McClusky Gazette Sports
Just one
“I bet you can’t eat just one” was the long-time slogan of Lay’s potato chips, and really with about half a century of food science and consumer studies behind the product at the time, the tagline for the easy-to-consume junk food was right on, and still probably is.
Takeaways from 2020
The ball had dropped, the calendar had turned. 2020 was officially in the rear-view mirror.
Cease and Desist Order issued against scammer Joseph Elkhatib dba Sports Media Marketing
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued a Cease & Desist Order against Joseph Elkhatib, dba Sports Media Marketing, of Fort Worth, Texas, for violations of the state’s consumer fraud law, do not call law, and charitable solicitations laws.
By comparison
It isn’t fair to compare hunting dogs, not among friends or fellow hunters, or even among the different ones owned throughout a person’s lifetime.
Late season haunts
While much of pheasant country remains free and clear of snow cover at the moment, it’s likely that at some point in the back stretch of the season we’ll be looking at a white Christmas and a frosty finish to the upland hunting calendar.
Doe fever
The first morning of muzzleloader season arrived clear, cold, and calm. With just the faintest bit of dawn edging over the eastern hills, I ventured down to the southernmost stretch of a favorite piece of public access land and followed the flags along the hillside break to the final mark on my GPS.
What I'd hoped for
I can still hear the whisper from my left and sense Gene leaning in as the deer emerged in the first tree line below our position on the top of the hillside along the Sheyenne River valley one temperate November evening in 2008
The weight of the wait
With the anchor-like weight of a deer tag becoming more and more tangible in the right leg pocket of my camouflage hunting pants and that heft spurring much of my recent outdoor activity, I catch myself thinking ahead, beyond the quiet morning sits and windy sneaks through the countryside as I wait for a buck – at this time, I’d take any buck – to magically appear in front of me.
Slow morning
Those days when overcast conditions settle in well before dawn provide a unique time to be outdoors, particularly during deer season.
Trojans blank Holsteins, fall to Miners
Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky took a split on the volleyball court this past week, topping New Salem-Almont 3-0 Saturday night in New Salem before falling in their final home game as Trojans Monday night.
