SkyLines
by Bryan Huskey
Storytelling inspired by adventure. Fishing, hunting and two wheeled stories by Bryan Huskey
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Episodes
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When I Run- Racing The Standhope Ultra Challenge
This is the story of my experience racing The Standhope Ultra Challenge, a 30K trail running race through rugged peaks of Central Idaho. Flop down on your couch, and come along. I'll handle all the suffering for ya!
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2024 SkyLines Update
Episode #53 Hey everyone guess what? I’m still here. And I’m back! I think. It’s been a few years now since I’ve published anything here, which for those of you who know me can probably understand. But for those who don’t, here is something of a recap and an update for what I’m hoping to resume...
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Individual Short "God Save the Queen"
Individual short story exercise. Peering through the sliding, wobbling sheets of spring creek current he could just make out the torpedo shaped fish and it was the largest trout he had ever seen. It swung heavy in the current like a river of its own, sulking in the minty shade of an olive tree…
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Short Story Ch6 "Make A Run For It"
It was like tea bleeding in hot water. A blend of fragrances that rolled uphill in a slow, thermal simmer. The peppermint-butter aroma of bitter brush blooms, silken spice of sage and vanilla honey of mountain mahogany. The warm dog-foot smell of campfire juniper, and purified starkness of...
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Short Story Ch5 "Cattle Guard"
Out on the open highway his journey found its tempo, its rhythm, its pulse. Every day on a bike has its own feel, and today a natural feeling sense of urgency had him riding fast. Carrying speed into corners and leaning steep with the bike as it swung through turns steady as a pendulum swings....
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Short Story Ch4 "Bumblebee"
A bumblebee bounced around. Miles below him the line of dust continued crossing the valley, sending its flags into the air like smoke signals of forgotten interpretation. It was headed south and gaining ground fast. At the tip of this spear-shaped cloud of airborne earth, whatever was ripping…
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Short Story Ch3 "South"
With a quarter turn of his right wrist the motor churned out a flurry of crisp-sounding notes that broke skyward like mallards from the angled titanium exhaust.
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Short Story Ch 2 "Line of Dust"
"As he woke his back stiffened. He tilted his head slightly and with a weathered hand pushed the woven-palm cast shadow upward- pouring the freshness of daylight into his eyes. Grasshopper wings rattled all around like strings of firecrackers hitting or missing every first or third fuse. He…
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Short Story Ch 1 "Swing Your Leg Over A Motorcycle"
Daddy daycare has really put a squeeze on my time to write, and thus what I write has really been squeezed. So I'm trying to see if I can continue to produce content that's shorter in duration. I begin this short story effort with my take on what riding a motorcycle feels like, and the sense of...
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Episode #45 Lifelines
As my kiddo and I gazed at the slab of largemouth bass flexing along the handle of my net, he asked “Dad, is that fish bigger than me?” I could swear I heard an echo making its way back… of my own voice asking that same question 40 years ago. For images that accompany this piece, visit the…
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Wired to Wander Ch 9 Magnetic Fog
Ch 9 Magnetic Fog resumes my 2014 archery elk hunting season with the addition of my friend Ian and his traditional bow. “They’ll be in FULL ParTay mode and we’ll have it all to ourselves.” as I whispered an invitation for him to join me for the last 2 days of the season. See the film here...
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Wired to Wander Ch 8 "Over The Hills And Far Away"
A whole new year and season. An entirely new location. Mature bulls right out of the gate. Ch 8 resumes my elk trek into the backcountry of Idaho in search of solitude, success and bull elk for the 2014 season. Watch the YouTube video here https://youtu.be/vC4KQwpvQzg
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Wired to Wander Ch 6 "Anger Issues"
Wired to Wander Ch 6 Anger Issues Audio version of video. https://www.skylinesadventure.com/video The last trip of my 2013 season is upon me, and as I head for the hills I recall some of the season's most engaging moments. And focus on a mission to finish what the previous trip started. Written,...
