The Steakhouse Stickup

The Steakhouse Stickup

Hugo, Minnesota, straight up U.S. 61, the murderous old two-lane between St. Paul and Duluth. Up and down some timbered red-iron hills, around others, potholed, icy sometimes, frosty others, slick always, so deadly Bob Dylan wrote it into a song: “God said to Abraham,...

Notes on Dangerous Game

Notes on Dangerous Game

The Third Tanganyika Letter This article originally appeared in the July 1934 issue of Esquire magazine. In the ethics of shooting dangerous game is the premise that the trouble you shoot yourself into you must be prepared to shoot yourself out of. Since a man making...

Last Waltz

Last Waltz

Though I had known her for nearly two decades, I had never seen her like this. I had first come to her in autumn, myself still nearly a youth, her lovely, angular shoulders discreetly draped in purple and amber and varying shades of gold, glowing soft and warm as she...

EP 162: West Texas

EP 162: West Texas

Click Here to Listen Texas’ Managed Land Deer Permit allows Luke and Larry to continue hunting whitetails on Larry’s lease after Texas’ regular deer season is closed, providing prime venison and great camp fun, which of course including cooking! In this episode Luke...

The Strange Death of Sergeant Phleger

The Strange Death of Sergeant Phleger

As a Marine deployed to Southeast Asia 25 years ago, I had heard of tiger sightings in the bush, even an incident in which a Marine had been killed by one. I never ran across anyone, including intelligence people, who could verify this, as most unit reports and maps...

Lord of the Savanna

Lord of the Savanna

Most African safaris have become somewhat leisurely activities in which hunting from vehicles is the primary method of locating wild game. But there are still a few animals that can be pursued only in the kind of primitive, harsh environments typical of ancient...