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 …
Appalachian Whitetail Hunting, By Beau Martonik
Growing up in the Appalachian range of Pennsylvania, I’ve chased whitetail deer, turkeys, bears, and coyotes my entire life. I never realized how lucky I was to live in the only National Forest in the …
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 …
An Inch is a Mile, By Jake Latendresse
All Photos Credit Latendresse Media On the morning of August 8, 2017, we were wrapping up a Stone sheep hunt in Northern British Columbia. This was one of the most beautiful and classic wild sheep …
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 …
Bucket List – Ibex, By Bryan Martin
Ibex are a type of a goat or Capra (scientific name) and are native to parts of Europe, central Asia and southern Russia. The average ibex hunt is similar in price to that of a …
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 …
El Macho de Maestrazgo – A Spanish Beceite Ibex Hunt, By Alexander Sharif
For all North American mountain hunters, December marks the beginning of the arduous “blues” season that seems to take forever–lasting until late July–whence the new sheep/goat seasons open in northern climates. However, this is not …
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 …
Pelly Mountains: Yukon Territory, By Nolan Osborne
There are few destinations still left on this earth that, upon hearing its name, will send any avid mountain hunter into daydreams of wild adventure in untouched country. For most of recorded history The Yukon …