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Wish me luck: I’m walleye bound for Detroit River
As I told Struttin’ Time readers a few weeks ago, I’ll be heading north in 14 days to fish for walleye as they move up the Detroit River to spawn. I’m so excited. The wait is getting shorter, and this is the trip I’ve been looking forward to all winter. The guide told me we can expect to catch walleye in the 11-pound range. Wow. When we catch walleye around here, they’re usually in the 17- or 18-inch range. I caught my biggest walleye this summer on Lake Cumberland — a 27-incher — and I was shocked.
Mountaineer steps in to help catch a turkey
What a way to start 2026. Last week we had a story on our friend and fellow columnist, Greg Caudill, and now we’re doing a story about my brother, Rick Brewer, who lives in North Carolina. Rick is always doing this and that to make some extra money. Although he is an over-the-road truck driver, he still is involved in other projects that look as though he can make a few dollars, but in my opinion, always loses money.
‘Better a buck down than not buck at all’
I love kids, and if I could have afforded them, I would have had a dozen. I love it when kids go hunting. It keeps them out of trouble, and hunting will leave them with a lifetime of memories. This is a story about one of my favorites, 15-year Luci Woolery, daughter of my friends Jason and Alyssa Woolery from here in Estill County, where I now live. Luci is an all-around good kid who loves school, sports and hunts every chance she gets.
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After my wife Sharon and I went to an old-fashioned stir off, I began to wonder if anyone remembers the stir offs put on by me and my cousin Ester Ison in Letcher County. Ester sponsored the stir off during the Mountain Heritage Festival at her farm on UZ. I was one fun time, and the last time she did it she said, “Stevie, it is just too much work, and we are getting too old.” Now I understand that some of her family members are now running the farm.
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I love our people, although we don’t really live “in” the mountains, we live in cracks in the mountains. Pine Mountain is 4,000 feet high. If we did live in a mountain, we wouldn’t have flooding, slides, or the things we face. This past week I got word of the Red River Museum Pioneer Day being held in Clay City, Kentucky. I knew I had to be there, to watch the old-time craftsmen do their thing. As I arrived, I knew in my heart I was with our people. I knew I feel right at home, and I did.
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Misty Combs deserves much praise If by chance you did not read this story in The Mountain Eagle or see the video on the paper’s Facebook page, maybe you saw it on the state or national level. If you haven’t read it or seen it, you must be living in a cave. I am talking about the drunken baby raccoon named “Otis Campbell” and the […]
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Tribute to old hunters was very nice As Labor Day has passed, it has not gone without remembering the year 1958, when I became old enough to go with my father and his friends on their annual squirrel hunt in the Daniel Boone National Forest. The hunt started in 1954 when my dad and the others in the original group — Toby Brewer, Henry Sword, Clyde Maggard, […]
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Annual fishing trip was a success As loyal Struttin’ Time readers noticed last week, there was no column. There are two reasons why. First, I had another operation on my foot. Secondly, it was once again my baby’s birthday. Yep, my daughter Nema has made another trip around the sun, and every year for the past 20 years or so, we have gone on a guided […]
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He’s stumped by this large leader Well, it’s a fine mess I find myself in, and it has nothing to do about anything, really, only my need to know. As Struttin’ Time readers know, I have been hunting since I was six years old, and fishing longer than that. My dad, who was an avid hunter and fisherman, would load us up in the old Dodge […]
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Snake hunting is not for Steve I was chatting with my friend Donald Herron of Whitesburg fame the other day and reading about his snake hunting adventures. I love his stories but hate snakes with a passion. When it comes to snakes, my favorite saying is “Lord, feet don’t fail me now.” But as Struttin’ Time readers know, I enjoy every hunting and fishing tale that […]
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No more Linefork Creek fishing? I watched a YouTube show this week put together by my buddy Greg “Gabby” Caudill. I love to watch his show, “Fishing with Gabby.” He is an awesome fisherman, and I never fail to enjoy his shows. My grandpa used to tell me, “Son, things change every day, we just don’t pay attention to them.” This fact hit me square […]
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They were the best breakfasts ever Please mark your calendar for the third Saturday in August. Squirrel season opens that day, which is the 16th. I have a coal truck load of memories of growing up in McRoberts as a child and how excited we all would be to head for the mountains to try to get one of those pesky little furry animals that always […]
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Beware: Bag limit may be coming I want to make you Struttin’ Time readers aware that our Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife appears to be ready to mess with our wild turkey hunting season, and it isn’t going to be good. It appears to me that what they are doing this time is changing our bag limit from two longbeards a season to just one. […]
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A wild turkey can cost $10,000? I want my loyal readers of Struttin’ Time to just take a few moments to look at the picture of this turkey from Mexico. He is called a Gould and is the largest of the six sub-species of wild turkey. This is a $10,000 turkey. About now you are starting to wonder, “Has Steve lost his mind?” I assure you […]
Comparing Scripture with scripture
This the last installment of our series on conversions in Acts, the “Book of Change.” I pray that these columns have been thought-provoking and life-changing in your relationship with Jesus. We will look at two examples in Acts, one in Corinth and one in Ephesus, and then consult the letters written to those churches; I Corinthians and Ephesians. It is important to study both Acts and the letters to make sure we understand correctly how they were saved.
