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Calling Coyotes Without Losing Your Permission

Coyotes come in fast, from the wrong side, and usually behind you. The harder part is still the guy who owns the gate.

GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Watching Every Clint Eastwood Western From Rawhide to Unforgiven

A viewing order, the content concerns said out loud, and why The Outlaw Josey Wales is the one to start your teenagers on.

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GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Two nights, ninety minutes away, and one page of instructions

The anniversary weekend works when you plan the handoff harder than the hotel. Do the boring part Thursday, and Saturday takes care of itself.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Hunting & Shooting6 min read

Pattern the gun, learn one call, then sit still

Spring gobblers are won on a paper target in March and lost by a hunter who moves at 9:40 a.m. Everything else is detail.

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GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Where to Start With Gunsmoke's 635 Episodes

Twenty seasons, one marshal, and no finale. A watch plan that gets you to the great stuff without doing twenty years of homework.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Go to the Holy Land with fifteen people, not fifty

Group size decides your pilgrimage more than the itinerary does. What to ask before you wire the deposit, and what the brochure price leaves out.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your freezer is where most venison actually gets ruined

You did everything right in the field. Then the meat sat in a bad bag at 10 degrees for eight months. Here's how to keep a season's worth eating well.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Ten John Wayne Films to Watch With Your Son, in Order

Skip The Searchers on night one. Start where an eleven-year-old can get in, and work up to the hard stuff.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Request the airport wheelchair even if Dad walks fine

The trip with your parents works or fails on about eight small logistics calls, and most people make none of them.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Applying for limited tags without burning a decade of points

Draw odds, point creep, deadlines and the money you front — how to build an application plan that actually puts you on a mountain.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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StoryMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Happy Days Still Works and the Fonz Is the Reason Why

ABC made Henry Winkler wear a gray windbreaker. Eleven seasons later, the leather jacket was in the Smithsonian.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

The nap-time workout that doesn't wake the baby

Twenty minutes, no equipment, no jumping, no thudding on the floor above her head — and hard enough that you'll feel it tomorrow.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Brush the blind, cut the spread, fix the waders

Ducks don't care how many decoys you own. They care about your face, your shadow and where the wind is putting them.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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StoryMovies & TVNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Two Shows That Put God on Prime Time Without Apologizing

Michael Landon and Roma Downey ran faith on network television for fourteen combined seasons. What they got right, what they fudged, and where to start.

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Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.