Flight Lines: Seeing more clearly with young eyes 
Every now and then, we all need reminding as to just what it was that led us here in the first place, and why we love what we do.
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Christmas shopping has never been a strong area for me. I’m not entirely sure why, it just happens to be that way. I think the hype and hustle of the season blur my ability to reason clearly and I end up buying something spontaneously, something a little odd, or – worst of all – something unwanted.
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The morning chill was every bit the 17 degrees promised by my digital truck thermometer, if not less. Almost immediately upon removing the Remington 870 pump shotgun from its case, lacy veins of frost enveloped the matte-finished barrel.
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We are under an invasion. Unlike Orson Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel, War of the Worlds, this one is real and it’s coming from the north.
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Nature’s cadence noticeably slower as season changes
We may not hear it but it’s evident among the drifts of dried and fallen leaves. It’s readily apparent in the icy sheets forming and flowing along the local rivers. Its signature is also inked in the purple skies of early winter. This dynamic yet enigmatic essence I’m describing is nothing less than the ever beating pulse found in the world around us. Call it the rhythm of nature.
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In my circles, seldom do I get a “hi” this time of year. And normally a talking standard, weather now rarely is a topic-starter – unless it’s how the hunting has been affected by it. No, more often than not, the first words out of someone’s mouth are: “Did you get your buck?”
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Also: Some refuges open to late-season upland game; muzzleloader season starts Nov. 25
Outdoor oddities always pique a birder’s curiosity
Just by happenstance – I call it luck – I live in the same West Fargo neighborhood as North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologist, Doug Leier. Not only have we watched each other’s children grow through the years, but we’ve shared many outdoors stories. They’re often a little unconventional; such was the case just last week.
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