I have two forlorn does waiting in the Love Shack for a visit from The Hunter’s Wife’s buck. And, he ain’t showed up yet.

You have to remember … my postal address is near the home of “Rednecks for Obama.” Hey, guys, with the appointments of Justices Sotomayor and Kagan to the Supreme Court, to quote Sarah Palin, “How’s that … workin’ out for ya?”

Sometimes, you head out to see something big, really big, like a life-sized elephant made of recycled tires, and you wind up focusing on a dirty sock.

We’re planning an outdoor wedding in Belize. Our daughter is marrying Camo Mom’s son, a Marine who is studying to be a wildlife biologist. Camo Mom and I are wondering what to wear to a wedding on a pier, and we’re also thinking about going fishing while we’re on the island.

What a let down … here Babbs got all psyched up, ready to go and visit one of the outdoor places on her Bucket List of Outdoor Things to Do … only to be disappointed by the tawdriness of the Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery.

She needs help, Babbs does … finding an antler chandelier for the old house. Suggest one for her and win a prize if she picks your recommendation. Go ahead, be an interior decorator and you, too, might win Missouri black walnuts dipped in dark chocolate!

She needs help, Babbs does … finding an antler chandelier for the old house. Suggest one for her and win a prize if she picks your recommendation. Go ahead, be an interior decorator and you, too, might win Missouri black walnuts dipped in dark chocolate!

“Uh, Barb,” said the general contractor. “All the power went out because of a squirrel.” And thus starts Babbs in the Woods’ diatribe on squirrels at her ranch in the Ozark.

Trial and error. Live and learn. That’s about all I can write so far about my foray in the world of bowhunting.

“OK, so that’s not an ‘old man’s’ ball cap, Mom. That’s a trucker style.” I got the lowdown on ball caps from my daughter – the one who advises me on shopping trips using three words: frumpy or not frumpy.

My pal, Lisa Metheny, and I got up before dawn and headed out to Orange Beach last May to meet the Turtle TSar, Mike Reynolds. We were in Alabama, courtesy of the Alabama Gulf Coast CVB, to fish and report about the current state of the Gulf and its waters.

It was not a typical ladies’ night. I mean, how many ladies’ nights have a bear spray dude on hand, and women in camo? Read about Babbs and Kirstie’s most extraordinary night out at the Powder Horn in Bozeman, Mont.

It was not a typical ladies’ night. I mean, how many ladies’ nights have a bear spray dude on hand, and women in camo? Read about Babbs and Kirstie’s most extraordinary night out at the Powder Horn in Bozeman, Mont.

“Dude! What is totally with the pink boat?” My pal, Kirstie Pike (Prois Hunting Apparel), and I heard that and we saw that attitude as our guide Robert Eddins, of RO Drift Boats, Bozeman, Mont., rowed us down the Madison River for a little outing in the pink boat.

Profiling is not always a bad thing … take for example, profiling when it comes to inviting women to participate in outdoor traditions with you. See how the national numbers of women immigrants adds up to big time needing to do something about this rise in population and its unfamiliarity with outdoor pursuits.

I’m in love again. This time it’s with two little girls that together don’t even weigh five pounds: Velma and Bertha, my twin granddaughters who now lie in state-of-the-art incubators in a hospital too far away from my home.

It’s been a year of infestations … scabies, chiggers, ticks, you name it. Here’s a little story about Babbs’ trip to SD where her sister’s body became a cheap motel for all the chiggers in the county.

Even when life hits you with good stuff, it’s overwhelming sometimes! For example, our only daughter and therefore, our favorite daughter, just announced about 10 days ago, that she and Camo Mom’s son are getting hitched. I am responsible for introducing the two of them, and now, in January, I will stand on a beach […]

What’d she do on her summer vacation? Why, Babbs went up high to conquer her fear of heights. At first she thought of it like a 40-foot-tall tree stand to climb, but then, the high ropes’ course stretched out in front of her, and she’d have to cross it in order to exit via the zipline.

What’d she do on her summer vacation? Why, Babbs went up high to conquer her fear of heights. At first she thought of it like a 40-foot-tall tree stand to climb, but then, the high ropes’ course stretched out in front of her, and she’d have to cross it in order to exit via the zipline.

Have you been putting off a fishing trip to the Gulf because of the oil leak? Give it a rethink. There are good deals to be had and fish to be reeled in.

We watched “Dirty Harry” last weekend. Our daughter gave her dad the “Dirty Harry” series DVD set for Father’s Day. I was enjoying the setting – the early 1970s in San Francisco. Watching the cars, noticing the polyester plaid suits, long sideburns. We used to hang out in San Fran when we were newlyweds and […]

I’m dabbling in videography. It’s sad but true, but take a look at my personal tour of the BlackHawk! bus anyway and give me feedback!

Happy Fourth of July! I will spend part of the weekend at our local shooting range, celebrating my Second Amendment freedoms. I hope you will be able to say the same.

Talk about a perfect example of excellence in branding … I give you the Browning Buckmark. No, actually, Browning gave that to us about 32 years ago in 1978. Designed by Browning art director Don Bailey, the Buckmark debuted as part of the Browning Centennial celebration. Since then, it has appeared on plenty of Browning’s […]

Yeah! Hooray! Another victory for gun rights took place when the Supreme Court held that the Constitution’s Second Amendment restrains government’s ability to significantly limit “the right to keep and bear arms.” The vote was a 5-4 split – typical these days, especially when it comes to firearms cases.

I knew it had to be too good to be true. First I spent a day fly fishing on a beautiful stream last week in the Ozarks with friends and family and then, my husband and I flew to California to spend time sipping wine with family, riding on a vintage steam train and eating […]

Barbara Baird, aka Babbs in the Woods, writes a heart-warming tribute to her dad, who said, “Don’t smoke by a haystack.”

The future of shooting sports is bright, bright, bright — especially since it has 13-year-old Molly Smith at the forefront, leading the pack of teens who are nipping at the heels of the established shooters, and already understanding the importance of communicating about their love of shooting. Read Molly Smith’s interview here at The WON, and see if you don’t just have a little hint of a smile during the course of the interview.

No bikinis in these shots. No tawdry come-hither, heavy-on-the-lip-gloss looks at the camera. Just pure joy of a woman whose beauty from the inside radiates to the outside and who just caught a big ole fish on a fly rod. Thanks to Hannah Belford and her blog, flyfishergirl.com, she highlights women fly fishers in a […]

Camp is a good thing to go to … even if you’re an adult. So learns Babbs, who is catching up on sleep after spending time with 100 women on the campus of Boys & Girls Town Missouri this past weekend in a program called Changing Prisms.