I was recently talking to a friend of mine about the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Every Memorial Day our family celebrates with a trip to northeast Iowa…God’s country. I couldn’t pick a better place to reflect on that holiday! Northeast Iowa is the most overlooked part of the state in terms of history and...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Outdoors ’
Make the Outdoors a Priority
The Arenas Effect (and Gun Control)
Gilbert Arenas has made a complete ass of himself, the Wizards and the NBA by knowingly taking guns to “work” as a “joke”. The fact he made an ass of himself doesn’t bother me. People do it all the time, but when their dumb decisions have an impact on me that’s where I draw...
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Street Smarts for the Woods
For the beginner, hunting can be an overwhelming experience. Nevermind that one may not know much about firearms, understand the gear needed or how to use the right call. By removing all that you are left with a more fundamental set of skills which can be described by a solitary, single word: Woodsmanship. Nevermind...
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How to Stop the Hunting Tradition
Hunting is an archaic activity that does nothing other than give its participants an excuse to bear arms and hurt nature’s creatures. Stopping these senseless traditions is as easy as exposing these people as the brutal, animal hating, gun toting rednecks they are. How do we do this? Start Small – Before trying to...
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DNR Safe Hunting Commercial
Here's the second commercials featuring yours truly.
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Bibbs Family Featured in Iowa DNR Commercial
This is Maia, Lauryn and myself in a DNR video featuring safety as the Iowa Pheasant season gets started:
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Boat for Sale
Well, I'm finally getting around to upgrading my boat. I'm pretty excited but this also means I need to sell mine. I'm asking $3,750 or best offer for a great boat with these features:
- 1997 Spectrum Boat
- 2006 30hp Mercury 4-stroke with less than 35 hours
- 3 swivel seats with backs all in good condition....
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Preparing to Wade Iowa’s Interior Streams
My first try at a short podcast. Basically a video with zilch in the way of editing. That's next:
Preparing to Fish Iowa's Interior Streams from Tony BIbbs on Vimeo.
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Making Memories in God’s Country
Every year I try hard to get close friends and family together to enjoy the outdoors. This often takes many forms from the simple fishing trip, a walk in the woods mushroomin', a short hunt or, like this past Memorial Day weekend, a healthy dose of camping. No,...
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Spring Outdoors
The nation's mid-section and much of this great country is experiencing a cooler than normal spring. Don't worry, even for those of you on our border with Canada, you will soon be outdoors (I hear ice out is about 10 days behind last year). That said, spring activities are in full swing...
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