Country Lifestyles
World Championship Coyote Hunt – Cowboy Culture
By Clay Reid
Many times in my life I have been told that I have lost my dang mind. Well, this past week, I think it was proven, and from now on I won’t have the ammo to disagree. This is how the story goes, and before I start I want to apologize once again to my editor for my tardiness in getting this story out.
This year I decided to try my hand at winning a World Championship title as a coyote caller. In doing so, it meant working double-time at the ranch to be able to get everything caught up to speed in order to take off for a few days. That in itself was tough enough, because any time a man needs something to go easy, Mr. Life will throw you a curve ball. He did, but I hit that sucker and moseyed on around the bases any old way.
The World Championship was located in Utah this year, up around Salt Lake City. So me and my hunting partner of 20 years, Mitch McLemore, decided we would fly up there and sign up then fly back to Texas and hunt. This would have been no big deal, but neither of us are very big fans of flying.
We were committed in our quest to be the champion, so we loaded our butts up on that plane Wednesday night and headed out. Oh yeah, if you guys could’a just seen our hillbilly hiney’s getting around this airport, it might have brought ya to tears. We were lost from the word go.
However, it seems that a cowboy is quite the celebrity in an airport these days. Right off the bat, as we were trying to get strip searched in the airport security line, I noticed these cute little blondes looking me up and down and giggling.
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By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
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By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
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