Dog Overboard!
Life is so full of perils when you are on — or out of — a boat. As I have noted before, this summer has been one of many trips down rivers in fishing drift boats. While river cruising is fun, it has dangers like rocks and limbs protruding from the shoreline. Also the...
Defunding Hunting Programs in Schools
Defunding efforts that promote getting kids outdoors is antithetical to the current administration’s own stated goals of addressing America’s psychological woes. As America faces a storm of geopolitical threats, endures a flood of fentanyl streaming across a largely...
Best of Breed
If immortality is nothing more, or less, than the condition of being remembered, the dogs profiled here will always remain vibrantly and brilliantly alive. These canines are, by any reckoning, the Best of Breed. Not long ago, I had occasion to write to a man I’d never...
I Call It Rabbit Netting!
What follows is a true story and not a tall hunting tale! The other day while Mike was fly fishing on a river near our home, I continued doing what I do best — sniffing about. Every bush and object within 100 yards of a river or lake must be sniffed out, that’s my...
Chairman of the Lower Forty
From this moment forward, their association will finally go down as one of the greatest in the annals of outdoor writing. Our paths converged in a field called the Lower Forty. Corey Ford owned it, I own it — in this very real, very rural, picture-postcard New England...
Swarovision: Unveiling the World of Precision Optics
SPONSORED CONTENT In the world of outdoor enthusiasts, nature lovers and avid hunters, the name "Swarovski" has long been synonymous with exceptional quality and unparalleled precision optics. The renowned Austrian company, Swarovski Optik, has been at the forefront...
Sweltering Summer Days
I must say, I frequently take a dip into the water to cool off. Those splashes are what summer is all about. This summer is going great, in case you wondering how I am. I have been on several new rivers, and have made some drift boat trips on well-known Blue Ribbon...
The Era of Belle
Perhaps there truly are angels among us. The journey to the mailbox should have been exciting. There was a flawless, expectant stillness to the air, as if the world held its breath in waiting. Dense, leaden clouds layered the bottom of an ashen sky, leaving the fields...
Gunwerks Releases the Elevate Bipod
Gunwerks releases its latest innovation in the hunting industry — the Elevate Bipod. The Gunwerks Elevate Bipod is the most capable hunting weight bipod anywhere. The Elevate Bipod offers features and adaptablity that rival every bipod on the market. Its carbon fiber...
Admiration On a Distant Continent
The 10 years or so of acquaintance with these two have left a powerful impression. My admiration remains. Pieter still wears the same hat he was wearing when I first met him quite a few years back. But as for that, so do I. I suppose we both discovered that a good...