The Old Warrior, by Fred Peters
Central Arizona may seem an unlikely place to hunt black bear, but bear do inhabit the brush and cactus covered mountains and canyons, and an inordinate number of them reach the huge proportions that hunters …
Fortune Favors the Bold, By Scott Hill
The Back Story… For as long as I can remember, my eyes have been drawn to rugged mountaintops, low-lying saddles, and windswept ridges. Call it a habit. Call it conditioning from a lifetime of searching …
Three for Three – A February Goat Hunt, By Blake Rothschild
February is not your typical month to head afield in search of big game. However, in Alaska we are blessed with the opportunity to hunt mountain goats as late as March in some areas. But …
American Buffalo – Chapter 10, by Steven Rinella
By the summer of 1872, literally thousands of buffalo hunters had converged on the Great Plains. They had (or would soon earn) names like Buffalo Bill Comstock, Buffalo Bill Cody, Cross Eyed Joe, Apache Bill, …
Muley Mountain HighBy Ian Baird
There are three things in my life to which all my passion is devoted: my faith, my family, and my love for hunting. I did not grow up doing much hunting, as my dad stopped …
Less than 24 Hours in [Speed] Goat CountryBy Brandon Purcell
Pronghorn antelope. Speed goat. Prairie devil. The animal doesn’t exactly conjure up images of high vistas or epic mountain scenery, but in certain areas of basin country in the American West, they live in some …
Memories of a Bear Hunter – 1876 By Colonel Wm. D. Pickett
My stay at Fort Peck lasted for about a month—from July 29 to August 27, on which day I left by the steamer Key West to go further up the river. This was the …
East Meets West By Beau Martonik
BACKGROUND For my entire life, I’ve been a hunter. I became hooked on bowhunting from the beginning, and would do anything to be a great archery hunter like my Dad. As I grew through my …
A Special Place By Scott Hill
I’d heard about Coues deer in passing growing up hunting in Nevada but had not given it much thought until my best friend called and asked “Can you go to Mexico next week!? We might …
World’s Record Dall’s Sheep Harry L. Swank, Jr. Alaska Dall’s Sheep – Current Rank #1 – 1961
As I snugged the .264 against my shoulder, the great Dall’s ram moved closer to the edge of the ridge and peered down curiously. Instinctively I brought the crosshairs to bear, but as my finger …