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April 2026 Field Notes April ushers in one of my favorite hunting seasons. Turkey season. Or more accurately, the season of the Thunder Chicken. This is the time of year when everything wakes up at once. Grass starts turning green. Tree buds explode in leaf bunches. Songbirds show up early and loud, like each one is trying out for American Idol. The sun feels stronger and the day stretches out just a little longer than yesterday. The creeks start running again. Snowmelt, or w

The Thunder Chicken

Contractor Trash Bags: The $3 Waterproofing System

Trekking poles turn you from a two legged creature into a four legged one.

Every stick becomes suspicious. Every forked branch has potential. Every sunlit shadow pulses with possibility.

Pine Pitch Fire Starter | How to Make Natural Fire Starters in the Woods Pine pitch is one of those things that feels like cheating once you understand it. It is sticky. It smells like the woods. And it burns like it was designed for the job. Because it was. Long before fire starters came wrapped in plastic with instructions and warnings printed in five languages, people relied on natural fire starting materials found in the forest. Pine pitch lights easily, burns hot, and do

Snowshoes exist for one simple reason. Deep snow is rude!

Ice fishing is one of those activities that makes very little sense if you stop and think about it from the outside.

Incorporating a pause in your adventure can lead to a more fulfilling experience. Take a moment to look around.

A Spring trickle to a waterfall.

One simple piece of camping gear that works well enough every time.

Welcome to North Idaho Skull Cleaning This business started the same way most good things do. Not with a plan, but with time spent outside. My wife and I built North Idaho Skull Cleaning around the lifestyle we already live. We hunt. We fish. We hike. We camp. We ride. We spend long days in the woods and long nights thinking about what those days mean. The skull cleaning side of the business grew out of respect for the animals we harvest and the belief that nothing taken from