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Upland Life Wanderlust

For the upland hunter, the promise of a new season sits like a mountain on the horizon that never gets closer on the long highways of life, until the moment comes each year when the season opens. A cool breeze suddenly turns the trees a crisp yellow, while the long heated days of summer begin to fade. The smell of leather and powder perfume the air and the flashes of brilliance in a young pup begin to shine. New adventures become traditions, dogs seal their place in our hearts and ancient instructs are driven by shrinking light and the steady descent of reds and golds from the mountain tops, or at least so says my Orvis catalog. While we are on the topic of great quotes, a perennial favorite of times is, “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.” —Bruce Lee. This is always great advice for those who live life in the outdoors. You don't have to be a granola to live the life. Yes, the word "granola" is still used as a slang term to describe someone who is environmentally aware, has liberal political views, and uses natural products and health foods. For example, someone who loves the outdoors, is free-spirited, and buys all-natural products might be described as a "granola girl." So while you don't have to be a granola, living the #UplandLife you do have to learn to be adaptable, be like water. Seasons come and

By Sporting Road|August 28th, 2020|Categories: Wingshooting|Comments Off

Walk in Beauty Always

Part of the attitude of the Navajo culture is the concept of Hozro, which is to Live in Beauty, Walk in Beauty Always. Walking in Beauty: Closing Prayer from the Navajo Way Blessing In beauty I walkWith beauty before me I walkWith beauty behind me I walkWith beauty above me I walkWith beauty around me I walkIt has become beauty again Hózhóogo naasháa dooShitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa dooShikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa dooShideigi hózhóogo naasháa dooT’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa dooHózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’ Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave meI will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.In beauty all day long may I walk.Through the returning seasons, may I walk.On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.With dew about my feet, may I walk.With beauty before me may I walk.With beauty behind me may I walk.With beauty below me may I walk.With beauty above me may I walk.With beauty all around me may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.My words will be beautiful… Click to hear the prayer spoken in Navajo by Wanye Wilson, a Navajo member. Linguistic Note: The word “Hozho” in Dine’ (roughly translated) Concept of Balance and Beauty. Consideration of the nature of the universe, the world, and man, and the nature of time and

By Sporting Road|August 26th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

10 Year Cycle of Sage Grouse Leveling Out at Low

[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] Greater sage grouse counts tick up West-wide August 25, 2020 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. Spring counts of strutting male greater sage grouse increased slightly this year across their western strongholds, possibly indicating the end of a three-year decline. Wildlife officials in Idaho, Montana and Oregon reported small increases seen on breeding-ground leks this spring. Wyoming reported a small drop of 0.3 birds per lek — a 1.5% decline — which Game and Fish officials said indicates a “leveling out” of a three-year slide in the Equality State. The annual count of strutting males suggests the status of the overall population, said Leslie Schreiber, Wyoming Game and Fish’s sage grouse and sagebrush biologist. “It’s an index,” she said of the count. “It’s a trend of the population.” Together, the four states hold about 76% of the world’s greater sage grouse. The population dropped an estimated 44% in key western states and provinces between 2016 and 2019, driving worries about the imperiled bird that was once a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act. While the 2020 uptick is encouraging, one year does not a trend make, wildlife officials told WyoFile. “It’s the first year since 2016 we haven’t seen a decline,” said Oregon’s Lee Foster, who is concluding work as sage grouse conservation coordinator with that state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Hopefully that means the population will go up in the next three years.” But, “you can’t make any real predictions on one year’s data,” he told WyoFile. Catherine Wightman, wildlife habitat coordinator with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, agreed. “I don’t think we can say from one year of data what our populations are doing over the long term,” she said. The numbers

