Opinion

Experts estimate that well over 80 percent of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Perhaps ten percent of adults experience it at any given moment. Back pain is extremely common, and people with back pain can be extremely miserable.

Right now ranchers are beginning to get into calving time - a demanding time of year. Other than the sometimes all night monitoring of the cow herd, it isn’t unusual to lose a cow or calf during calving.

When you watch a medical drama on television the main characters are generally doctors, nurses, and patients. We rarely learn about the many extras in the background. In an actual hospital, patients are cared for by their doctors and nurses, along with a large supporting cast and crew.

I want folks of all age groups to enjoy my column, and I have no desire to become a “poster child” for the elderly. Still, on occasion, I have alluded to my age and the infirmities that go along with it – like needing a stepstool to climb on a horse, etc.

Dear Editor, Every 10 years, the United States conducts the Census to count all the people across the country to determine how many new people now live in certain areas and how many people may have left certain areas.

Betsy and I just finished our elk meatloaf dinner. On the average, wild game will probably grace our table three times a week. Betsy is a great cook, but not what I’d call a gourmet chef. There’s nothing fancy about our “fat of the land” meals.

Dear Editor, Every 10 years, the United States conducts the Census to count all the people across the country to determine how many new people now live in certain areas and how many people may have left certain areas.

In my fifty years of column writing, I don’t believe that I have ever devoted a column to backpack survival gear on hunting/fishing adventures. In the January 2022 issue of American Hunter, Mark Kayser wrote that water and food are basic, with water being the first priority.

As a columnist, I am responsible to a small degree for public sentiment with regard to hunting. To quote Abe Lincoln, “Public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed.

One of my favorite parables describes the difference between heaven and hell. In both places, hungry people sit at tables laden with delicious food. In hell, people suffer and starve because they cannot eat with the long utensils provided.