The Rustic Report

It was a year ago this month that I received an invitation from my daughter to meet her and her family in Montana for a week of camping and hiking...

  The best way to fatally wound a wolf without killing it instantly is to shoot it in the gut, preferably with armor-piercing ammunition. Unlike soft lead-tipped bullets, which mushroom...

I had the chance to spend a few days winter camping along Cross River, an access point into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness, while pursuing some wildlife photo opportunities....

A good friend of mine, whom I had recently reconnected with, called and made me aware that the US Fish & Wildlife Service had made a blind available for watching/photographing...

  Oriole are stunning birds, much anticipated by bird lovers. Even though males are brighter, female orioles are gorgeous fliers as well. “How do you attract orioles to a suburban...

In April of 2021 I located a Great Horned Owl, aka Tiger Owl, nesting in an abandon open mine. A couple of owlets had already hatched and were quite small....

Cardinal nest with eggs and baby birds Female cardinals lay three to four whitish-gray eggs with brown speckles in a nest of twigs and grasses hidden in a dense tree or shrub. For...

Here is a little background on my mission to photograph a Golden Eagle in Bald Eagle country...close to home.  Bald Eagle Country for the purpose of this discussion is The Driftless...

This morning I noticed a "Blue Jay" sized hawk harassing the birds at my feeder. Tomorrow morning I'll set-up in my blind and see if I can get some images...