http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene by Tammy Sapp Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:36:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a teenager in the 1970s, I must have heard comedian Carol Burnett sing, “I’m so glad we had this time together” dozens of times. When she tugged on her ear at the end of the song, you knew the show was over. Today, I’ll be closing the curtain on my ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=251 Dr. Dolittle could talk to the animals. However, I can only listen. I expected to hear that turkey gobble last Saturday morning. I didn’t anticipate hearing him 20 yards behind me. The first gobble was loud and guttural, sounding more like the scary devil voice in the movie The Exorcist than ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=249 On the way home from turkey hunting the other day, I compiled a list of excuses to explain the culprit behind a lackluster season so far. Before you shed a tear for me, I have killed a turkey this spring. However, it was one of those hunts that left me ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=245 Tiffany Lakosky has achieved in 10 years what some people dream about their entire lives. As co-host of “The Crush” with her husband Lee and appearances on “Whitetail Freaks,” Tiffany is wildly popular in the outdoor world. She is beautiful, personable and a skilled bowhunter with a legion of fans. ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=242 As a past president of the NRA, you would think Sandy Froman would be content to ride off into the sunset, spending her free time target shooting and hunting. Not so. Even though Sandy achieved great things during her 2005 to 2007 NRA presidency, she said she still has a ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=231 There are secret, sexy things happening in my backyard. And voyeur that I am, I don’t want to miss a minute of my eastern screech-owls pairing off and raising a family. The rites of courtship usually kick off in March. One day, I look up from my computer and there ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=225 “I have never experienced a moment where I thought I was going to die until now,” Sue Tabor told me on the phone last week after crashing her truck. Trim, petite and emitting enough energy to qualify for nuclear reactor status, Sue is Michigan’s Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program coordinator. Like the ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=220 Misty Waggener of Priest River, Idaho, leads a double life. From 9 am to 5 pm she’s all business as a training manager at the community bank. During her free time, she’s hard at work racking up elk calling titles, with five women’s division victories to her credit so far. ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=217 If you ever took a moment to watch the reality show drivel known as “Denise Richards: It’s Complicated,” you immediately understood it was anything but that. What is does suggest, though, are the lengths some Americans will go to avoid topics with any complexity. Thank goodness there are people willing to ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=214 One of the most delicious 22 minutes on cable TV has to be “The Soup,” a comedy show hosted by the sultan of satire, Joel McHale. The part of the show that always cracks me up is when Joel gazes into the camera and leads into the regular segment about ... http://www.womensoutdoorwire.com/blogs/outdoorscene/?p=208