The Stare
As a dog, I have a method of communication that sends a clear message — The Stare. You hoomans have many ways to communicate — like writing, smoke signals and Morse code. I noticed, nearly all of you rarely speak any more and spend most of each day staring down into a...
A Dearth of Dreams for the Waking Outdoorsman
Remarkable, really. Not the first of my hunting or fishing companions, even the zaniest, admits to regular outdoor dreams. I'd suspect subterfuge, collusion, even amnesia. Dreams do have a short shelf life. How many can you remember from last month? Or, for that...
Hemingway and the Dragons
"He'll make a fine trophy," Ernest declared, dragging the immense reptile from the vegetation. Too much sun, drink and time on the choppy sea had left John and Peter weak and lethargic. Swimming toward the distant beach the two men found each stroke to be a struggle,...
Sporting Classics TV Season 4
The world’s most watched outdoor television series returns for its fourth season on Outdoor Channel. Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey is a joint venture between Dorsey Pictures, the largest producer of outdoor lifestyle programming in history and Sporting Classics...
The Bear and Lion Man
Lily has been viewed both as a legendary hunter and a shameless poacher. In 1908 residents of Coahuila, Mexico, lived in fear of a large male grizzly that had laid claim to a stretch of road leading into the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Vaqueros in the region avoided...
A Growling In the Rain
Sensing something wasn't right, the lion popped his head out from behind the tree. Instantly, his big eyes blazed like coals and he issued a deep, rumbling growl. It was a hot and dry September day in Tanzania, just south of the little village of Loiborserrit. We left...
The Good Life
Crisp, clear air and cold water are the sources of life. It is a life implemented with guns and flyrods, populated by beautiful birds and dogs and fish stippled with rose-moles bright as neon. It is a life of vast grassy space where dogs can run to their heart's...
Eyes On the Sky
I am very focused on the skies overhead. While a majority of the hunting I am involved in requires looking ahead at eye level or on the ground for pheasants, grouse and such, there are periods when I need to look up. Eyes on the sky, if you will, when waterfowl...
Horned Moon – One Last Time
Willard, it's time. I want to track one more mountain lion, maybe kill it. I've got this feeling! Somewhere in the forest came the warbling song of a night bird. Melodic, sweet sounds, but urgent and unanswered. It was quiet after that, except for the gentle breeze...
The Cameron House
As Mike explained who he was and pointed up the hill to our home, the woman then exclaimed “oh, you live with Cameron!” I have written several times in the past about how dogs have plans to move in and take over your house and life — just as I have done at Mike’s...