By Sporting Road|August 26th, 2020|Categories: Wingshooting|Comments Off

Pendleton Blankets

This great photo above was on a Perry Null Trading Post newsletter that I received recently. It reminded me of times we have attended native pow wows or corn dances and the locals are wrapped up in Pendleton blankets for warmth, or they use it is a ground covering to sell wares, or folded up as a seating cushion, or countless other uses. Living in the Southwest, we have grown to love our Pendleton blankets and we own quite a few of them now. We love them and particularly, love taking them along on trips for an extra blanket on the couch, a picnic, or to keep warm on an unexpectedly cold outing. Or, we make them into fur coats with lynx or bobcat. And, we take them along for adventures on the sporting road, including pow wows at Kewa Pueblo for the corn dance, or March Denver Pow Wow, Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, the Navajo Rodeo in Gallup or others. In the midwest, Faribault from Minnesota is popular among native peoples as was Hudson Bay in the East, and Woolrich in other places. Poyet Motte from France is probably still the softest heavyweight wool blanket you can buy, but Pendleton is the most durable.

By Sporting Road|August 24th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Hang Board

Download the Beastmaker App and start getting ripped.

By Sporting Road|August 18th, 2020|Categories: Rock climbing|Comments Off

Getting Started with Goats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeLjrK34_QI https://www.weedemandreap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GettingStartedwithGoats.pdf Lauren's favorite new website Weed Em and Reap, for learning about goats: GROW YOUR OWN FOOD ? The Best Soil Combination for Raised Garden Boxes Take a Tour of our 1-Acre Farm 5 Easy-to-grow Vegetables for the Beginner Gardener 12 DIY Raised Garden Bed Tutorials GET A GOAT ? A Simple Guide to Raising & Milking Goats Does Goat's Milk taste...Goaty? A Simple Guide to Buying your first Goat This is why you'll fall in LOVE with Nigerian Dwarf Goats TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH NATURALLY ? Homemade & Remineralizing Whitening Toothpaste Balancing Hormones Naturally Natural Relief for Back Discomfort How I Reversed my Son's Asthma WHIP UP A HEALTHY MEAL 3 Reasons why you should be eating Lard Milk Showdown: Cow vs. Goat vs. Sheep - Which is best? Homemade Soaked Tortillas The Best Pizza Dough Recipe Homemade Chocolate Syrup 36 Fool-Proof Dehydrator Recipes Homemade Goat's Milk Mozzarella Goat Milk Soap Recipe

By Sporting Road|July 1st, 2020|Categories: Ranching|Comments Off

Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., by E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34630/34630-h/34630-h.htm The Project Gutenberg EBook of Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., by E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. Author: E. OE. Somerville Martin Ross Release Date: January 15, 2011 [EBook #34630] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. *** Produced by Al Haines SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. by E. OE. SOMERVILLE and MARTIN ROSS THOMAS NELSON & SONS LTDLONDON EDINBURGH PARIS MELBOURNETORONTO AND NEW YORK Reprinted by permission ofMessrs. Longmans Green & Co., Ltd. CONTENTS I. GREAT-UNCLE MCCARTHYII. IN THE CURRANHILTY COUNTRYIII. TRINKET'S COLTIV. THE WATERS OF STRIFEV. LISHEEN RACES, SECOND-HANDVI. PHILIPPA'S FOX-HUNTVII. A MISDEALVIII. THE HOLY ISLANDIX. THE POLICY OF THE CLOSED DOORX. THE HOUSE OF FAHYXI. OCCASIONAL LICENSESXII. "OH LOVE! OH FIRE!" SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. I GREAT-UNCLE McCARTHY A Resident Magistracy in Ireland is not an easy thing to come by nowadays; neither is it a very attractive job; yet on the evening when I first propounded the idea to the young lady who had recently consented to become Mrs. Sinclair Yeates, it seemed glittering with possibilities. There was, on that occasion, a sunset, and a string band playing "The Gondoliers," and there was also an ingenuous belief in the omnipotence of a godfather of Philippa's—(Philippa was the young lady)—who had once been a member of the Government. I was then climbing the steep ascent of the Captains towards my Majority. I have no fault to

By Sporting Road|June 11th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews, Foxhunting|Comments Off

