Venison Stew

Venison Stew

Years ago, I fell into the habit of boning out all of the deer I was lucky enough to drag out of the woods. My Uncle Elton loved venison, and I always made sure he had a good supply in his freezer. Elton lived alone with two big dogs to keep him company – an...
Measuring Roosevelt’s Rogue Bull Moose

Measuring Roosevelt’s Rogue Bull Moose

As an official Boone and Crockett measurer, Ron Boucher of Waterford, Vermont, who speaks fluent French, had scored several heads for his good friend, André Beaudy, a native of Quebec. Both André and Ron were later instrumental in helping to establish an arm of the...
The Baptism of Jamie McAlester

The Baptism of Jamie McAlester

The McAlesters were a family of hunters. They were also ruthless in their ways. Logan McAlester saw to that. He and his boys collected their meat any way they could, day or night, summer or winter. None of the McAlester clan ever paid attention to seasons or bag...
Roosevelt’s Last Hunt

Roosevelt’s Last Hunt

“The man should have youth and strength who seeks adventure in the wide, waste spaces of the earth, in the marshes, and among the vast mountain masses, in the northern forests, amid the streaming jungles of the tropics, or on the deserts of sand or of snow. He...
The Last Days of Ben Lilly

The Last Days of Ben Lilly

After the presidential bear hunt, Lilly went back to Texas and soon drifted across the border into Mexico, continuing his pursuit of black bears and cougars with a vengeance. He gained even more renown hunting the few remaining grizzlies in the Sierra Madre Mountains...
President Theodore Roosevelt on Mountain Man Ben Lilly

President Theodore Roosevelt on Mountain Man Ben Lilly

Roosevelt greatly enjoyed his time with Ben Lilly. He later wrote: “I never met any other man so indifferent to fatigue and hardship. The morning he joined us in camp, he had come on foot through the thick woods, followed by his two dogs, and had neither eaten nor...
Dawn of American Deer Hunting Volume II

Dawn of American Deer Hunting Volume II

A fascinating new book featuring 400 vintage photos of whitetail hunters from yesteryear. Whitetail hunting is truly a unique American tradition plied first by early settlers, immigrants, pioneers and later American patriots who often died for their nation when...