Meet the $70,000 Fish

Meet the $70,000 Fish

by | Oct 21, 2020

For many, catching a bonefish on the fly is tantamount to turning the saltwater flats to holy water. As a fly fisherman, I feel naked when I wade a saltwater flat to cast for bonefish. I try and play the part of motionless heron but nevertheless feel so exposed in the...
The U.K.’s Black Tie Event of Shooting

The U.K.’s Black Tie Event of Shooting

by | Oct 5, 2020

With the grouse moors covered in blooming heather, it’s once again time for the annual Sport of Kings: driven grouse shooting. With its abundance of heather and red grouse, Yorkshire’s undulating moors echo with gunfire each August as artfully engraved shotguns...
Montana River Wars

Montana River Wars

by | Sep 30, 2020

The decline of Montana’s rivers foretells a new battle brewing between businesses that depend on fishing tourism and the state’s ranchers. I’ll never forget the first time I met the Big Hole River. The relationship started on one of those crisp Montana autumn days,...
Wolf Wars Move to the Ballot Box

Wolf Wars Move to the Ballot Box

by | Aug 25, 2020

Colorado Initiative Latest Effort to Manage Wildlife Through Public Opinion In 1990, California voters passed Proposition 114 which banned mountain lion hunting in that state and set into motion scores of similar ballot measures across the country, usurping the...
Solving an Environmental Crisis One Bite at a Time

Solving an Environmental Crisis One Bite at a Time

by | Aug 14, 2020

What’s one man’s wild hog overpopulation problem is swine dining for another It’s so dark that I can’t see the end of the rifle I’m holding. Ahead is the enemy, a herd of perhaps 20 wild hogs that we can hear rooting, grunting and snorting like a rugby scrum. I peer...
Meet the Tarzan Who Can Paint

Meet the Tarzan Who Can Paint

by | Aug 3, 2020

For internationally acclaimed wildlife artist John Banovich, it’s about saving the planet one portrait at a time. It’s a good bet that wherever you find wildlife painter John Banovich, there will be a captivating view nearby. The globe-trotting artist is a study of a...
Driven Bird Shooting in Idaho

Driven Bird Shooting in Idaho

by | Jul 29, 2020

How the European sport of royalty has come to the American West What if you could enjoy driven red-legged partridge in stunning and steep terrain, the kind of presentation made famous in the hills of Spain…but without the jet lag? That was the notion of Lars...
One Family’s Quest to Save a Species…Through Hunting

One Family’s Quest to Save a Species…Through Hunting

by | Jul 24, 2020

The comeback story of one of the most unique antelope in the world Mention Ethiopia to a westerner and images of drought and famine come to mind, an impoverished land wrapped in tragedy and sadness where pity is a leading export. Thus, imagine my surprise as I land in...