My Motivational Hobbies

With summer time coming up, you need to start preparing for some of your outdoor camping trips, hikes, fishing trips, and whatever else you like doing in the woods. There are new things that are being invented and created every day that are there to inspire you to do and use whether its an idea or a product. I am going to share some ideas that I found cool that I would recommend using when you're out in the mountains.  Infinite Fire Builder Have you ever just wanted to sit back and enjoy the fire and not have to worry about getting up and finding wood to throw on the fire? Well there is a solution to that now! With this system that was created, you can load all of your firewood on the rack and as the wood burns into nothing, a new log slides down into the fire and will constantly stay lit with the never ending supply of wood. Now you will have plenty of time to sit back in your chair and enjoy your beverage and the sweet sounds of nature.  Bye, Bye Mosquitoes Ge...

During all of my free time I make sure to get outside and go for a hike with my best friend. Together, him and I have discovered many different paths and trails and we have both learned so much from each other. To me, he is my yellow side kick. He is always headed in the path that I want to take. He is full of energy and his love for the mountain is identical to the love I share with it as well. He enjoys the sticks thrown out into the middle of all of the bushes and trees so that he has to use every smarts that he has to sniff that thing out. The water breaks at the lookout points of our hikes is where we really grow that bond. Its just him and I hanging out like the best of friends and we wouldn't want to be doing anything else.  To him, I am his guidance. I lead the way and instruct him on where to go. He relies on me to give him his proper commands and signals to make sure I put him in the right direction. He sees me and knows that we are about to create new memorie...

This trip was definitely an interesting trip and some things happened that I can check off as a first. A friend of mine called and told me that he was going up the canyon for a quick fishing trip and that I should join him. Obviously I had to say yes. I was a pretty overcast day in the city that we live in but just up the mountain you could tell it had been raining pretty heavily. We decided to head up the mountain anyways because fish are always hungry and plus, what could a little rain do? We packed up our gear and loaded some extra rain clothes so we could keep fishing and stay dry. As we were driving up the canyon we noticed a bunch of cars were parked along the side of the highway and everyone was heading over towards a bridge that crossed a little stream that runs through the canyon. We were curious of what was going on so we decided to stop and see what was up. When we got to the bridge area where everyone was gathered, we could hear some talking about a flash flood that was...

People wait all year long for this time of year. It's almost May and that means the results of hunting applications here in Utah should start rolling in. Here in Utah you have to apply to obtain a tag to hunt a certain animal. Some hunts like bull elk and bighorn sheep are the hunts that people dream of getting a tag for because they are usually a once in a lifetime draw so people are always so anxious to find out their results. This year I applied for a mule deer tag and a once in a lifetime bull elk tag in southern Utah. The likelihood of me drawing out a mule deer tag is very high because they hand out so many tags each year for that hunt and people are usually almost guaranteed that tag. But for the elk hunt, that's a complete different story. I have been trying for 10 years to draw this elk tag and have been unsuccessful every time but the way the system works is if you don't draw out for that year then you receive a bonus point for your next years application a...

Its that time of year. The snow is melting and the ice is disappearing on the larger bodies of water here in Utah and you know what that means...fish are hungry! The spring time is my favorite time of the year. Its that time when I can wipe the dust off of my fly pole and clean up my waders so I can get back out on the waters to catch some amazing fish. This last weekend I traveled to Kolob Reservoir in Southern Utah to where all of the big fish come out to play. I was joined by my 4 college roommates as we prepared for an eventful day of fishing. The fun thing about Kolob this time of year is only artificial flies are allowed as bait for fishing so we are usually the only ones out on the lake because fly fishing is usually not as popular as other fishing techniques. As we arrived at the lake, we were quite disappointed because of the low water level. We hadn't heard of the repairs that the lake was undergoing before the winter hit so we were pretty upset when we saw that it wa...

Native Americans used to hunt down animals and gather food and resources everyday in order for their tribes to stay alive. Hunting animals wasn't something that they just did for fun. The animals that they harvested would provide food for families for several days and would make sure that people were healthy enough to continue on their everyday adventures. Today, the tradition is carried on by our generation so that we can get a healthy source of meat while also controlling the herd sizes of the animals. With me being a 1/4 Native American, I love carrying on the tradition of my ancestors and I will continue to do it for as long as I live. The Process There are strict rules when it comes to hunting specific animals. Each country, state, or city has its own guidelines that you must follow because it is a privilege that we get to harvest such great animals for the better. Here in Utah, I hunt Mule Deer and Elk. The time period to hunt those animals is in the Fall and that is beca...