What do you gain from a nice swirl of grain? #walnut #walnutgunstock #classic #mossbergrevere #patriotrevere #mossbergpatriot #ronspomeroutdoors

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Covey and I got in on the bird box action, too. Have 16 up so far. They should attract tree swallows and mountain bluebirds. #dancingspringsranch #birdhomes #bluebirdtrail #birdnesting #birdboxes #birdhousesofinstagram #bluebirdhomes #bluebird #treeswallow #covey #englishsetters #fieldethos #livingwiththeland #wildlifehabitat #habitatimprovement #wildlifehabitatenhancement #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors

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I know I’m supposed to social distance, but I went to a Dance anyway. Everyone looked sharp! And there was no slow dancing. I got no closer than 20 feet, so should be ok. #sharptailgrouse #sharptailedgrouse #grouse #lek #lekdisplay #nuptialdisplay #courtship #courtshipritual #sharptail #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #birdphotography #wildlifephotos #canon100400ii

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Exiting solitude on Dancing Springs Ranch already today. No Coronavirus has appeared, but pre-dawn clouds flew past crescent moon with Venus and Mars in attendance while resident pair of horned owls called. And then it started snowing. And then we had a small earthquake. Wonder what else the day will bring. #nature #spring #life #vicissitude #unpredictablelife #springsnow #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch #earthquake

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Video shows how 3 people over age 60 can control prescribed burn of tall grass CRP fields. https://www.youtube.com/watch? #grassfire #controlledburn #fire #crpfire #prescribedburn #ronspomeroutdoors #youtubevideos

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Got my partner a new D.T. Systems 1450 training collar with on-demand beeper locator. He says it’s already prevented Cricket from chasing a goose into a dangerous, flood stage river; stopped her from chasing a quail across busy highway; called her off a Kentucky skunk; and taught her proper HEAL etiquette in a week. #dtsystems #ecollartraining #ecollar #gspofinstagram #germanshorthairedpointer #dogtraining

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Here’s a rig you don’t see often. BLR in 358 Winchester. It’s the beloved 308 Win. necked up to .35. A 200-gr. at 2,600 FPS will turn an elk into dinner. And yes, those are genuine Silvertips. #358winchester #leveraction #deerrifle #elkrifle #browning #browningfirearms #blr #winchester #winchesterammo #stainlesslaminate #huntingrifle #ronspomeroutdoors #silvertip

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Gloomy, rainy day here, so thought I’d brighten with this warm but Endangered I’iwe (pronounced “ee ee-vee”) endemic to Hawaii. Habitat destruction and invasive species are killing off this brilliant songbird. They probe flowers for nectar. #hawaii #birds #songbirds #iiwebird #redbird #endangeredspecies #ronspomeroutdoors

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Covey and Betsy looking for sites for erecting bluebird boxes. Have another 15 to put up. We’re slum lords! #bluebirds #bluebirdboxes #habitatimprovement #helpingbirds #whywehunt #huntervationist #covey #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #nestsuccess #fieldethosjournal #boxit

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Montana Great Bear wilderness. Good place to avoid Coronavirus. #snowyspringsoutfitters #zeissoptics #zeissbinoculars #zeissscope #remington700 #elkhunting #bearhunting #natgearcamo #ronspomeroutdoors

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Covey smelled a pheasant from the driveway and locked up for so long the bird walked away. #pointing #englishsetter #beirlsetters #birddogoftheday #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch #covey

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From the Dancing Springs Ranch dept. of Housing & Rural Development. Made in the USA. Affordable housing for bluebirds, tree swallows, chickadees, kestrels, screech owls, etc. 6 hrs work by 3 “veterans” — Carol, Ron and Ron —converted $60 in lumber and nails into 23 boxes plus 3 more cut and ready to assemble. And just in time. When I returned home our first two mountain bluebirds of spring we’re flitting along the snow fence. I got two houses up before dark. Lots more work ahead. #habitat #habitatforbirds #nestbox #birdbox #bluebird #kestrel #screechowl #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #woodworking #whywehunt #conservation #wildlifeconservation #hunterscare #huntervationist #makingadifference #ifyoubuildittheywillcome #homesweethome

