I bet my Facebook followers are wondering what’s up. Yesterday, I posted this…

This morning it was this one…

Then this afternoon I shared this image…

You could say I have bird on the brain, specifically turkey. Why?

I am

SUPER GIDDY EXCITED

about my next trip.

• I get to soak up some warmer weather by heading south a mere 1,750+ miles to Texas. Even if it is cold in the Lone Star State, I think it’s a safe bet that it is not going to be as cold and windy as it has been here in Montana this

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Montana winters are unpredictable. When we first moved here it felt like we lived in the wilderness. It was common to see pheasants in our front yard. There were whitetail deer everywhere we looked. Even a herd of pronghorn stopped by our property for a day. A few of them even came within spitting distance of our house. We were ecstatic that we had a front row seat to watch it all.

The following year, late spring ice decimated the pheasant population and we found we missed the colorful birds pecking away in the yard. Now we get excited to … Read the full story

I had hoped to be sharing that Smith & Wesson and I had accrued a nice starting sum for our donation to the NRA for my 20 Years & $20 promotion in this post. Due to a winter storm though, I didn’t make it to my first competition of the year. You can read about that here, but I do have some exciting news to share.

A good friend of mine, Todd Green, started up a blog a few years ago called pistol-training.com. It has become very popular. In fact, it just ticked over its 2,000,000th visitor marker! … Read the full story

Traveling to matches has always been an adventure, but I find that it is even more so now that I am a mom. My first match of the year was the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals. I have been looking forward to kicking off the competition season and have worked the event for Smith & Wesson a number of years. Since the match has been designated as a national championship though, I have yet to compete in it. After winning the IDPA Nationals in September, I was particularly excited to shoot some low/no light stages and to hopefully … Read the full story