Duncan Dobie’s Dawn of American Deer Hunting: Volume II
Order online at www.SportingClassicsStore.com, or call 800-849-1004. Duncan Dobie’s first Dawn of American Deer Hunting has been a best-seller among deer enthusiasts and hunters. Now, Volume II is even bigger and grander. The new book features 240 pages with nearly...
In Pursuit of the Beceite Ibex
Slowly negotiating our way over the side of a dangerously steep, boulder-ridden mountain, we spied a herd of ibex in the distance, feeding on the same slope. With daylight fading on a dangerously rocky slope in the Beceite Mountains of Spain, pessimism ran rampant in...
Wildlife Habitat Management Wins in Court
MISSOULA, Mont.—A U.S. District Court judge ruled a habitat management project in west-central Montana designed to benefit wildlife will go forward as planned. The Johnny Crow Project will utilize prescribed burning and the removal of invasive junipers into grasslands...
The Magic Hour
The sun is setting on a brilliant hunting career. Though his big game hunting bag isn’t particularly mixed, it is well stocked. A couple of pronghorn antelope, one empty elk tag. Maybe a hundred deer across a forty-year career, many of which were bagged when...
The Gilded Age of Whitetail Hunting (Early 1900s)
Chapter 2 from Duncan Dobie's Dawn of American Deer Hunting available for purchase here. Order before 12/18 to ensure Christmas delivery. The Gilded Age in America was a 30-year period of rapid growth, expansion and industrialization that took place from the end of...
5 Ways to Weather-Proof Your Dog’s Offseason Training
Weather extremes make it difficult to train and keep your hunting dog sharp during the offseason. Just as you probably don’t want to work in kneedeep snow, heavy rain or brutally hot, humid days, neither does your dog. Professional gun dog trainers Paul McGagh, Clyde...
Featured Artist: Shawn McAvoy
The realistic approach that Shawn McAvoy reflects in his sculptures is a testament to his respect for the natural world. With over twenty years of experience, his attention to every detail is precise, depicting his subjects in an exceptional fashion, capturing extreme...
Minnesota DNR Adding 2 Extra Weekends in December for Deer Hunters
These hunts are being held to help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease. Dates Friday, Dec. 21, through Sunday, Dec. 23 Friday, Dec. 28, through Sunday, Dec. 30 The hunts will occur in deer permit areas 603, 347 and 348 and portions of deer permit areas 343 and...
Excerpt from “Amid Whirring Wings”
“Bob White” Shrill and clear, from thicket near, A song within the woodland ringing, A treble note from silver throat The siren of the fields is singing— “Bob White! Bob White!” And from the height, an answer sweet Floats gently o’er the rippling wheat— “Bob White!...
RMEF Acquires More Prime Elk Country for Public Access
The Eagle Cap Wilderness is the largest and most popular in Oregon. And thanks to conservation work by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and it partners, it’s now more accessible for hunters, anglers, hikers and others to use and enjoy. RMEF acquired a 471-acre chunk...