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Betsy confronts a thorny issue during a Namibian safari @immenhofhunting. She never did get the point, but she got a magnificent bull eland. #thorns #acacia #namibia #africa #safari #immenhofsafaris #blaserr8 #getthepoint #ronspomeroutdoors

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Just a boring trigger. What’s the big deal? Precision is the big deal. A proper trigger like this Timney I installed on a Rem 700 7mm RUM a creeping, slightly grating 4.3# pull into a crisp 2# that’s crisp as a cold apple. A good trigger can turn a 2 MOA rifle 1 MOA or better. #timneytriggers #remington700 #trigger #rifle #accuracy #7mmrum #7rum #7ultramag #m700 #ronspomeroutdoors @timney_triggers

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Don’t have to dye Easter eggs at our place. Chickens do it for us. #backyardchickens #eggs #easteregg #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #chickenfruit #pastel #coloredeggs

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The one and only Hoenig Rotary Round Action double rifle. See it in action on my YT videos. 9.3x74R cartridge. 270-gr. Nosler Partition, 2,300 FPS. Leupold 2.5x20. #rotaryroundaction #hoenigrifles #georgehoenig #hoenigrotaryaction #fineguns #doublerifle #dangerousgamerifle #93x74r #customrifle #ronspomeroutdoors #wildfowlerconcealment @leupoldoptics

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300 Win Mag still an incredibly versatile, do-all cartridge for hunting the world. Does it with style in this Mossberg Patriot Revere. #300winmag #300winchestermagnum #300winny #magnum #mossberg #patriot #revere #mossbergpatriotrevere #swarovskioptics #swarovskiz5 #barnesttsx #barnesvortx #barnesbullets #vortxammo #ronspomeroutdoors @mossbergcorp @swarovskioptik_hunting @barnesbullets

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Too much bling for me. Keep the gold inlays on the steel, please. #sciconvention2020 #rifle #goldinlay #engraving #boltactionrifle #gunengraving #ronspomeroutdoors

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After fattening itself on a couple of our chickens, this coyote volunteered to serve as an all-organic, free-range, self-replicating, biodegradable, sustainable use garment. Fur buyer traded us $50 for this prime pelt. He’ll likely sell it to a furrier for $100. Who knows how much it will sell for as a finished coat or jacket. Fur. It’s Nature’s original clothing and endlessly sustainable. Why ignore it in favor of petroleum-based synthetics? #fur #greenliving #sustainableuse #naturalresources #coyotehunting #coyote #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #offgridliving

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Geez Brad, how many barrels does that Mossberg have? (They’re irrigation lines in Steinbeck vineyard where we hunted black tails.) #barrels #mossbergpatriot308 #steinbeckwinery #grapes #ritonoptics #ritonusa @ritonoptics @mossbergcorp #ronspomeroutdoors #308win #308winchester #blacktaildeerhunting

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It appears a jackrabbit couldn’t get through the snow fence. #winterwonderland #snow #snowfence #tracks #jackrabbittrack #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #behoppy

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Photo essay in current issue Sporting Classics magazine. Wood ducks foraging crab apples in the snow. I captured the action on Christmas a few years ago. Best gift in decades. @sportingclassicsofficial #sportingclassics #ronspomeroutdoors #woodducks #woodducksofinstagram #waterfowl #ducks #apples #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #canonphotography #canon100400ii

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My son-in-laws mule deer rifle last fall. Riton scope in Talley rings atop Kimber Sub-Alpine in the versatile 280 AI shooting Nosler 150-grain ABLR. He was deadly on rocks out to 450 yards, but no old bucks presented themselves for the table. #kimber #riton #nosler #talleyrings #accubondlongrange #deerrifle #fall #autumnleaves #hunting #deerhunting #boltactionrifle #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch

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Western Sportsman’s Show in SLC widens your hunting horizons and helps you make your points. Wildlife management matters greatly and hunters mainly pay for it. #westernhunting #muledeer #huntingexpo #wildlifemanagement #taxidermy #antlers

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SIGSauer Cross rifle is not an SR15. See the bolt handle? This is not my idea of an attractive rifle, but I’m betting thousands of AR fans will like it — especially once they lear about the new 277 SIG Fury cartridge. #sigsauerusa #sigsauerrifle #sigsauer #sigcrossrifle #277sigfury #270cartridge #boltaction #boltactionrifle #ronspomeroutdoors

