Entries for June 2008

By my calculations, each decent-sized white-tailed buck I’ve killed with a bow has required a total of 50-75 hours of sitting in a treestand or ground blind. Even reading a good book can get tedious after all that time!

When I first hunted Wild turkeys in California back in the 1970s, the state had just opened its first turkey hunting seasons ever. The population was limited to a few areas of the state, and the chances of success for a clueless college kid were grim.

I was riding ATVs late last year during a Yamaha press introduction of their new Rhino 700 side-by-side. We covered more than 30 miles of trails on a huge parcel of prime hunting country called Brimstone Recreation Area located on the edge of Huntsville, Tennessee.

I love reading ads and watching infomercials touting how a magnet on the fuel line, a spinning fan in the intake, a pill in the gas tank or some do-it-yourself bolt-in hydrogen kit is guaranteed to give our vehicles an incredible boost in fuel economy.

Reo is the 11-year-old son of my hunting partner Doyle Shipp, and Reo started shooting a “stick and string” almost as soon as he could walk.

It's payback time. A son takes his dad on a memorable pronghorn hunt in western South Dakota. 

What could be better than an up-north Canadian big game hunt?  How 'bout back-to-back trips?

The big, old white-tailed buck moved silently through the heavy brush in the bottom of a coulee. He was using a backdoor to elude a push by several hunters.

 “Can I fire the first shot, Ian?” My buddy asked as he stared at the massive, Barrett single-shot bolt-action rifle chambered in .50 BMG.

NAHC experts answer your questions about hunting coyotes and elk.