The Unpredictability of Hunting…and Life

The Unpredictability of Hunting…and Life

No two hunting stories are the same. This may explain why those of us who hunt are rich with a bank full of distinct memories. No two hunting stories are ever alike. For good reason. Ruffed grouse roosted in the aspens never take the same flight path. A whitetail buck...

The Silent Woods

The Silent Woods

Treat the earth well; it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.  The woods are mostly silent now.  As the old man’s boots disturbed the dry autumn...

Four Timothy Murphy Poems

Four Timothy Murphy Poems

The recurring theme in Timothy Murphy's poetry is hunting and the cruel and ruthless innocence of nature, conflating the virtues of hunting with religious values. In 1951, two recently married teachers in Hibbing, Minnesota, paid a young boy named Bobby Zimmerman ten...

The Slam of Slams

The Slam of Slams

This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey... We look at a collection of Chris' remarkable slams - the North America 29, sheep slam, turkey world slam and the spiral horns slam. Hunting slams are not about collecting trophies or checking off a to-do list - they...