Keith Mark’s Blog
An Old Hunting Story – Part 5 – Christmas
TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK An Old Hunting Story – Part 5 “Christmas” This is a continuation of “An Old Hunting Story” I recommend you start at the beginning! It has been a while since I last updated you about my friend, John. After we took him home for a special Thanksgiving, John seemed to gain…
Read MoreKeith Mark – Heartland Values
I pen this article on my way home from Washington DC, our Nation’s capital. I was honored to be invited by John Stubbins to represent Hunter Nation, and speak at an event in northern Virginia alongside the likes of General Michael Flynn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, former director of ICE, Tom Homan, etc. It…
Read MoreThe Season of Time
TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK The Season of Time As I sit here in my tree stand, I can’t help but admire how beautiful the fall Kansas woods are. Fall came late this year, but as it has for each of my sixty-three years, it did arrive. One thing for certain, fall will always follow summer,…
Read MoreA PERFECT DREAM
TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK A Perfect Dream This is a continuation from An Old Hunting Story” parts one and two followed by “John’s Farm” and “John Goes Home for Thanksgiving”. I recommend you read those stories first! It was one of those fall-summer days that the old-timers like to talk about. The calendar says it’s fall, but the weather…
Read MoreA Great Florida Hunting Story
TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK A Great Florida Hunting Story (With a sad ending) I love the way our hunting traditions get passed down from generation to generation. That’s how it happened in my life. Both of my Grandfathers hunted. My Dad and all of my Uncles hunted. I started hunting at a very early age,…
Read MoreTeach them Right
TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK Teach them Right It happened so fast that all I could do was act instinctively. As I came around the corner into the dimly lit alley, I saw my partner kneeling over a teenage-looking boy, who appeared to be injured. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a hooded…
Read MoreWelcome 2022 A bowhunter’s resolutions!
TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK Welcome 2022 A bowhunter’s resolutions! As I head into a New Year, I always look back to assess what I did right and where I missed the Mark. (Pun intended!) Also, like most of us, I try to make some realistic resolutions that I can, and will, live up to. This…
Read MoreA CHRISTMAS BUCK
TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK A CHRISTMAS BUCK I was only eleven years old when I first met Mr. Barnes. Mom and Dad had just bought the farm in Wheat Creek, and he owned the farm just west of us. He was the first person I met after we moved in, and although that was more…
Read MoreRight On the Mark – EP17 – Kyle Crickenberger and Coyote Contests
Episode Summary Expand Transcript – Episode 17 Expand Right On The Mark 0:00 Right On The Mark Episode 17, recorded July 2021, featuring Kyle Crickenberger starts right now. He is hunted all across America and around the world. rifle, pistol, shotgun, crossbow compound traditional, he uses them. He’s an outfitter, an award winning outdoor television…
Read MoreHAPPY FREEDOM DAY
By anyone’s standards, we are living in a crazy time! The “damndemic” has been hard on all of us, and many are rightfully concerned about the future. As we celebrate America’s 245th birthday, take a big deep breath and remember, we still are living in the greatest country in the world! Although there is much…
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