The first thing my three-year-old daughter always asks for when I fill a tag, is “soup!” I was lucky enough to take two deer this past deer season and my daughter said, “Let’s make deer soup!” I’d never really used venison in soup before: stew and chili yes, but not soup. So, this [...]
Just about any kind of game is easily spooked by motion. Even so much as a flick of an eyelid can send an edgy whitetail to the nearest exit in high gear, and anything but ultra slow motion will alert that elk you are stalking. This is why I cringe whenever I see [...]
As all my regular backcountry hunting partners know, I have never, ever been lost. However, I will admit that I’ve come close. Years ago, Lori and I were hunting hogs and turkeys in Florida with our old friend Don Davis. Late one afternoon, Don dropped me off on a road several miles from [...]
With traditional archery, there’s a multitude of methods that can be employed to set up a bow and get it dialed in to meet your needs. But beyond personal preference, some methods just plain make sense. Case in point: adjustable nocking points. When initially setting up a bow, you’re dealing with a host [...]
This is very hard for me, but I knew this day would come. Fred passed away peacefully Saturday night with Teresa by his side. Teresa wanted me to thank all you for your prayers, and know that Fred loved our community. He is, and always will be, a major influence on people from [...]
The sea breeze was noisily rustling the palm fronds when I heard a slight splash from the freshwater slough just to my south. The water was hidden by thick palmetto ground cover. A trail ran parallel to the slough between prehistoric sand dunes covered by thick palmettos that grew head high in places. [...]
I first met Phillip about 10 years ago in the Frank Church Wilderness of Idaho. He was packing a rifle and hunting elk, while I had my trusty recurve and was chasing bighorns. We both failed to connect on game, but we developed a lasting friendship. Under the tutelage of fellow traditionalists Mike [...]
My wife, Linda, sat in her climbing tree stand on the edge of a pine thicket less than 10 yards from a forest service dirt road. The buck scrape to her left was hot with activity. I was across the road in a ground blind, guarding the last few fallen wild apples of [...]
As I drove home from Arizona last year after our first successful javelina hunt (“First Dance with the Desert Ghost” by Alex DeGeorgey, Dec/Jan 2022 issue of TBM), I couldn’t stop thinking about applying again the following year and taking one or both of my kids with me. They’ve joined me afield since [...]
The first year I felt confident enough to take out my longbow, climb up into a tree stand, and attempt to shoot a deer, I found myself rummaging through the closet for anything that would keep me warm and allow me to pull a bow with no clothing restrictions. The best I could [...]