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Crazy melt channels in our snowpack. The March thaw is coming. #snow #melting #snowmelt #channels #naturalcurves #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #winter

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I don’t know where this whitetail was bred and fed, but it shows what selective breeding and superior nutrition can do for antler production. In the wilds something like this has never grown. No survival benefit for the species,so excessive antler growth is weeded out of the herd. Reportedly measures about 600 inches of times. #animalhusbandry #sciconvention2020 #taxidermy #manipulation #geneticmanipulation #selectivebreeding #whitetaildeer #antlers #scishow2020 #ronspomeroutdoors

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Here are those special wolf eyes @jasonvicent mention on the croc-zebra post earlier. No flash used. Just capturing and reflecting ceiling lights. #sciconvention2020 #taxidermy #wolf #eyeshaveit #eyes #ronspomeroutdoors

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Like fine detail in your taxidermy? Here’s some from a display @scifoundation Convention last week. SCI pours $millions into wildlife each year, but is also one of the busiest and most successful orgs. Protecting hunter rights. Join. It’s not just for the rich and famous. They’re just the branch that shells out most of the $! #sciconvention2020 #taxidermy #mounts #zebra #crocodile #hunting #ronspomeroutdoors #conservation #sustainablehunting #sustainableuse #stripes #huntervationist

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A bit of bling on some Fausti over/unders. I’ll have to test and review a couple of these for Sporting Classics soon. Oh! the humanity. #fausti #shotgun #overunder #overundershotgun #walnut #exhibitiongradestocks #woodstock #marbledwalnut #ronspomeroutdoors

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Betsy and I at SCI Convention under a sunset photo we set up with PH Jamy Traut in Namibia 18 years ago. SCI continues raising millions for wildlife research, protection, and restoration. #sciconvention2020 #jamytrautsafaris #ronspomeroutdoors #safari #hunting #sustainablehunting @official_sci

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Always fun visiting with the incomparable Kiwi John Scurr, a Guide’s guide and animated encyclopedia of New Zealand history and natural history. Might have to plan another hunt. 2021 anyone? #newzealandtravel #newzealand #newzealandhunting #redstaghunting #johnscurrhuntingtours #kiwilegend #fallowdeer #tahrhunting #tahrhunting #ronspomeroutdoors

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Here’s a juxtaposition to my Cooper rifle photo. Plastic has neither the beauty nor soul of fine walnut. But if pretty is as pretty does, this Ultra Light Arms M20 in 284 Winchester is stunningly gorgeous. The first season I hunted with it: 11 shots, 10 animals. I gave mnt. goat an anchoring shot so it wouldn’t kick over a cliff. With scope, Talley rings, 3 Nosler 140-gr. Partitions aboard, the field-ready rig weighs just under 6 pounds. Groups 3” under 1.25” consistently. That’s been good enough to take everything engaged out to 411 yards, the farthest I’ve ever had to stretch it. Melvin Forbes created a legend with his innovative rifles. Durable, functional, minimal, balanced, deadly and a pure delight to carry. Recoil? Never bothered me or anyone who’s ever shot it. I generally used a Leupold Compact 2-7 or VX3 2.5-8x36 with it. This Nikon has good optical quality, but is 3 or 4 ounces heavier. #ultralightarmsm20 #ultralightarms #ultralightrifle #mountainrifle #fiberglassstocks @talley_rings #nikonscope #huntingrifle #zeisshunting #lowaboots #284win #284winchester #petrifle #favoriterifle #ronspomeroutdoors

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Probably the most gorgeous rifle I’ve ever held. A Cooper M51. And to think they shoot as good as they look. My b-day is coming up. Maybe y’all could take up a collection... I’d like @jessekaufmanengraving to do the metalwork. #rifle #cooperfirearms #engraving #walnut #woodstock #leupoldoptics #marbledwalnut #beauty #craftsmanship #ronspomeroutdoors

