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Mike Wilson: New Year’s traditions and a Museum of Ham

Everyone has their New Year’s traditions. My granddaddy used to get country hams and fresh tenderloin from a childhood friend, Jumper, who stuck with farming ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Monday, January 1, 2024 12:50 am

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Columns

Mike Wilson: Oh, he will be back …. and so will I

I suppose I am sometimes viewed as “portly” by those with enriched active vocabularies. Accordingly, my chest waders (to use the nomenclature of most outdoor ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:32 am

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Guest Column

Mike Wilson: A grand sweep, thanks to Hampden-Sydney

Back when our girls were small, my teaching schedule at Hampden-Sydney College allowed us to make a grand sweep of the eastern U.S. during summer ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, November 24, 2023 12:23 am

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Mike Wilson: I used to be a Meherrin deer hound

My last time serving as a deer hound happened in Meherrin.  Now I have been duck hunting a few times with others who had well-trained ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, November 3, 2023 3:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: Stanley and the Dirt Clod

After reading my recent piece on confessions, my daughter hastened to inform me that I had left out a very important one, so here goes: ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, October 12, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: A story to tell about Briery Creek

When the Briery Creek Wildlife Management Area, featuring hundreds of acres of flooded timber for bass fishing and duck hunting, opened in Prince Edward County ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, October 6, 2023 10:15 pm

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Columns

Mike Wilson: A handy guide to low disposable income fowling

A well-heeled middle-aged acquaintance of mine recently decided to take up fowling for the first time and asked for my guidance in gearing up for ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:01 am

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Mike Wilson: Time for some confessions

While channel surfing recently, I happened upon “The Goonies,” a family favorite from the mid-80’s. I landed on that wonderful scene in which Chunk, believing ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, August 30, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: Let’s give a requiem for Sweet Sally

It is a significant understatement to declare that my friend The DC (apologies to Phil, but doesn’t every veteran duck-hunting crew have one by now?) ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, August 23, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: The story of me and Mr. French

I still remember meeting Mr. French for the first time very clearly, even though it has now been almost 60 years ago. How could I ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, August 16, 2023 2:10 pm

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HUNTING

Mike Wilson: Farmville, this is the hidden art of lulling mallards

My good friend the Boss Man and I often joke about lulling our opponents into complacency during match play in golf by losing hole after ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Tuesday, August 1, 2023 7:11 am

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Mike Wilson: Some tailrace tales outside of Prince Edward County

More the gourmand than the gourmet, I have never been especially intrigued by all those stories in outdoor magazines about pursuing tiny native cutthroats in ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Saturday, July 15, 2023 1:10 am

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COLUMN

Mike Wilson: Happy 100th birthday, Mr. Enfield!

As I get along in years, I find myself consciously checking items off my “bucket list” like many others, I suppose. Our 40th anniversary trip ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, June 21, 2023 6:00 am

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COLUMN

Mike Wilson: Let me tell you about my father

My good father died of mesothelioma in 1992 at the age of 57 — much too young — on the same day as the richest ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:15 pm

Farmville

COLUMN

Mike Wilson: Here we go, Farmville, another Gar in the boat

Well, Farmville, I guess you could say I had a way of getting myself into unusual predicaments when I was a boy because I was ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, May 24, 2023 5:30 pm

COLUMN

Mike Wilson: Where there’s a will, there’s a Wayne

I pretty much retired from dove hunting when the state opened up the “resident goose season” several years ago after reflecting that a single goose ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, May 17, 2023 12:30 pm

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Church & Community

Mike Wilson: Dear Farmville, I’m not a caffeine addict, I promise

Apparently I scarred my grown daughters for life by chugging down a Red Bull at 2 a.m. We were somewhere off I-95 as we raced ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Monday, May 1, 2023 11:01 am

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Columns

Mike Wilson: Leaving Farmville for vacation was not a good idea

One thing I’ve learned in Farmville and elsewhere is when you’re hot, you’re hot. No, not that great Jerry Reed song from the “Smokey and ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Monday, April 24, 2023 2:34 am

COLUMN

Mike Wilson: Hunting with the King

Sorry, this is not about Elvis, though I did encounter him twice as a teenager in Memphis. The first time, I was working all night ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, April 21, 2023 12:10 pm

Guest Column

Mike Wilson: Down Mexico way

In light of the most recent round of border disturbances, Mexico no longer calls to me as it once did, but there was a time ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, April 5, 2023 12:00 pm

Guest Column

Mike Wilson: Let’s talk about my cousin Chris

Christian Sorenson Bennett, one year my senior, was my favorite boyhood cousin. He was named after his Danish grandfather (my great-grandfather), a fisherman who had ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:15 pm

COLUMN

Mike Wilson: Lick Creek days: The bream rock

As a sexagenarian, I have lost almost all of my enthusiasm for baking outdoors in the summer midday sun for most any reason. Period. I ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, March 8, 2023 12:00 pm

Guest Column

Mike Wilson: Vehicles I have known and not necessarily loved

There is an arresting and memorable image in “Sensation of Velocity,” a Vanguardist poem from the 1920’s by Jorge Luis Borges: that of a sleek ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:15 pm

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Guest Column

Mike Wilson: Here’s some variations on buck fever

I shot my first deer as an adult in Virginia about 35 years ago. Here’s a story of a couple variations of buck fever. When ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 12:00 pm

COLUMN

Mike Wilson: Lick Creek days: My river family

After I recently lectured to a Hispanic culture class about the profound importance of “fictive kinship” (social bonds unrelated to blood or marriage) in Latino ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 11:00 am

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Guest Column

Mike Wilson: It was a case of death by salami

I fear that, when conversations turn toward my historic inclusion on the Hap’s Grill Wall of Fame, I may sometimes seem braggadocious. (Okay, I confess ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, January 11, 2023 1:02 am

OPINION

Mike Wilson: Vaya con Dios, Jorge

It’s been a year now since my dear friend Jorge (aka Dr. Jorge Antonio Silveira y Montes de Oca) passed away at 93 in home ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, January 4, 2023 12:45 pm

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