Eating A Mountain
I take off one afternoon to run up a mountain above my home to look for the false morels that sometimes grow in the burned forests there. It’s one of the mountains that feeds my family, one of the mountains on which we are fortunate enough some years to take a deer or...
The Best of Robert Ruark
Anyone with so much as a passing acquaintance with sporting literature is familiar with Robert Chester Ruark. He is probably the best-loved and most widely read outdoor writer of this century. Certainly, Ruark’s timeless and immensely popular books The Old Man and the...
Badger Pan Eland
Even when tracking Africa’s largest antelope you might have to pull from your bag of tricks.
Visions of the Bight
And it shall come to pass in those days that your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams.
Julie Bender: With Pyrography and Paint, She Confirms Her Rightful Place as a Wildlife and Western Artist
In the wonderful world of wildlife art, Julie Bender stands out for her dedicated pursuit of pyrography, a unique artform using heated tools to create sepia-toned, lifelike images. “Heat is my substance,” says Julie. “Hot metal tips are my tools, paper and wood are my...
Chris Dorsey to be Keynote Speaker at Quail Forever’s 2025 Bobwhite Ball
Chris Dorsey has been named Featured Keynote Speaker at the 2025 Bobwhite Ball to open the 2025 Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic, March 7-9 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Bobwhite Ball is a fundraising event celebrating Quail Forever’s 20th Anniversary, highlighting...
Al Agnew – A Love Indefatigable
"Many people have the basic ability to draw what they see. All children love to draw. It's just that most lose interest in it for whatever reason. But I never did. I fell in love with art and the outdoors when I started fishing the stream by my house as a kid, and...
John Madison Culler: Tinkhamtown Bound
The old man holds my hand in a frosty grip. But his weak, raspy voice and eyes warmly thank me for being his friend for almost 50 years. Staring past his fish tank and sagging shelves of sporting books through a window and into the far distance, he silently raises his...
Dennis Anderson – Art With Attitude
"Dennis identifies with big, powerful animals; the bold and the dangerous," Smith says. "But he shows you some nuance of them that you've never seen. It's like he knows we have some preconceived notion of what a certain animal is, so he doesn't bother with that." The...
Robert Ruark: A Man of Startling Contrasts
Robert Ruark could be a tough and cruel rogue, but he was also considerate, fun-loving and generous to a fault.