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“John (John Simeone) was raised in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and was home schooled in Journalism by his mother. A script writer for WNBC in New York, Hazel Simeone and her husband Frank inhabited the 21 Club in New York. There they hung out with the Rat Pack, Ernest Hemingway and Robert Ruark. John’s father Frank was a famous musician with Paul Whiteman. Hazel insisted they move back to Arkansas where she read the works of Robert Ruark to young John. This was the basis of his motivation as an Outdoor Writer.

What is inside the scopes I use
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What is inside the scopes I use?

January 15, 2017 ODU Admin Comments Off on What is inside the scopes I use?

I have been using Bushnell Banner and Trophy Scopes for about 35 years. Leupold, Burris, Simmons and Swift are all in my collection. I have only seen one scope break and it wasn’t one of […]

Aim Small Miss Small
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Aim Small Miss Small

January 13, 2017 ODU Admin Comments Off on Aim Small Miss Small

Plinking with a .22 rifle is the way young Americans learn how to shoot. We have been doing that from Daniel Boone to Kris Kile and it will continue. I remember shortly after Desert Storm […]

Rudolph the Red Nose Rifle 1
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Rudolph the Red Nose Rifle

December 26, 2016 ODU Admin Comments Off on Rudolph the Red Nose Rifle

The Henry Rifle Company sent me two fine rifles for the season, I have been bragging about them ever since. The 45-70 was sent specifically due to our large Wild Boars that inhabit about every […]

I never quit
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I never quit

December 14, 2016 ODU Admin Comments Off on I never quit

Yesterday it was very cold and clear at Dewy W. Wills WMA, Alaska taught me how to deal with the cold, so I was ready. There were about 500 hunters that checked in; I figured […]

Three Days in a Tree
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Three Days in a Tree

November 30, 2016 ODU Admin Comments Off on Three Days in a Tree

Ft Polk Wildlife Management Area is a beautiful place, the Green Mansions. A good place for me to hunt Turkey, Deer and Wild Boar all public land but few go there. It can be a […]

Henry and All American
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Henry and All American

November 25, 2016 ODU Admin Comments Off on Henry and All American

They drafted my father out of Paul Whiteman’s band just before WWII. If you ever listen to the beginning clarinet solo of Rhapsody in Blue, well that’s Frank Simeone, my good father. Now most of […]

A Tale of Two Rifles
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A Tale of Two Rifles

November 21, 2016 ODU Admin Comments Off on A Tale of Two Rifles

I understand there are 14 golf clubs in a complete bag. I don’t play golf because it would take time away from my hunting, shooting or fishing. Since there is no such thing as an […]

Backyard Safari
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Backyard Safari

September 26, 2016 ODU Admin Comments Off on Backyard Safari

  In all my outdoor hunting experience I never hunted with a Pellet Gun At the advent of the Louisiana Spring Squirrel Season a few years ago I  decided it would make a good article.  […]