We pulled one out of the archives, but this hunt is as good today as it was in 1998. Please keep in mind that prices or rules in Alaska may have changed, so check those things out for yourself. The contact information at the end of the article is correct. Enjoy! Gazing through [...]
This is an excerpt from T.J.'s book, The Traditional Bowhunter's Handbook. Many archers enjoy the sound their bowstring makes when loosing an arrow. It is one of those unique sounds that, along with the flight of the arrow, makes shooting a bow such a wonderful experience. However, for the bowhunter bowstring noise is [...]
“Everybody understood one thing in the mountains—that he must keep his life by his own courage and valor, or at the least by his own prudence.”—Joe Meek, Rocky Mountain Trapper, 1829 The lure of remote country is strong. As hunters, we long to explore off the beaten path, in search of a wilderness [...]
I fumbled with my binoculars to look at the buck as he ran. I could see that he was hit hard. He ran over the dam for 80 yards, stopped, and lay down. At this point I turned my attention to the doe. I had seen her run over the dam as well, [...]
The dispatcher's voice crackled over the radio informing me of a trespasser on a local landowner's property. I quickly jotted down the description of the vehicle and headed that way. I found the pickup parked along a public road bordering the landowner's property. A quick look through the windows showed the usual trappings of [...]
Should I or shouldn't I? The question kept tumbling through my head. For the last five months I had been hosting a colleague and fellow biologist from Beijing, Dr. Jiliang Xu and it was now almost time for his return to China. Jiliang is a game bird biologist and teaches wildlife management courses [...]
In downtown Chicago, the intersection of Madison Avenue and State Street is the heart of the city. It is the dividing line between the north side and the south side, it separates the city east and west, and it has been the meeting place for reuniting veterans, blind dates, and Christmas shoppers. The [...]
