by Geremy Olson | Apr 1, 2021 | Education, Parenting, Sportsmen
I will never forget the first time I had the opportunity to nervously say “pull” and hear the sound of the spring on the thrower rapidly hurling that little clay disk through the air. To be honest I can’t be sure if I was more nervous about missing or having my...
by Geremy Olson | Mar 1, 2021 | Education, Parenting, Sportsmen
I have heard it said that once you have kids you’re outdoor life is over. Along with that, I bet you a jig box you can’t go a week without hearing someone say kids only want to stay inside and play video games. Well, both of these statements are only as real as...
by Geremy Olson | Feb 1, 2021 | Education, Parenting, Sportsmen
We were all kids once and have all heard some of the same bad information from adults. Now that we are adults we need to break the pattern of bad advice and start teaching our kids how to think critically and do so with facts. Not so our kids can be right, but...
by Geremy Olson | Nov 3, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
Christmas is just around the corner and most parents are still trying to figure out the perfect gifts for their kids. While at the same time many grandparents are wondering if the grandkids are going to like the gifts they bought for them five months ago. And we...
by Geremy Olson | Oct 1, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
My favorite time of the year is looking forward to what I get to do next with my kids in the outdoors. When it comes to this time of year, I love walking out the back door, sipping my morning coffee as the kids practice shooting their bows before school. It’s all the...
by Geremy Olson | Sep 15, 2020 | Corporate, Education, First Responder, Parenting, Sportsmen
A couple of years ago our house made an life changing decision. You know the kind of decision the neighbors and friends will question. The “what are the Olson’s thinking, have they gone mad” kind of decision. We chose to not apply for rifle tags for deer gun season...
by Geremy Olson | Sep 1, 2020 | Education, Parenting, Sportsmen
There a lot of opinions out there about raising kids, some good and some bad. Add in raising kids in the outdoors and those opinions tend to get a little more passion behind them. People love to implement absolutes on all kids and treat them all the same. The people...
by Geremy Olson | Aug 25, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
It’s December and Christmas is coming. For some of us up north we have been ice fishing for a couple of weeks already. The lingering question out there is, what do you put in the stocking and under the tree for your young angler? Here are some of the principles and...
by Geremy Olson | Jul 7, 2020 | Corporate, Parenting, Sportsmen
I spent the weekend watching Peter get his new demo boat ready to put on the water this week and can’t help but look back on the last ten years. I remember a couple of years ago getting back from a long, rewarding, hard and fun weekend selling fishing tackle at...
by Geremy Olson | Jul 1, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
This last week I had the opportunity to watch my son Peter teach a seminar to high-school students titled “The Science of Fishing.” In his talk Peter talked about the importance of understanding the scientific method and designing fishing tackle. Sounds pretty...
