So goes the old adage that if you place a frog in a pot of cold water and slowly turn up the heat, the frog, too stupid to feel the increasing danger, will sit in the pot and be boiled to death without jumping out to save itself. Sadly, the same … Continue reading
A Tomahawk Chop to Political Correctness
Every so often some numbskull beats the politically correct war drum protesting the names of sports teams. The terminally disconnected claim the names of the some teams and their mascots are insensitive, even offensive to Native Americans. Classic names like the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks. My … Continue reading
A Simple Reminder Made the Best Season Ever
Kid Rock called and asked if I would teach him to bowhunt. He said Jerry Lee Lewis had taught him how to rock the piano, so he would accept only the masters to light his way. Who’s he gonna call? Tom Petty? Game on! As one of the world’s most … Continue reading
Survive vs. Perish
In the past few weeks, the Nugent family hosted film crews from China, Russia, the Australian 60 Minutes TV show, and of course NRA News and others at our beautiful home SpiritWild Ranch in Texas. In the escalating insanity of the embarrassing politically correct culture war, everybody craves the glowing … Continue reading
Cops and Caseworkers Terrorize New Jersey Family
To know the culture war is raging and that gun rights are the tip of the spear, you need to look nom further than what happened to the Moore family that lives in Carneys Point, New Jersey. Shawn Moore, the father of a good son doing good things, posted an … Continue reading
Good News – South Dakota Votes to Arm Teachers
If you are addicted to common sense and logic, South Dakota should bring a smile to your face. These sensible Americans just passed a law allowing teachers to carry weapons in school as a means to protect their students from terminal psychos hell-bent on committing mass murder. This is good and further … Continue reading
Just Leave Detroit Alone
My beloved Motor City is bleeding to death. The facts are that Detroit is a financial wreck, an unmitigated disaster, a sheer cataclysmic catastrophe – you pick. No doubt all the above. Good Governor Rick Snyder has decided to step in and see what he can do to save Detroit. … Continue reading
Aim Smaller, Miss Smaller–Trap!

According to my exacting calculations, I hunted 269 days in 2012. Okay; I’m slipping. But my excuse is so beautiful it defies reason, as I raged through 79 ferocious celebrations of pure animal sonic bombast with the world’s most energetic and tightest rock-n-roll band on earth. We have the carcass-strewn … Continue reading
Tony Dukes: A Great Texas Hunter

I would like to introduce my fellow hunters to a great American and wonderful Texan. I first met Tony Dukes way back in the roaring 70s in the wild world of rock-n-roll. As a respected bass player and guitar aficionado, Tony had earned a great reputation in the musical world … Continue reading
The Perfection of Hound Music
Certain loud, intense natural sounds turn me on. Hell, I’ve made a very gratifying lifelong career out of various sonic bombast outrage, so maybe I’m just the guy to best articulate the perfection of raging hound-speak in the fury of canine battle. Until you have scrambled maniacally to keep up … Continue reading


