Ringing Anticosti’s Bell
A late November nor’easter bludgeoned Anticosti into patinaed greys and smoky lodens. Squalling bands of horizontal snow bowed tall and scraggly firs hard to lee. Foot thick epaulets of heavy rime worn by branches of stubby spruce would have glisten had there been the...
12 Year Old Boy Takes First Elk Thanks to NFL QB
Other than a BB gun, 12-year-old John Gegen had never fired a rifle of any kind. That is, until he went on a recent elk hunt to Colorado where he shot and dropped a nice bull. That adventure happened thanks to Carson Wentz, quarterback of the Super Bowl champion...
Announcing Our 2019 January February Issue
Cover Photo: Jungle Impasse by John Seerey-Lester Features: TRUE BLUE With each of us, Grandma passed on her love for nature, hunting and the color of blue. Dr. T. C. Jennings DUEL ON TABERNACLE MOUNTAIN Partridge and setter, each born to best the other. Mike Gaddis...
Elk Hunt at Two-Ocean Pass
TR was especially pleased with the bull, but what he couldn’t know was that he would bag eight more elk, including an even bigger trophy. Clad in buckskin hunting shirt, moccasins and leggings, the hunter crept silently toward the bull elk and his harem as they grazed...
Parker Bows says Goodbye
From Parker Bows - Parker Bows has made the difficult decision to cease operations. We have explored what we believe to be all possible options to continue operations in one form or another but to no avail. It has truly been an honor to have been a part of your...
Why We Miss Birds in Upland Hunting
The pointer was facing me, and I could see that he was locked up tighter than a tick. His head was high, his tail set was ramrod straight, and there was no question there was a covey of quail under his nose. The birds were between him and me, and since it was my turn...
Your Next Must-Have Rifle Accessory
The Spartan Precision Rifle Bipod Is Built For Hunters By Hunters. Let’s face it, as hunters we love gadgets. It’s why our closets are always so cramped, and our garages look like a sporting version of the junkyard on Sanford and Son. We tinker, we modify, we hoard....
Avedon & Colby’s New All-Terrain Field Pants
Deliver Performance and Function Without Sacrificing Quality, Comfort and Style (Black Earth, WI) Avedon & Colby has introduced the ultimate All-Terrain Field Pant. Sewn from a combination of 7 oz. and 10 oz. 100% cotton All-Terrain canvas, the new pants offer all...
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...