The Danish Dagger heads to Daddy Daughter Deer Camp!  Even though it started as DDDC we have allowed the boys to come along as they have come of age and some of our girls have grown and gone off to college! Troels' boy Dane earns the nickname "the Danish Dagger" and  we are also joined by long time friend Craig Kovacich and his boy "Little John!"  After the fire at the ranch last year and Covid restrictions the year before we are able to resurrect DDDC and what a successful camp it is! Craigs two daughters fill their tags early and have to head back to Washington to get back to school!  We have all the kids set goals for deer quality for the first time and work hard for them to meet their goals.  Each kid passes on several deer while trying to meet their goals and everyone has a successful hunt! We discuss the finer points of DDDC and how it helps these kids in day to day life as well!
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It's a surprise Red fish birthday party!  Tatia puts together a plan for me to go to Texas and surprise Steve Nail with a weekend of chasing Red fish and other shenanigans!  Tatia sets the bait and under the pretense of meeting some other people out for drinks after work we surprise Steve with a planned trip to fish for Reds and anything else we can get to bite on the Texas coast!  Steve and Tatia had moved back to Texas the year before so it had been a while since we had gotten together.  We had a fishing trip planned but had to cancel it so it was a good surprise to get together and get a weekend away chasing Bull Reds, Listening to the World Series and reminiscing about previous trips and hunts! We fish the back water bays and Jetties near Port Aransas, Texas!
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Stealing a sunny fall day on the snake river with my daughter Lydia! It's that time of year when it gets cold and you need to winterize the cabin and close it up for the year. But when you get those rare seventy degree days in October it is the perfect time to steal an extra day on the drift boat floating the snake river!My youngest daughter Lydia and I record and chat about Daddy Daughter Deer Camp, hunting, fishing and naming flies all while floating down the snake river!  One of the best days of the year stealing an extra day of fabulous weather floating on the snake and creating the new game, Real fly name or made up! Only way it gets better than this is if we actually catch a fish!

Troels, Andy and Monte discuss land stewardship, land owners, picking camp/hunting mates and safety!Taking care of our public and private lands is on everyones shoulders who use the land.  We discuss how taking care of the land and respecting private lands and the owners can open doors for more people in the future. Shooting of signs and leaving other target trash as well as crap(literally) is destroying our lands and public access!  We are all need to be conservationists and do our part to take care of the land we love to use! Safety and picking the proper hunting/camping partners is of utmost importance!

Monte Tells about the first night spent alone in the bunk house at age 15!  Being alone specially at night can put your mind tricks into high gear! Grizzly bears, escaped convicts, Freddie Kruger and wookalars all attack at night when you are alone!

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Monte and two buddies Troels and Andy spend a week in the mountains in Utah looking for a bull elk with a muzzleloader.  This was a premium draw tag for Monte that took sixteen years to draw!Warm weather slows the rut while the boys spend all week chasing elk enjoying each others company and having an all around good time!Finally the weather changes slightly the rut picks up and Monte has some success with the muzzleloader!

A conversation with my niece Freja Consson where we discuss the finer points of s'mores/O-boys, mud pies and building a fire!Freja gives her perspective on camping, fly fishing, Alpengirl camp, picking Huckle berries and spending time in the outdoors!

Dumping turkey juice down a friends neck is not the best way to introduce yourself to hunting with them, but it worked! Long time hunting buddy the Troels and Monte are scouting for elk and start the South Cache Muzzle loader elk hunt.  reminiscing about initial hunts and the turkey juice episode as well as highlights of their hunts together with and with out kids.  Opening morning for Monte's elk hunt and two days of scouting!

Back up cameras save relationships! In this episode Monte tells how it used to be before back up cameras came on scene.  For those who have never had to back up a vehicle and hook to a trailer with out a back up camera this episode highlights the difficulties that we faced before they were standard issue!  Also discussed are the benefits of the "ences" and how that can be beneficial in a relationship 
.  Also the importance of scouting a campsite before trying to pull in and the equipment that may be needed if you do not.  Why do people lose their mind and act like totally idiots on a boat ramp!

A View From camp from Northern Sweden to an island in the Baltic Sea to Greece! Fredrik Consson shares his views on camping as a child growing up in Sweden and Greece.  Rubber raft versus ferry, chainsawing blocks of sheep poop, spearfishing in Greece, cliff jumping and eating fabulous food not a bad way to grow up! Spending time with Fredrik's family in Crete and getting a fill of food and drink!