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Some hunts can’t be forgotten The year was 2014. The place was my friend’s ranch at Moorcroft, Wyoming, where the friend, Major Miller, and myself spent many relaxing days hunting on his 16,000- acre ranch near the Black Hills. But this trip was different. Major wanted me to go after Antelope on his other 9,000-acre ranch in Moorcroft. This hunt would be Major’s last, as […]
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Leave the bears alone — for now Here it is the middle of June, and I am already getting requests from dear friends in Letcher County to please come home during black bear season and rid my place of black bear. One of my friends in Jenkins area said they saw just one a few weeks ago, then today it was three. As I grinned and thought […]
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Heading north for a fishing trip While I always try to leave the fishing stories to Greg ‘Gabby’ Caudill while I stick with the hunting I must apologize to my friend about this column, as it is about a fishing trip I am planning with Captain Larry’s Charter on Lake Erie. For some reason I can’t seem to stay out of the woods hunting, or off […]
Spring squirrel season is here As a kid growing up in McRoberts, I always found time to hunt and fish. Although we had no deer or turkey to hunt, we still managed to hunt almost year-round. I can’t recall a time we couldn’t hunt for something, from a squirrel to racoon. If we treed one racoon all season, we were on top of the world. […]
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Lives are well worth celebrating While “celebrations of life” are becoming more common in in our area, there probably should be more of them. Such celebrations after the death of a friend or loved one allows us to remember the fun times we had with our friend or relative until they finished their journey here. To me, it is much better than grieving over them […]
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Journey was short, but worth it As Struttin’ Time readers know, we have traveled everywhere together hunting and fishing. I have been telling you we were heading up the Kentucky River in hope of fishing all the way to the Ohio River. I finally pulled from my home port on May 1 in Estill County and headed northwest up the Kentucky River with my trusted dog, […]
Emerson releases latest asset management software version
Emerson is helping reliability teams eliminate data silos and expand their capabilities with the release of AMS Machine Works version 1.8. This latest software update unites all modern AMS condition monitoring hardware data under a single platform to help organizations simplify management and increase cybersecurity of their reliability programs in a wide range of process industries, including mining, metals, minerals, oil and gas, chemical, life sciences, water, power and utilities, pulp and...
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Like losing part of your body When we lose a dear friend, it is really like losing a part of your body. This week I lost part of my heart. I learned that my friend from Upton, Wyoming passed away at the age of 57. Don Ballard was the type of man that would do anything for you. He truly “Walked the True Path,” and I […]
Living the resurrection
The above headline says the resurrection has significance that extends beyond a yearly celebration, but throughout the whole life of a Christian. Since the resurrection proved Jesus’ claim to be the Son of God (Romans 1:4), then everything else He said and did were true as well. Every promise He made, every command He gave, every deed He performed was true and right! kAm~?6 @7 E96 >@DE :>A@CE2?E AC@>:D6D :D @FC 36:?8 D2G65 7C@> D:?] ~FC 72:E9 :? y6DFD 36:?8 C2:D65 7C@> E96 5625 C6DF=ED :?
