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, …
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, …
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 …
Camp-Fire Tales From Boone & Crockett Club’s Classics Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies
Who is there who does not love a good story, told to eager and sympathetic listeners beside a generous camp-fire! Show me a man who does not, and I will show you a man …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon Chapter XIII – The Pelly Mountains
CHAPTER XIII THE PELLY MOUNTAINS – 1905 July 22.—The next day was very hot, and after sifting out provisions for the trip and arranging a pack for Danger to carry, we spent the rest of …
There and Back Again, By James Dorrett
Feature Image Photo Credit Cedar & Sagebrush “Hey Tim, how much do you think it rained today?” As I looked at Tim, he thought for a moment and then in typical dry Kiwi fashion answered: …