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Sorry for the poor photo quality. Just a grab shot from the Uberti booth at SHOT Show. This is an all new falling block single shot in 303 British I’ll get to test drive for American Hunter magazine. #rifle #ubertiusa #singleshot #fallingblock #303british #303brit

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Farewell November until we meet again. #mossberg #28gauge #pheasantsforever #pheasanthunting #englishsetter #covey #beirlsetters #wildfowlerconcealment #uplandvest #quailforever #dtsystems #ecollar #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch @wildfowlerconcealment

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Never mind the out-of-focus hunter. Look what stepped out of the foliage on left. Think he’ll hit it? #blacktaildeerhunting #steinbeckwinery #closeenough #deerhunting #slamdunk #venison #venisonontheway #ronspomeroutdoors

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Seeing a lot more interest in lever actions. Not surprising when they look as good as this Win. 86 reproduction from Pedersoli and Italian Firearms Group. #45-70 #4570govt #ifg #italianfirearmsgroup #levergun #cowboygun #ronspomeroutdoors #rifles #winchester86 #shotshow2020

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Quoth the raven , “walk some more.” Pies crow from #Namibia #namibnaukluftpark #immenhofsafaris #wildlifephotography #crow #raven #sanddunes #redsand #dune #ronspomeroutdoors #walking #tracks #makingtracks #naturephotography #birdphotography

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Oryx, sand dunes, Namibia @immenhofsafaris #africa #safari #wildlifephotography #reddunes #namib #namibdesert #oryx #gemsbuck #immenhofsafaris #immenhofhunting #ronspomeroutdoors

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Be yourself. Or should we title this grow where you’re planted? How a lone elm manages to survive in a KS tall grass prairie always surprises me. #highkeyphotography #solo #standapart #individuality #autonomous #tree #prairie #grassland #ronspomeroutdoors

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My friend Jesse Kaufman scratches on gun metal and turns it into this. Not bad for a former rock band drummer. #engraving #metalengraving #jessekaufman #dakotaarms #rifle #scoperings #ronspomeroutdoors @jessekaufmanengraving

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The old 30-30 Win. Still enough “gun” for deer? And is it a sacrilege to put a scope on a lever action like this Mossberg 464? #30-30 #3030 #3030winchester #leveraction #leveractionrifle #riflescope #cowboygun #ronspomeroutdoors #mossbergrifle #deerhunting #rifle

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We break from our regularly scheduled snow videos to bring you this reminder of warmer days afield. 20 ga. SIGSauer B. Rizzini Aurora Gold and a brace of KS bobwhites from a Walk-In field I’d never seen before. #quailhunting #bobwhitequail #gentlemanbob #20gauge #overunder #overundershotgun #bismuthshot #ronspomeroutdoors #kansashunting #uplandbirdhunting #quailforever

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Reminds me of bread rising above the pan. Two months ago this pan was empty. Should be more than adequate snow pack this year. #winter #snowpack #buriedtreasure #trailers #snowseason #winterwonderland #deep #noseasonlikesnowseason

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Betsy and Covey enjoying another plowing run down the driveway. They seem to think a windshield would be a useful addition to the Ranger. Wimps. #snow #plowing #drivewaymaintenance #snowplowing #polarisranger900xp #weatherwool #covey #englishsetter #beirlsetters @beirlsetters #happy #dancingspringsranch

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Can I have this for breakfast? Huh? Can I? #coveythewonderdog #covey #englishsetter #beirlsetters #cheerios #breakfast #fetch #retriever #ronspomeroutdoors #thatsamouthfull

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In this blog find Photos and details on how to combine photo with hunting safari to support sustainable wildlife survival in Namibia. It’s an uplifting story and wonderful opportunity. #ronspomeroutdoors #namibiasafari #safari #photosafari #sustainablewildlifeconservationist #immenhofsafaris #africa #photohunt

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One of most colorful birds in Namibia. Lilac-breasted Roller. Always a safari treat. #roller #bird #namibiabirds #africanbirds #lilacbreastedroller #immenhofsafaris #purple #lilac #ronspomeroutdoors #songbird #birdphotography

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The hens are doing a bang up job for January. #eggs #offthegridliving #offgrid #backyardchickens #dancingspringsranch #homeeggs #lifeonthefly #chicken #ronspomeroutdoors

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