Editor's note: This article was published in Grand Traverse Scene magazine's Holiday 2025 issue. Pick up a free copy at area hotels, visitor's centers, chambers of commerce or at the Record-Eagle building on Front Street. Click here to read GT Scene in its entirety online.

It’s late fall and I’ve consumed enough waterfowl and venison to warrant angioplasty, washing it all down with so much bourbon that the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce sent me a Christmas card. It’s my happy time when I get to chase all things with fur and feathers and fins.

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