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New Straitsville, Ohio’s coal mine fire has been burning since 1884.

I use to bear hunt with hounds around Burnwell, WV. On top of one of the ridges, the burning coal smoke billowed out of cracks in the ground. One of the side trails completely caved in over the years. One fellow lost a good dog when it fell in a crack. I asked my hunting partner that was from...

I’ve carried this Case for over 40 years. It skinned a lot of coon in its day along with anything else I threw at it. The clip blade use to be about an inch longer before all the sharpening over the years.

I use to hunt with a group of fellows in southern Ohio for about 3 years starting 10 years ago. We used dogs and would catch about 3 good hogs a year with a few piglets also caught. When the USDA trappers/hunters started their program that finished our hunting. I enjoyed hunting hogs but glad...

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I have quite a few friends that run bear dogs in the UP. It’s not much fun for them when they locate a dog with the gps collar and all they find is a skeleton picked clean and the dog’s collars. Plus, it doesn’t take wolves much time to do their damage.

If you have an electric water heater sometimes the anode rod will intensify the sulfur smell.