The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

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The rod, reel and four knots that cover freshwater fishing

One spinning setup, a handful of hooks and four knots you can tie in the dark will catch you almost anything that swims in fresh water.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Ask these questions before you wire the fishing lodge deposit

The nightly rate is maybe two-thirds of what you'll actually pay, and the answers to six questions decide whether the week is worth it.

Hunting & Shooting5 min

What your hunting license actually pays for

Movies & TV6 min

Westerns Ranked by How They Actually Play on Family Night

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Draw a 350-mile circle and book the trip inside it

Set the dollar number before the destination, keep the drive under six hours, and the cheap family vacation builds itself.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

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.

Movies & TV6 min

Watching Every Clint Eastwood Western From Rawhide to Unforgiven

Travel6 min

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

GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

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.

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.

Travel6 min

Go to the Holy Land with fifteen people, not fifty

Hunting & Shooting6 min

Your freezer is where most venison actually gets ruined

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.

Hunting & Shooting6 min

Applying for limited tags without burning a decade of points

Movies & TV5 min

Happy Days Still Works and the Fonz Is the Reason Why

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.

Hunting & Shooting6 min read

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.

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