Headed to my go to stand tonight after work behind our small farm on the neighboring property, a nice combination of hardwoods, a swampy spring and some scrubby rocky areas with some openings. Ive been using this poplar tree that grows in front of a thicket of cedars that gives excellent background cover. It's a great pinch point and there's a several oaks around me. Having seen this coyote come from North of me and headed directly to where I had scattered some apples I picked up from the yard. This female coyote was crunching away on them when she stepped into my shooting lane and she never left. I've trapped a couple dozen over the years for the fur markets but this is certainly a different accomplishment in my mind.

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Hey everyone, I’ve been slowly working through my collection of older prose-style & narrative poems—most centred around life in the outdoors and the ethical questions that naturally come with that. These pieces often explore the tension between taking and honouring, and the lessons learned from being close to wild places. Recently, I wrote a newer piece (earlier this year) that’s pretty personal—most of them are in their own way—but this one feels especially tied to my life and raising my young children in the hunting community. It speaks more directly to some of the issues we see in modern hunting culture: how quickly ethics can get lost when ego, tech, or detachment enter the picture. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot, and this poem tries to put some of that into words. I’ll share below—hoping you ethical predators out there enjoy it, and can maybe even relate in some way. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 —𝑨 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚’𝒔 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚 I see it now, too clearly to pretend otherwise. The way the world presses in—through screens, through stories, through voices that echo around my children louder than my own. It's not just the noise, it’s the boasting. The friends who come over in lifted trucks, caked in mud and pride, talking about kills like conquests, like trophies won from a battlefield. They slap backs and share photos—grins stretched wide beside bloodied animals; guns held high like flags of victory. And my boys listen. They lean in. I see the way their eyes spark—not with reverence, but with hunger. For the shot. For the kill. For the story they’ll get to tell after. They ask how soon they can shoot; how big the rack must be before it’s “worth it.” They talk about deer like targets, not lives. They talk about rifles and gear, not patience or thanks. They want it all now—the buck, the moment, the glory. And the friends feed it. They mean no harm, maybe. But they have forgotten something sacred. Or maybe they never knew it at all.

Ok this week we're going to stick with the cold shot, I forgot to mention that in my videos. Also I have 2 videos because I thought I hit pause after the introduction but apparently I hit stop. So I had to make a separate shooting one. If you’re on your phone just scroll over to see the other video.

This weeks shot challenge is all about duck hunting with traditional gear, whether you have a longbow or a recurve, the challenge of wingshooting waterfowl will improve your accuracy game and enjoyment of the sport beyond big game animals.