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Jim Mize

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Jim Mize has written humor and nostalgia for magazines including Gray's Sporting Journal, Fly Fisherman Magazine, Field & Stream, and a number of conservation magazines, picking up over fifty Excellence In Craft awards along the way. His most recent book, a collection of humor for fly fisherman entitled A Creek Trickles Through It, was awarded best outdoor book in 2014 by the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association. More on Jim and his writing activities can be found at acreektricklesthroughit.com

Recent Posts

How to tell you're freezing

How to tell you're freezing

Hypothermia is no laughing matter, yet in a number of ways, it’s a funny ailment. For starters, it doesn’t have to be freezing for you to be...

Attack of the armadillos

Attack of the armadillos

I have good news and bad news regarding armadillos. The bad news is that we’re under attack by armadillos. The good news is that if we build forts to...

Just for the smell of it

Just for the smell of it

The history of deer scents is rich and colorful, mainly because for a long time, hunters have stunk. And when it comes to deer, stinking matters....

The problem with dove hunting

The problem with dove hunting

The problem with dove hunting is that it’s done in front of witnesses.

Getting stuck

Getting stuck

Funny how things change. When I first started hunting, we all wanted four-wheel-drive vehicles to get us out of big mud holes; now people want...

Allergic to turkeys

Allergic to turkeys

Thinking about turkey hunting gives me the shivers. It can happen late on a cool evening as I wonder where they’ll roost, or on a drive as a dark...

The scandalous world of bees

The scandalous world of bees

Scandalous books about the private lives of bees have dominated the best seller lists in years past. Since I never read them, I can hardly dispute or...

The princess is packing

The princess is packing

Life comes at us in waves; some are the little ones you drift over and enjoy the ride.  Others are rogues that knock you down and leave you sputtering.

It's never easy choosing a taxidermist

It's never easy choosing a taxidermist

Finally. After a lifetime of pursuit, unbudging hours shivering in your blind like a naked frat pledge on an ice block, and too many alarm clocks...

A creek trickles through it

A creek trickles through it

Droughts sometimes settle on us like the plagues of Egypt, but without the locusts. You would think we might at least get some free bait. Global...