Roger Wiltz

Deer season is important to me, and we are currently in the midst of our South Dakota deer hunting season. West River Rifle ended Nov. 20, but East River Rifle runs through Sunday, and then resumes with antlerless tags on Dec. 31 through the Jan. 8. Archery, as well as Muzzleloader,...

Editor's note: This column first appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan on Nov. 28, 1987. It was rerun in the P&D as "The Best of Wiltz" on February 1, 1992. I had this dream the other night that left me terror stricken until I woke up and found Betsy beside me. Often something happens...

The Vietnam Era was not the best of times.

About a month ago, I wrote in detail about a fishing trip with friends on northwest Ontario's Kwinigans Lake. I mentioned that during the first two days, the action was slower than one might expect on pristine waters. Jeff Doom, my boat partner, brought up the slow action as a topic...

In gathering my thoughts for today's column on waterfowl hunting and non-toxic shot, I got to thinking about the old days and some of the old-timers I hung around with. Gus Wilson came to mind.

Back in the Aug. 3 column, I reported that I had failed to draw a West River Deer tag for the first time in 46 years. I'll be out there on the Nov. 12 opener with Mike, my faithful West River Deer partner, but I'll be toting either my shotgun or a varmint rifle and predator call....

What about Cecil the lion? I have purposely avoided the subject of Cecil the Lion until the actual facts emerged as opposed to the liberal media's fabricated story. Cecil was a 13 year-old male African lion who lived on and around Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. His death has been...

A popular food chain likes to brag in its TV commercials that their chickens are not fed with genetically enhanced feeds. If we want to pay $3 instead of a $1 for a dozen eggs, we can buy eggs produced by anabolic-free chickens. Do the fussy consumers who buy so-called "organic" poultry...

Over the years, I feel that I've done a reasonably good job as a public speaker. Engagements have ranged from graduation addresses and athletic banquets to community foundation nights, conventions and church congregations. One in particular stands out in my mind. It was very evident...

Over the years, I feel that I've done a reasonably good job as a public speaker. Engagements have ranged from graduation addresses and athletic banquets to community foundation nights, conventions and church congregations. One in particular stands out in my mind. It was very evident...

My wife Betsy and I, with the help of Lisa, our middle daughter, have fallen into an annual summer routine of following the Chicago Cubs to a city we haven't visited in the past. On Friday morning, July 8, we left Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, and headed for Pittsburgh. Prior to that, we...

Laurie Dawn, our oldest child, turned 50 earlier this year. In thinking about her milestone, it brought back memories. Some of my fondest included teaching her and her sister to swim and dive in one afternoon at the Huron city pool. There were camping trips with the old boat in which...