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Get Justified

The second season of the action/drama show Justified got underway this week, and, since the only thing I've been doing outdoors is working, I figured I'd write about how much I like this show.  If you know me, you know I don't watch much TV.  At any given time of year, I usually have no more than one show (excluding sports and news) show that I watch each week.  Right now, it's Justified.

The show, which stars Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, will appeal to anyone who likes police shows and on-screen shootouts.  If you've read the Elmore Leonard books where the Givens character was created, you'll really like it.

 

If you have a chance to read even one of these books, the show will make a lot more sense.  Also, I highly recommend watching Season One.  Get it on DVD and it will give you something to do each week while you're waiting for the next new episode!

Out of the Wild: Casting Call

Usually when I hear the phrase "casting call" I think about the Captain ringing my phone at O dark thirty to see if I'm ready to go fishing.  But I got an interesting email today from someone with Pilgrim Films and Television who wanted me to help get the word out about a casting call for the new season of the Discovery Channel show "Out of the Wild."

Here's the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2010

DISCOVERY CHANNEL CASTING ADVENTURERS FOR "OUT OF THE WILD" SEASON 2

The Discovery Channel and Pilgrim Films are now casting for the second season of its Emmy-winning series, "Out of the Wild." This time, we raise the bar for our adventurers by sending them on an epic journey through the wilds of SOUTH AMERICA. The challenge: Join a band of fellow explorers as you trek through some of the harshest climates and roughest terrains in the world. Why? To test yourself in ways you never thought possible and to see the world like you never have before.

If you think you have what it takes to live and thrive in nature's most brutal environments, then we want to hear from you!

TO APPLY, simply send an email to OTWCasting@gmail.com with your name, a recent photo, your phone number and a brief explanation of why you should join our adventurers. Visit www.pilgrimfilms.tv/casting for a full application and more information. You must apply no later than August 26, 2010!

Applicants must be at least 21 years of age to apply and a resident or citizen of the United States.

Sémi Aboud

Director, Talent Development and Casting
Pilgrim Films and Television, Inc.

12020 Chandler Blvd., Ste. 200

North Hollywood, CA  91607

PH: 818-478-4540
FAX: 818-351-8103

 

Know anyone that would be right for that show?  I'm not sure; I've only watched bits and pieces of it and only a couple times.  Somehow though, the aforementioned Captain comes to mind. . .

Field & Stream Profiles "A Sportsman at War"

There's always at least one article in Field & Stream that jumps out at me as very very good and usually something great. But C.J. Chivers' "A Sportsman at War" in the March issue may be the best article I've ever read in an outdoors magazine.

The page 64 article profiles Air Force Captain Mike Perra, who, when the article was written, was about to start a third tour finding and disabling IED's in Iraq .  Perra is an avid angler who fishes off the New England coast between deployments.  He took Chivers, who serves as Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times, striper fishing with him one night shortly before he shipped out.

Chivers discusses what fishing means to Perra and also what makes him keep going back to Iraq.  The article touches briefly on how Perra and his wife Mary, who is retired from the Air Force, feel about the war itself.  It serves as a grim reminder of the sacrifices American service men and women are making in Iraq as we near the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of that country.

Chivers' article also includes several sidebars with brief profiles of other American sportsman serving their country at war.  One of them, Navy Lt. Commander Joel Stewart, started the "Baghdad School of Fly Fishing," and there are several pictures of service people holding fish caught in Iraq. 

According to new F&S editor Anthony Licata, the magazine gets letters from deployed servicemen and-women every month. 

A final sidebar lists "Five Ways to Donate Your Time, Money, and Resources" to help war veterans.  The programs listed focus on helping returning warriors enjoy fishing, hunting and the outdoors.

Also of note in the March issue is a page 13 feature called "Game Faces," which showcases hunting photos sent in by young readers.  One of them, eight-year-old Seth Whitehurst of Lovettsville, Virginia, is from my neck of the woods.   I don't know Seth but had heard through the hunting grapevine here in Loudoun County about the eight-pointer he killed last November.

Congratulations Seth!

Of course, I've only had the March Field & Stream for about 24 hours so I'm not done with it yet.  Next up is Edward Nickens' "1,000 Miles of Panfish," which begins on page 78.  It's about the author's trip "through gator-infested swamps and lands of fire on a wild bream adventure."  Put the phrase "gator-infested" at the beginning of an article, and I'm pretty much guaranteed to read it.

Hopefully, I'll get some ideas for my next Florida trip...  Or maybe not.  Reading "gator-infested" and living it are two different things.