Pig Medicine
Turning a .300 H&H Magnum on Texas’s feral hogs.
Not Perfect, but Close Enough
The gobbler silently stepped from the thick brush 25 yards away, looking for the hen that had been calling intermittently. He had called to her early, but she had not come to him as he’d hoped. Now, after the initial breeding period, he had come looking for her. I...
A Turkey Trifecta
A hunt of firsts for a lifelong turkey addict.
Hunting with the Historic Burnside
To get a historic gun firing again is a special joy. To have it fulfill its purpose once again, after a lapse of perhaps a century, makes the joy that much greater. I was beginning to identify with Ahab, though instead of a white whale, I was seeking a whitetail....
4 Cartridges
Gun season was approaching and I had to decide which of my deer rifles to carry opening weekend. I had made good use of my “ heavy for deer” rifles on pigs during the off season, but had been unsuccessful, again, during bow season, so I did not want to handicap myself...
Nothing Like on Paper
I was beginning to wonder if the tom had been spooked by a this strange “hen” yelping from inside a vehicle, when I heard a shotgun blast.
Handloading for the Hunt of a Lifetime
Which cartridge do you choose? Which bullet weight? The decisions will have tremendous effects.
Knives I Have Known
Learning to appreciate fine knives as much as fine firearms.
Forward into the Past
The 6.5mms are popular today, but one Texas gunmaker created a wildcat decades before the average shooter recognized their benefits.
Days Such As These
Two years apart, two opening days end in successful, albeit different, turkey hunts.