I've just returned from South Dakota where I'd been hunting for a few days with a friend, Perry Bunting. I'm a little sore this morning, but that's to be expected after three days of scaling the prairie hillsides. Let's just...

...turkey on the brain for a while now. Last week in South Dakota I bagged my first Merriam's turkey. I hunted with Perry Bunting and Dave Sapletal, area residents who both are avid turkey hunters. We hit the road early last Friday to put some...

...going to want to get up at 4 a.m. and take care of our kids? Grandma and Grandpa were out of town. Our friend, Perry Bunting, was kind enough to watch our son, Mac, while we hunted for the big tom. We got into the woods at 8:30 a.m...

...Sapletal, Jim Pfaff and Curt Brown, I headed out of town the morning after getting blasted by another April snowstorm. Perry Bunting was supposed to be our driver. Perry had all of his gear packed and had the camper on the pickup but wasn't able...

...trophy whitetail and know my odds improve in Ripley. So this year I figured I'll give it another shot. A friend, Perry Bunting, who's full of quotable quotes, put it well. "If you're gonna win the prize," Perry said, "you gotta play...

...by Robert Peterson of Hugo. Other hunters who harvested large bucks were Andrew Breth, St. Cloud, 209 pounds; Perry Bunting, Brainerd, 208 pounds; Jeremy Steffens, St. Michael, 204 pounds; Jeffrey Carlson, Waconia, 202 pounds; Thomas...

...didn't get drawn to hunt turkeys in Minnesota, so we're heading for Mobridge, S.D. I'll be hunting with Perry Bunting, a friend an avid turkey hunter who has three sons. With his wife, Cindy, Perry will tote his three little ones...