Outdoor Writer & Photographer
Cabela’s opened another Canadian Store this week in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. This is the third Canadian Cabela’s store to open in the Canadian marketplace, the first two being Winnipeg, MB and Edmonton, AB. Saskatoon is Saskatchewan’s largest city with a population of 260,600. According to Cabela’s staff the choice for bringing a store to Saskatchewan [...]
A Wilderness Tool for 21st Century If Space is “the final frontier”, wilderness was the first. The Fisher Space Pen is the ultimate tool for the outdoor enthusiast, as well as a wide array of interests and occupations such as scuba diving, paramedics, military & police, and construction, to name a few. This pen has [...]
Making bush pies by picking individual fillings for a bush pie is a lot of fun. However if you are looking for the convenience of an ‘all-in-one’ filling this recipe will make bush pies an easy option for camping trips or anytime you come back to camp hungry and wanting a meal NOW. Basic Recipe [...]
I am pleased to announce I am a now an affiliate member of Brownells, Sinclair International and Brownells Law Enforcement Division at PoliceStore.com. I have dealt with both Brownells and Sinclair for several years as a supplier for my shooting, handloading, and gunsmithing interests. Brownells – the parent company has three divisions: Brownells carries firearms [...]
I try to plan my hunting year so there is no ‘off-season’. All right, the deer, elk, moose, bear, upland bird, and waterfowl hunting seasons are long over. Sure, my gear is stowed in the closest till this coming fall (for the most part). For me it is certainly a time to relax, cook, and [...]
I’ve started a tradition in the last couple of years – a “last chance” pheasant hunt. Sometime between Christmas and New Year’s Eve I head out to one of my favorite haunts to give my dog one last good run, to satisfy my passion NEED for pheasant hunting (after Dec 31, no pheasants for 10 [...]
Welcome to LowellStrauss.com. I have migrated my blog from Outdoor Blogger to LowellStrauss.com/blog as of December 18th, 2011. I have a wide variety of outdoor interests including photography, hunting, shooting, fishing, handloading, camping, hiking, wildlife, and cooking, to name some of the main ones. You can look forward to seeing posts about all of these topics [...]
I’m one of those people whose internal thermostat is set a little higher than some. You may think this would be an advantage and I suppose at times it is. The problem is that I start to sweat once I get moving, so the moment I stop I get chilled quickly. Moisture quickly wicks heat [...]
Removing slivers or splinters is a common First Aid task for anyone who works outside. The Sliver Gripper™ is a simple yet effective tool for removing everything from cactus spines (from both humans and dogs) to thorns and insect stingers to ticks.This tool works so well that I have purchased several over the years. I [...]
Every now and then we come across oddities in nature, things that really make an animal stand out, either from its surroundings or from its siblings. Obvious abnormalities include albinos, rare colour morphs, or hybrid crosses (mule deer x whitetail deer come to mind). Less obvious traits include such things as non-typical antlers, or missing [...]
