Buffleheaded Rascal
The tang of seawater stings my lips with the jet sled bobbing behind me in the tide. In it, my fifty-year-old Remington nestled among the decoys and shell bags. If…
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Industrial Pheasants
“This is it?” Billy asked as we drove down a gravel road past a row of about a dozen other vehicles. We were arriving at Denman Wildlife Area, a 1,800-acre…
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As Good As Life Gets
As everyone has heard, the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.” While there’s some obvious comedic value to this aphorism when looking…
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Moose Myths, Many Men, and Mayhem
No self-respecting big game hunter gives away his favorite areas, right? In my case, the answer is, “Well, maybe.” When thinking about hunting with my old friend, Tom, the answer…
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Silver in the Sticks: Tarpon Fishing Off the Grid
Tarpon are one of the most challenging and exhilarating fish to target. It doesn’t matter if you’re dunking a crab along a bridge or stripping a fly in front of…
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Gros Ventre Adventures, Part 3
Welcome to my third installment in a series of stories about my adventures with my friend, Tom, during an elk hunt in the Gros Ventre Mountains of Wyoming. If you…
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The COVID Buck
For Vincent Bini, escaping to North Dakota for an early season whitetail hunt during the pandemic proved to be an excellent choice.
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Heat: The Preseason Workup
I am fat from vacation. I am lazy. I am always hot, and do not feel like moving around much. As a person naturally predisposed to grumpiness… I’ve got it…
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Gros Ventre Adventures, Part 2
This is my second installment in a short series of stories about elk hunting in Wyoming’s Gros Ventre Range with my friend, Tom. While it can be read as a…
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Don’t Knock It
I think it’s safe to say that, at one time or another, we’ve all been guilty of being ultra-critical about something we don’t really know much about—or care to. I…
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