Hi. I'm Tom Claycomb and this is my first article on RonSpomerOutdoors.com. Let’s go over a few ground rules before you start reading my blogs. If you want some slick, literary articles covering my latest African Safari, that’s not on the horizon. Bottomless underwear might … [Read more...] about Bottomless Underwear
Philosophy & Humor
Little Bo Peep Kills Wildlife
by Ron Spomer The philosophy of Little Bo Peep kills. “Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them. Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them.” The Little Bo Peep syndrome, a persistent, modern myth perpetuated by … [Read more...] about Little Bo Peep Kills Wildlife
Natural Law Stymies Digital Shooting Muffs
Outdoorsmen and women either retire, expire or learn quickly that Nature functions under specific, inviolable laws we must heed -- or bleed. For example: Gravity pulls with an accelerating force of 32 feet per second per second. Ouch. Water holds oxygen, but human lungs … [Read more...] about Natural Law Stymies Digital Shooting Muffs
We Are in Our Mothers’ Hands
This black and white image bespeaks a lifetime of help and devotion. Is is my mother's hard-working hand in mine just three hours before she cast off her mortal coil. Though ravaged by Parkinson's to the point she could no longer even swallow, Mom remained steadfast in … [Read more...] about We Are in Our Mothers’ Hands
Mom Is Waiting for Her Hunters
We will lay Mom to rest today in the black prairie soil just six miles from the sod farm house in which she was born 89 years and nine months ago. Despite having grown up on a farm surrounded by ringneck pheasants, Mom didn’t like wild game. She didn’t like guns, either. It’s … [Read more...] about Mom Is Waiting for Her Hunters
Illegal Hunt: The Frau Gets Stuffed
A lot of outdoor writers’ misadventures never see print. This is one of them. Long, long ago in a land far, far away, I was a “guest” of a European optics manufacturing company. After a factory tour that demonstrated how their scopes and binoculars were made (very precisely,) … [Read more...] about Illegal Hunt: The Frau Gets Stuffed
Women Aim to Shoot and Hunt
The hunting and shooting “industry” (code for manufacturers, lodges, outfitters, trainers, marketers and writers like me who make money off hunting and shooting) suddenly loves women. Women’s clothing, women’s rifles, women’s shotguns, women’s handguns, women’s … [Read more...] about Women Aim to Shoot and Hunt
Activists Plot Whitetail Vasectomies
On the odd chance you don't already know animal rights activists are hopelessly delusional, their latest proposals for Staten Island's urban deer population should convince you. They want to capture this New York City island's whitetail bucks, snip them at a cost of … [Read more...] about Activists Plot Whitetail Vasectomies
