by Tom Keer | Oct 9, 2020
The rivers were overflowing, the feeder streams were gushing and the lowland roads were washed out so I couldn’t get to my woodcock coverts. But I had an idea. The rain poured down for three straight days. It wasn’t a mist or a pitter patter on the tin roof. It was...
by Tom Keer | Oct 1, 2020
At times I may think I am unique in my hunting approach, yet the reality is I am not. Like many, I follow in the shadows of Edmund Davis. The phone rang listing a number I did not recognize. I answered. “Tom Keer.” “I had the chair.” “Terrific,” I said. “It’s...
by Tom Keer | Aug 10, 2020
It’s about creating enough memories to carry us through the other ten months until the leaves turn colorful and we begin all over again. We sportsmen hang our hats in a lot of different places. Sometimes you’ll find us in fishing camps that range from beach shacks to...
by Tom Keer | Apr 29, 2020
Like an honest dog, it’ll be the standard by which you compare all other upland hunting books. It’s the highest level of praise for a handler to call a dog “honest.” By that handlers mean every time the dog points there is a bird under his nose. Honest dogs work hard,...
by Tom Keer | Mar 5, 2020
Blackfly Lodge at Schooner Bay anchors a Bahamas community created especially for fishing. On a calm day, the slight slap of the water on the hull of a flats boat has one of two effects on me. If I’m tired, it can lull me into a trance, the kind that makes me want...
by Tom Keer | Nov 26, 2019
“It was over there, in old furniture stores, junk yards and other out of the way places—where they knew nothing about old guns, and cared less, just so they could sell them at most any price—that some of the real prizes turned up, such as the Sharps coffee mill...
by Tom Keer | Aug 26, 2019
There are many reasons for sportsmen to place North Dakota on their bucket list. The entire state, or about 90 percent of the territory, is home to large ranches and moderate-sized farms. Agriculture is king in a vast swath of land that stretches from the flat Red...
by Tom Keer | Aug 19, 2019
The year was 1969, and headlines were ablaze with Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk, Woodstock and, alas, bell-bottomed trousers. Meanwhile, Paul Iams founded a premium dog food company that he named Eukanuba. Competitors wondered, “Who in their right mind would double...
by Tom Keer | Aug 9, 2019
About a decade ago, my wife Angela and I took advantage of the cool fall temperatures that were delivered on an East wind to scour the beaches for striped bass. There was a cleanliness in the air, the kind only found along the coast. The wind had pushed offshore fish...
by Tom Keer | Aug 7, 2019
After graduating from Washington University, William H. Danforth grew tired with his job as a brick salesman. It was 1894, a time nearing the turn of the 20th century, and excitement was in the air. Businessmen scrapped tradition and quickly gravitated to new and...
