Entries for January 2008

Tongue weight is the force, or weight, your boat trailer's tongue exerts on your tow vehicle's hitch

Butski's career in the hunting industry spans 30-plus years, in which he has worn many hats—including an accomplished game call designer and manufacturer, champion turkey caller, professional hunter and guide, popular seminar speaker, as well as host and producer of hunting shows and videos.

Five hunters team up to take down one stubborn gobbler on public land near National Wild Turkey Federation Headquarters in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Bargain prices on fantastic hunting packages are luring more North American hunters to the Dark Continent each year.

Shortly before his 50^th birthday, the author’s wife asked him how he’d like to celebrate the event by giving him a choice between a Dall’s sheep hunt in Alaska or his first South African Safari. Frankly, it was a win-win proposition and we think he chose wisely.

Ever since he was a young boy, the author admits to being endlessly haunted by the Dark Continent. He’d read the books by Hemingway, J.A. Hunter and others and dreamed of the day when he might get an opportunity to set foot on this enchanting landscape and hunt some of its game. That day came on June 26, 2006.

As “Lord of the Longbeards,” Dick Kirby has more Grand Slams (51!) than any other turkey hunter on the planet. Author T. R. Hendrick had an opportunity to hunt with Kirby last spring and he was determined to see what makes this gobbler guru tick.

There's an old saying that "more rifles are ruined by cleaning than are by shooting," and it's likely true.