West Virginia Outdoors « BackWoods Drifter

Survival of the… Smallest

Posted by Denny Tyler, on October 12th, 2011

I posted this photo to Facebook and didn’t even get a nibble, pun intended.

Personally, I like it. But maybe for most folks… too much mystery?

The photo was taken on the bank of R.D. Bailey Lake.

R.D. Bailey Lake

When the road above the lake was initially built, in some places, they [...]

Indian Summer on Beaver Creek

Posted by Denny Tyler, on October 7th, 2011

Indian Summer is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs in autumn. It refers to a period of above normal temperatures after the first frost, or killing frost.

The name Indian summer is related to the American Indian. Raiding parties would use this time between cold spells to attack settlers without having to worry about being tracked, [...]

A Grizzly and the Bear

Posted by Denny Tyler, on July 29th, 2008

Over a week ago I said I was going to get back to blogging. Since then I have been busier than a cat trying to cover crap on a marble floor.

Basically I was getting ready for last weekend. My friend was coming in and it was time for our annual ATV ride into the [...]

West Virginia Outdoors – Revisited

Posted by Denny Tyler, on May 23rd, 2008

I was digging through the tons of files I have let build up on my computer and came across a file that holds all of the files and photos ever displayed on the original West Virginia Outdoors website. One thing that has definitely remained constant since the beginning is I still take a lot of [...]

Which Way Did They Go

Posted by Denny Tyler, on May 6th, 2008

Growing up I used to spend a lot of time in the mountains. If hunting season wasn’t in I was hiking or senging (looking for ginseng). I especially enjoyed squirrel hunting. I remember a time all too well where you could judge how well someone has done in the squirrel season by how many squirrel [...]