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 …
In The Hall Of The Mountain King – Part 2, By Coley Gentzel
One was good-sized. We had to get closer and put the big glass on them. The next hour was agonizing as we crept down the ridge just off the crest, being careful not to roll …
Augusts in Africa – Buff!, By Tom McIntyre
They saw the buffalo after killing the elephant. The PH switched off the engine and eased out of the battered olive Land Rover, carrying his binocular. His hunter slipped out on the other side, …
Hunting is Killing, By Paul C. Fast
“So, you’re a hunter. You catch anything lately?” I live in the city, and in the city, this is the question I get asked most often once my dark secret has been uncovered. I used …
Now What? By Robbie Kröger
It’s what all western hunters dream of. In this day and age, an email brings the anticipation, hoping for the word of all words for us lottery hunters. It’s opening that long-awaited message. It’s logging …
The Finest Ever Taken — Frank Cook’s Alaska 1956 Dall Sheep — #2 B&C All-Time
The sheep were on the bare steep slope of a mountain four or five miles away, and even through the binoculars they looked like no more than five small white specks. “It’s too late …
Changing My Approach, By Glenn Owings
I think one of the greatest lessons that rambling in wild places can teach is comfort with the unknown. You could call it flexibility, but that seems to shortchange the ever-present possibility of failure; whether …