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Still reading Struttin’ Time at 99 In the King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 20:12 says, “Honor thy Father and Mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” This is a story of one fine lady who has followed this saying to the tee. Ruth Ingram Frazier was born on April 18, 1926, in Cumberland, Kentucky. […]
The resurrection of Jesus Christ
Do you ever wonder what Jesus would think of the way that a lot of churches celebrate His resurrection? Does a visit by the Easter Bunny or an Easter egg hunt on the church grounds add to the sanctity and glory of the resurrection of Jesus? Even the name itself, “Easter” has a checkered past which some think is borrowed from the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, “Eostre,” which may explain why the bunny and eggs are so much a part of this particular Sunday.
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5-year-old is a good shot MY first story from the 2025 youth turkey hunt is a dandy. Little Grayson Click, who is five years old, went out with his dad on opening day and was excited when the first gobblers started gobbling. His dad, Cabel, knew he was ready when he got a shot. He knew Grayson not only would put in a perfect shot, […]
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Let’s go turkey hunting! Just a few more days to go, and once again we will be in the mountains chasing the elusive longbeard. Yep, spring turkey season will open for youth on April 5, then for the rest of us on April 12. According to all reports it should be another good year, with many “jakes” being netted and tagged. (Please if you […]
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Please let ‘bearded hens’ walk Spring turkey season open for the youth on April 5 and ends on April 6, and for the rest of us on April 12 and ends May 4. There are a few things I need to write about, the most important being none of us is promised one more step, so don’t put things off until the last minute. If […]
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Fishing the Kentucky, Red rivers As I look out my upstairs office window during one of the worst storms I have ever witnessed in my 78 years, I am looking at the old beat-up cars and trucks, and one motorcycle that passes here 35 times a day. I often wonder what I was thinking by moving from my place in Dry Fork, high on the […]
The realities of life
One of the realities of life is that there is a beginning and there is an ending. We all begin it similarly and yet not all of us finish it well. That is, we leave a lot undone. The “would have, should have, could have” list may be longer than what we accomplished. One of the reasons for this is that we don’t understand just how fragile and frail our time on earth is. kAm(6 2=D@ 92G6 5:77:4F=EJ ;F58:?8 E:>6] s@6D :E D66> E@ J@F =:<6 E96 @=56C J@F 86E[ E96 72DE6C E:>6 7=:6D 3Jnk^Am kAmx 42?
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The skunk won this fight The good news is I got a new round of injections in my back after nearly a year. More good news is I got the notice that I once again was drawn to turkey hunt on April 26 at the Blue Grass Army Depot. Not only is the pain in my back gone, but I have a smile on my […]
Adopting New Tailings Standards for Mine Sustainability Podcast
Miners have always faced the challenge of how best to safely and sustainably manage the vast amounts of uneconomic material left over from the mining process, known as tailings. A new global standard charts a path for the industry to further improve its management practices. In this podcast, Emerson’s Steve Brewer joins me to discuss some of the challenges in adopting the new standard and the role of valve technology in managing tailings successfully.
Turkey season grows nearer Spring is near, which is normally the time of year that my friend Raymond Brown and other members of the turkey hunting crew start standing of the porch around daylight to see if they can pick up on any ole gobblers sounding off. This spring I would bet will be no different. I can see in my mind’s eye Mike […]
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Time to renew hunting licenses The weather has finally given us a break. I’m not saying winter is behind us, but I am saying it will remain a bit warmer for the next few days. By the time you read this, our hunting and fishing licenses will have expired. It is time to renew, and don’t take a chance of getting caught. The Kentucky Department […]
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On Facebook and the weather Well, my wife Sharon asked me if I had written in Struttin’ Time about my computer being hacked and the fact I am no longer on Facebook. She said this is the best avenue to get the word out, and I agree. Anyway, as I move past the Facebook era, we are in for a long winter behind us, as […]
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The rabbits didn’t stand a chance While having my nightly Manhattan and wondering just where I would start picking up on all I am behind on, the telephone rang. It was John Banks, as true a friend as I have ever had and someone who is like a brother to me. John, along with his brother, Steve Banks, Gale Dean Campbell and a few more friends […]
