The Death of a Tyrant, By Paul C. Fast
I don’t like it when hunters give names to the animals they pursue. The Fireball Bull. The Fenceline Buck. Steve. It implies a familiarity and a routine that doesn’t do justice to the wildness of …
Almost, By Erik Kline
“Make sure you pick your weather; nothing’s worse than getting all the way in there and being stuck in the tent for a week.” Those words kept echoing in my mind as the lightning lit …
Short Stories About Sagamore Hill Award Winners, By Hanspeter Giger
Sagamore Hill Award-winning trophies are broadly represented throughout this book. After all, the award was originally given for the highest-scoring antlers, horns, or skull of a given species recorded under the Boone and Crockett Club’s …
Contrasts, By Glenn Owings
It’s 95 degrees, the air is thick, and I’m hoping I can make it to the restroom before I pass out. Tunnel vision sets in as I navigate a busy courtyard in the drab concrete …
Hooked, By Kurt Martonik
I’d be lying if I told you that I didn’t think about sitting on that ridge nearly every day since returning. Getting hammered by the blistering wind, trying to keep my eyes focused on the …
Mexico’s Wild Desert Sheep, By Alberto Tapia Landeros
Since boyhood I had heard and read stories about sheep hunting. My favorite storyteller was, and is, Mr. Jack O’Connor. In my early life as a hunter, I knew I would never have the chance …
Perseverance, By Coley Gentzel
Perseverance – steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. “Tis a lesson you should heed: Try, try, try again If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” Success is …
My First Sheep Hunt, By Peter Gutsche
In August of 1994, Dad took my brother and I on a month-long road trip to Alaska. I was only 11 then, but it changed my life. The Cassiars, Kluane, Denali, and the Kenai left …
To The Selwyn Rockies – From B&C Club’s Classics “The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon”
The North Fork of the MacMillan varies in width from seventy-five to two hundred feet. The current races in numerous rapids around sharp curves, from five to eight miles an hour, often along wide bars, …
In The Hall Of The Mountain King – Part 1, By Coley Gentzel
It has been said that a Dall sheep hunt is the pinnacle of big game hunting in Alaska. Is that true? I don’t know. For a few years now, I’ve been walking around in …