Saturday was the last day of the convention which ended with another dinner event at the Peppermill. Obviously, tonight would be the grand finale because Sarah Palin was going to be the keynote speaker. She’s been the hottest ticket in town.
We finally had a day to sleep in and lose a little money at the [...]

It was a little bit awe inspiring when rolling into the Tuscany Ballroom at the Peppermill hotel where all the nightly events were held. This room is vast, which seems to be the theme of everything I’ve been to this week, almost 3,000 people were seated for a dinner event. Tonight, I’m being [...]

Made it over to the convention hall about 9:40am this morning. Eva Wilson & Ron Bartels were both waiting there for me at the Humanitarian Services booth. (That’s the branch of safari club that runs the blue bag program and all the disabled hunter services which includes the pathfinder award.)
We all went over to the [...]

Landed in Reno, NV, about 10:30am last Thursday and my excitement level was peaking to finally be here. There was an accessible shuttle to Harrah’s, but since we’d have to wait a half hour for it, so dad and I took a cab. Safari Club booked a room for me at the Peppermill, [...]

I hunt on private property in southwest Va. This year the woods in my area are plentiful in all types of acorns. Everyone knows nine times out of ten if there are many white oak acorns that will be a large part of the deer’s diet. All my preseason scouting lead showed that all the [...]