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Wired to Wander Ch 5 "Dead Reckoning"
Wired to Wander Ch 5 "Dead Reckoning" Resuming the tracking of a big bull elk I arrowed in 2013. There is a lot to think about while crawling along the forest floor looking for drops of blood. Listen here or watch the film at www.skylinesadventure.com
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Wired to Wander Ch 4 "Harbinger of a Burn"
Chapter 4 resumes my Idaho archery elk hunting season of 2013. Note that this Wired to Wander series is produced as a video series, and in some instances captions display audio that is difficult to hear. So hop over to YouTube to see the video, or listen to the audio portion alone here via…
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Wired to Wander Ch 3 "Old Man in the Moon"
Chapter 3 gets the memories of 2013 rolling with a painful start. But the action picks up in a big way! Note that this is the audio version of a complete video posted to YouTube here: https://youtu.be/fNqHNOEbyKk
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Wired to Wander Ch 2 "Tumbleweeds Roll"
Second chapter of video series Wired to Wander sets the stage for my journey as an archery elk hunter in Idaho. This is complete audio from the actual video that can be watched on Youtube at https://bit.ly/2UES62G
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#36 Introduction to "Wired to Wander"
For those who are listeners of this podcast series, I’m excited to add a visual element to my storytelling efforts. In addition to recorded essays, I’m also producing a series of short films called “Wired to Wander” that will chronicle the visual elements of my archery elk seasons from around…
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#35 2016 Archery Elk "The Gay Bar"
This essay is a look back at my 2016 archery elk season and what really kicked off a formalized effort to share complete accounts of my hunting seasons with audiences beyond my close friends. For all the years prior to this point, my hunting “Rut Reports” would go out as emails accompanied by...
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#34 "Go Fly a Bike!"
Stand Alone Essay #34 "Go Fly a Bike!" As a little kid, I never had an overly strong desire to fly or glide through the trees like a bird. Much of what I was interested in was on the ground or in the water after all, and I felt like moving through the world in a magical way was already at hand......
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#33 "1995 In The Beginning"
Stand alone essay #33 "1995 In The Beginning" The year was 1995. I had a good paying job and owned my own truck. I’d just graduated high school and moved out of the house. Life for me was shifting gears and really opening up! Following my first home-town summer as an adult in Bend, Oregon,...
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#32 "The Willow Wicket Hotel"
Stand alone essay #32 "The Willow Wicket Hotel" is a quick essay about an archery mule deer hunt.
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#31 "I'm the Birddog"
Stand alone short essay Howdy folks, Bryan Huskey here and THANK YOU for tuning into my Skylines podcast! This is episode #31, my journey in chukar hunting, called "I'm the Birddog". Enjoy!
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#30 "Now What?!?"
#30 "Now What?!?" A process for after big game is down My hope for the SkyLines Podcast series is to empower people to feel confident and capable in their outings- whatever they may be. For those who ponder if hunting alone is a possibility, (especially in the backcountry) this is my process. It...
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#29 2017 Archery Elk Complete Season
2017 Archery Elk Complete Season This includes episodes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 that make up the 2017 archery elk complete season.
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#28 2019 Archery Elk Complete Season
Chapters 1-5 of the 2019 Archery Elk Season. Listen to 'em all in one click.
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#27 2019 Elk Ch 5 "Luck of the Draw"
2019 Elk Ch 5 "Luck of the Draw" There is a saying I've always repeated in my head during encounters with big game: "Don't look at the antlers!" It's a reference to keeping your composure and staying focused on executing the shot- without the distraction of what the rack looks like. It totally...
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#26 Leaning on the Swing
Stand alone short essay I like fishing downstream. Swinging flies for Steelhead is a welcome seasonal transition following months of facing and casting upstream for trout. It’s an entirely different tempo, two-stepping your way down a run. The casting and presentation is different, not to mention...
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#25 2019 Elk Ch 4 "Reckless Precision"
2019 Archery Season Ch 4 "Reckless Precision" It was September 24th now, the final full day of my final trip of the season. I was well aware of the circumstance- that this would be my last opportunity for archery success in 2019. Looking back I realize I'd been in this same position two years...
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#24 2019 Elk Ch 3 "High in the Mountains"
2019 Archery Elk Chapter 3 "High in the Mountains" Hi there folks this is chapter 3 of my 2019 essay. I'm jumping back in time a little bit with this chapter, reflecting on the circumstances that led me to the mountains where chapters 1 and 2 took place. So it's a bit of skipping around in…
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#23 2019 Elk Ch 2 "Crown Point"
2019 Archery Elk Ch 2 "Crown Point" The bull gave a small jump and kicked up his tempo, although with no idea of what/if anything had happened. My arrow had just zinged beneath him and I think he had a sense of some sort of close shave. He and the cows around him continued their frantic scurry…
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#22 2019 Elk Ch 1 "Belly of the Beast"
2019 Archery Elk Chapter 1 "Belly of the Beast" Howdy folks, this is Bryan Huskey and we're going to kick off my first essay of the 2019 archery season. I hope you enjoy the ride! Chapter 1 Belly of the Beast I've always LOVED storms. Late summer thunder storms in particular. But any kind of...
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#21 Along Came Solitude
Stand alone essay I've cut my teeth fishing trout and steelhead, but a breaking point occurred that turned my focus to the world of bass and other warm water angling opportunities. I could not be happier with what's happened since.