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Life gets in the way once again Please forgive me. I know I am running behind on getting Struttin’ Time stories out, but life just keeps getting in the way. Stick with me as you have always done, and you have my word I will get the stories out. The latest hold up is the death of long time Struttin’ Time reader Peggy Ison. Peggy was my […]
Pup retrieves first mountain bird Last week’s column talked about a bird hunting trip up north by Mike and Michael Watts. In my opinion, and facts will bare it out, the quill, the ruffled grouse and our upland game birds have vanished below huntable levels. Michael told me that his dad, him and his nephew, Eli, went out to hunt some woodcock before they flew […]
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Where have all our grouse gone? Here we go again with another year of Struttin’ Time, another year of fun, and sharing our hunting stories. Welcome back. Years ago, my friend Mike Watts, our circuit court clerk in Letcher County, shared grouse hunting stories with me and I shared them with you. Then our grouse population dropped. At that time, Mike started going out of state […]
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Jenkins youth gets nice buck Sorry my friends, but it is all about the kids, and another kid story has come across my desk, so the rest of the moose hunt story will need to wait. It will probably be in the first Mountain Eagle of 2025, because the old fat man in the red suit is once again hitting the road, and this is […]
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2nd-grade student gets a buck As we wait another week to find out what happened on Daniel Bailey’s Alaska moose hunt, let’s look at another story involving a child hunting. As you know in my world it is all about the kids. It seems that Kenton Terry, known to me a “Joe Cool,” got himself a buck on the second day of modern firearm season. […]
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The moose hunt continues Continuing our Alaskan moose hunt through the eyes of my buddy Daniel Bailey, and his hunting buddy Adam Jones from Whitesburg. They wrote the following: “I’ll never forget this day (September 11) as long as I live. We were super hungry when we woke up but wanted to get out hunting ASAP. We made some oatmeal with peanut butter, then […]
Hecla taps Krcmarov for president, CEO
Hecla Mining Company has appointed Rob Krcmarov, a 30-plus-year veteran of mining and former Barrick executive, as the company’s new president and chief executive officer, effective November 7. Krcmarov, who will also join Hecla’s board of directors, succeeds Catherine (Cassie) Boggs, who had served as interim president and CEO since May 22 of this year and will remain as chair of the board.
Battery-electric truck arrives at Newmont’s Colorado mine
Newmont Corporation has commissioned its first battery-electric large mining truck – dubbed the Early Learner Cat 793 XE – at the Cripple Creek and Victor (CC&V) mine in Teller County in Colorado. “The arrival of the Early Learner Cat 793 XE underscores our ongoing commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions across our business,” said Natascha Viljoen, Chief Operating Officer at Newmont.
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Are there any rabbit hunters left? One of my favorite hunting seasons opens November 1, runs through November 8, then reopens on November 11. How could our old rabbit hunting gang ever forget the wonderful days we spent afield listening to our beagles run, drinking our coffee from a Thermos, and watching the old quarry trying to outsmart our dogs. Although most of our group is […]
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Girl, 6, harvests her first deer The deer-hunting stories just keep coming. Here is one about a little lady from Cynthiana, Kentucky, in Harrison County. She is Lakelee Martin, the six-year-old granddaughter of my very good friend, Sheri Martin of Sadieville, which is north of Georgetown in Scott County. Sheri is one tough woman. She is a wife, a cancer survivor, a a mother, a grandmother, […]
AEM marks largest-ever membership
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has surpassed a new record in its membership tally, surpassing 1,000 members, for the first time in its 125-year history. The group said it has seen 109 member companies join in 2024, and 22 in September alone. Its previous membership record that was set almost one year ago; it also has achieved an above-average member retention rate of 92%.
How Valve Solutions Improve Tailings Disposal and Water Management
By Steve Brewer & Mark Nymeyer, Emerson This is the second article in a two-part series explaining how innovative valve solutions can be used to improve mining operations. The first article, “How advanced control valves, regulators and relief valves improve mining operations,” covered valve solutions for crushing/grinding/ball mills, digestion/autoclaves, flotation/thickening, and leaching/solvent extraction processes.
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It was a stare down with a skunk Mother Nature took care of my Blue Ridge Mountain black bear hunt when she destroyed the whole Parkway and the forest where I was going to hunt. With the blessing of God, I will try again next year. But goodbye to my $500 hunting license. Oh well, if that is all a man loses in a lifetime, he hasn’t lost […]
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