels reverberating around the...
View ArticleA Guide to Living In West Texas
Standing still in one place for an extended period of time is something I'm not exactly good at. Case in point: in the last five and a half years, I've moved over 4,000 miles. During these miles, I've...
View ArticleThe Ghosts of Hunts' Past
It was very much unlike any other duck hunt in recent memory. Mike, knowing full well of my nearly-narcoleptic tendencies, always gives me a stern look and sit-down chit chat when faced with an...
View ArticleWhere in the world has The Writing Huntress been?
It was understandably silly of me to simply waltz back into your collective blogging world without explaining my four month writing sabbatical. I almost got away with it, had it not been for one of...
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