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#20 Homie wants to ParTaay!
We dropped over the edge with leaps & bounds. Striding down the steep slope, we moved quickly as possible yet all the while careful not to dislodge rocks or anything that would roll down the hill and turn into a god dam avalanche. Regardless, apx mid way down, the bull heard us. And screamed a...
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#19 You Should Race, Man.
If you've never raced in one form or another, you should. Once in your life pick something... and race it. Practice, plan, train, prepare mentally and physically. Give your mind and body a chance to feel primal and perform something at it's absolute hardest- BUT DO IT FOR FUN!!! Sure racing is…
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#18 Rooster Hunting Baja
The Jeep pushed confidently through the soft sand, closer and closer to the turquoise sliver on the horizon. From fifty feet back it looked like a solid and capable rig. From twenty feet out, you could certainly tell this vehicle had been around the peninsula a few times. If you were walking up…
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#17 2018 Archery Elk - Complete Season
Bryan Huskey's 2018 archery elk complete season. Chapters 1-7. 1.5 hr run time Accompanying Video
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#16 2018 Elk Ch 7 "Splash of Red"
Standing now with a bright splash of red at my feet and much better defined tracks as well, I felt a giant weight lifted off my shoulders. It was like hitting a reset button on the circumstance, and about anything was better than the hand of cards I'd been holding just moments earlier. Over an…
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#15 2018 Elk Ch 6 "A New Hope"
How far had the bull walked through the shot? I was hugging the left boundary of the shooting window as it was, and as he walked further to the left getting a closer encounter with the cow he was checking, my arrow was already on it's way when his vitals disappeared behind the screen of chop…
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#14 2018 Elk Ch 5 "Shooting Windows"
Later that day, an hour or so of glassing distant ridges and with the luck of a few rogue bugles I'd identified a small herd with a nice bull holding court among them. I'd taken a huge loop in efforts of having a shot at this bull and the wind gave me the firm middle finger. Even beyond the…
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#13 2018 Elk Ch 4 "Christian Rock"
It was an absolute pleasure to wake and emerge from my tent already miles and thousands of feet above from where I'd previously camped at the truck. In the grey light of morning, I sparked my micro burner stove to make instant coffee and oatmeal. Although chilled in the cold morning air, I…
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#12 2018 Elk Ch3 "Spike Camp"
For the third week of September we as a family had banked all our resources for me to have five full days to hunt. This was it- I really needed to make something happen this outing as getting me back up here again was not going to be easy for any of us. So as I'd complained earlier, I was over…
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#11 2018 Elk Ch2 "There's the Rub"
Pulling into my camp/parking area now on my second trip I was both thrilled and relieved to find no other rigs or sign of people. I mean after all it's totally understandable that other hunters would stumble into this place and I'd overlap with their time in these mountains.
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#10 2018 Elk Ch1 "Downhill"
Three years strait. That's a hell of a slump buster, and these past 3 years of success were doubled up, representing harvest of both deer and elk following a dry spell of mind-bending frustrations and crazy bad luck stacking up on my hunting efforts, to the level I eventually, (albeit…
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#9 Racing Inspiration & an Ap called Strava Part 1
Hey, I'm your host Bryan Huskey, and as eluded to in my introduction of this podcasting effort, content here is going to range across a variety of topics and interests. Now for the most part, all of these subjects share a few common threads; that they relate to adventure, and are my own…
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#8 What the hell is Keepemwet?
Hi there, I'm Bryan Huskey. In addition to the stories I've shared here so far, I also have a lot fishing related content I'm looking forward to sharing. What I'm going to start of with here is the backstory a phrase in fishing that's become very popular all around the globe relating to catch &...
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#7 2016 Buck Report "A Win for Dad"
It had been almost 20 years since I'd gone deer hunting with a rifle, and this switching of gears from archery elk season to targeting deer proved to be super fun. I roamed all new parts of regional public lands, places that I'd never seen or necessarily even knew were public. That alone became...
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#6 2017 Rut Report Ch 5- "Shipwreck"
Have you ever been lost in the wild? I mean to the point where you come to a realization that makes your heart literally skip a beat- and then begin to race- and you can't slow it down. Truly scared. It's certainly happened to me a few times. Each time I've regained the comfort of resolve in one...
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#5 Introducing your host Bryan Huskey
Hi there! I'm Bryan Huskey, a photographer, filmmaker, and general outdoor ding dong in Boise Idaho. At this point- many of you who are listening are probably my buddies, but for the new folks that have stumbled in here, here's a little intro to get a feel for who I am and what to expect from…
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