Opinion

Rog's Rod & Nimrod There’s an interesting, if not somewhat angry, editorial in the November 2019 issue of Petersen’s Hunting magazine called “Taking the Piss Out of It.” It really doesn’t affect me personally.

In 1906, two brothers, Nikolai and Matthew Gjelsvik, arrived at Ellis Island from Norway. The only English they knew were the words apple pie and coffee, which they learned on the boat on the way over.

The holiday season is a special time of year. We get to rejoice in God’s gift to mankind while spending time with our family and friends, enjoying traditions of holidays past and the moments and memories created with those we love.

PSALM 27:14 "Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." (KJV) Patience is a virtue saith the Lord. Everybody today is in such a big hurry. They want to get everything done yesterday and do not want to wait for anything.

My patient was in severe pain, suffering from an obstruction in his gastrointestinal tract as a result of spreading cancer. I knew that morphine, one of the opioids, would provide immediate and merciful relief, and it did.

When I received my fall edition of the Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association newsletter, I learned that Mitchell, SD had lost its gun show. That show had been scheduled for March 14-15, 2020.

With all the weather struggles of this past year, it may be hard to get excited about the calendar stating it is already December. I have seen many acres of unharvested crops yet, so for those of you that are still in the combine, I hope you can finish beforeChristmas.

This week I spent some time exploring the origins of the word, kind: It comes from Old English gecynd (YEH’-kund) or cynn (kyn), meaning nature, race, family.

When it comes to the world of hunting and fishing, we South Dakotans hold some high cards. Pheasant hunts, turkey hunts, archery deer hunts, and fishing on our reservoirs can be swapped for Great Lakes salmon fishing, Colorado elk hunts, or Wisconsin/Minnesota/Canada musky fishing to name a few.

As we sat around our host ranchers’ kitchen the night before the recent West River Deer opener, we swapped stories and poked a little fun at each other. Our group included ranchers Stuart and Lisa, Ken, a neighbor, Wisconsin hunters Dave and Ted, Mike, my partner, and myself.