Scripta- The Game of 12 Inscriptions

Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum – Duodecim Scripta – The Game of Twelve Inscriptions From ancient games.com Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum, or Duodecim Scripta, is an ancient Roman game, which combined elements of luck and strategy. It is somewhat similar to Backgammon, in the fact that each player has 15 pieces, and the pieces stack and move on and off the board in a similar fashion. The name Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum in Latin, means The Game of Twelve Inscriptions, and refers to the fact that many Duodecim Scripta boards had a Latin letter written for each cell, instead of just circles. There is a theory that the reason letters were used and not circles or squares is because the game was used for gambling, which was prohibited during the later years of the Roman empire, and so the writing on the boards was used as an excuse to call them “inscriptions”, instead of gambling devices, thus preventing the users from being arrested and the boards confiscated. I emphasize that this is just a theory, because some of the inscriptions are so specific to gaming and gambling that it is really hard to believe that somehow the inscription would conceal the gambling aspect of the game. The three large rosettes or circles in the center of the boards were markers where the players would put the coins that were being gambled on. https://www.ancientgames.org/ludus-duodecim-scriptorum-duodecim-scripta-the-game-of-twelve-inscriptions/ we are going to try to make a board like this stellar one from https://www.ignitedartsdesign.com/listing/735295503/ludus-duodecim-scriptorum-an-ancient

By Sporting Road|May 24th, 2020|Categories: Games, Uncategorized|Comments Off

The Egyptian Game of Senet

our handmade Senet board, pieces and dice sticks Ancient Games, Senet Senet, originating from ancient Egypt, holds a significant place in the annals of gaming, representing one of the earliest board games known to humanity. Dating back to at least 3100 BCE, this game is prominently featured in Egyptian texts and hieroglyphs, demonstrating its widespread popularity across all societal strata, with players continuously refining its rules. Consisting of a board placed atop a rectangular box, Senet featured etched spaces where players maneuvered their pieces, simulating beliefs regarding the afterlife in Egyptian culture. Some boards even boasted a storage drawer for pieces, adding a touch of practicality to this otherworldly pastime. Surviving versions of Senet, often adorned with intricate designs and vibrant colors, hint at diverse gameplay scenarios, leading archaeologists to speculate about the game's nuances and the strategic maneuvers employed by its players. Yet, despite the wealth of physical evidence, the exact rules and mechanics of Senet remain shrouded in mystery, leaving historians to ponder its gameplay and the experiences of its ancient enthusiasts. Senet is a race game dating back to ancient egyptian times, and it is thought that it may be the ancestor of modern day backgammon (Soubeyrand (1995)). We know of this game today due to discoveries made through the excavation of ancient tombs. The original rules of Senet (The Game of Passing) are unknown. There are no records of the rules ever having been discovered, however many have attempted to reconstruct the rules using knowledge gathered through excavations in which images have been found on ancient tomb walls, as well as through Senet related artifacts. Two of the most well known versions of the games rules have been created by T.

By Sporting Road|May 20th, 2020|Categories: Games, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Royal Game of Ur

The Royal Game of Ur Another daddy daughter project with woodworking and polymer clay to make the oldest board game in the world. And it’s really fun, like backgammon. Alternate NamesThe ancient name of this game is unknown. It is also called the Game of Twenty Squares. No. of Players Probably two. Equipment The Royal Game of Ur board was accompanied by equipment comprising fourteen counters made of shell that are marked differently on either side, seven each of black and white, as well as six tetrahedral (pyramidal) dice, each of which has two of its four points dotted with inlay.Printable Royal Game of Ur BoardHistory The archaeological site of Ur lies in the south of present-day Iraq at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and was once capital of the Sumerian Empire and reputedly the home of the biblical Abraham. Amongst the many archaeological treasures yielded from the site of Ur come some of the oldest game board artifacts known. During excavation of the royal tombs in 1926-7, led by Sir Leonard Woolley in conjunction with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania, four boards were discovered. The ancient Sumerian name of this game is not known, but it is today typically referred to as the Royal Game of Ur. The oldest of these boards has been dated at around 2600 BCE. Some of the rules for this game have been found on a cuneiform tablet dated around 200 BCE. The boards differ greatly in terms of their designs, but all feature the rosettes in the same pattern and some do not contain any design other than the rosettes. This factor leads many game historians to believe that the rosettes are the only detail of the board

By Sporting Road|May 17th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

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