Parker Heinlein

I’m a little torn.

I weighed a bit more when the hunting season started back in September. I had more dogs, too.

The year 2019 isn’t exactly ending on a high note for outdoor folk.

It was pointed out to me following my column about the end of Montana’s general hunting season that plenty of elk hunting opportunities yet remain.

I never put much stock in the old saying that a man is lucky to own one good bird dog in his life. If that’s the case then that man just didn’t have enough dogs.

Wow.

"As I grow older and my sense of taste dulls, I find myself drawn to those same foods my father ate that until now I never understood: dark meat instead of white, raw onions eaten like apples, buttermilk and crackers, stinky cheese."

My 12-year-old grandson Isaac shot a good muley buck earlier this month. I hope it doesn’t spoil him.

I fear I may be missing the message.

The Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge used to offer the best public pheasant hunting in Montana.