By Jeff Kurrus Because I never seem to be in the same spot that alive big bucks are, I try to make it a point to be near dead ones. The following are a few big buck bag shots I have taken the last few days during archery and firearm season. …
By Jeff Kurrus I guess it depends on how you define the word “stupid.” I was always told the difference between dumb and stupid is that if you’re dumb, you just don’t know any better. But if you’re stupid, you do, yet you make the ill-fated decision anyway. Which all …
Before my world haiku premier, let me confess that for this blog I will be given an extreme amount of grief by both Farrar and Fowler (and perhaps other members of our staff). Nevertheless, I will press forward with my vision of outdoor writing’s future: A Sunday Morning Waterfowl Haiku …
In the November 2010 issue of NEBRASKAland Magazine was a feature entitled “In the Corn,” in which passages from this essay were supported by images from Nebraska. Below is the completed essay, as originally published in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment. I am walking in the cornfield behind …
It was a great Leslie Nielsen line. He’d be waving his arms in front of a mob of reporters, telling them to go on their way because the world was much more interesting behind them. However, behind him they continued to stare as cars blew up, people fell out of …
During this time when I’m forced to stare at the four walls of my office and the computer screen, I can’t help but wonder what’s walking by Joshua Tree, The Hole, or the Ground Blind. So until I’m able to again report back to the more serious matters in my …
After my 10th hunt this morning, I have a few tallies to share: 1) I’ve seen 10 deer in 10 trips, including 2 bucks. Two of these deer I saw walking to my hunting spot. 2) On 5 hunts, I have not seen a single deer. 3) I have hunted 3 different …
It’s been a long week. After having a friend try to commit suicide, a cousin being found on his kitchen floor after drinking himself to death, and hearing that another close friend’s newborn daughter may be developing severe neurological problems, I needed some time alone. So I chose Joshua Tree …
The ground blind was built out of necessity. When gaining permission to hunt on a farmer’s land, you take what you can get. Tuesday and Thursday mornings before 10 AM- I’ll take it. Only if you drive up and no one else’s truck is parked at the land- I’ll take …
What does one do to pass the time while sitting in a deer stand? It is a question that must be answered by anyone spending any significant amount of time living in a tree. For there will be days when nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, is happening. For the past …
