Wahoo, Indeed
The famed angler hooks into a species he later said made him “seem like an amateur.”
Shooting the Prong-Buck
Hunting pronghorn with the then-new .30-30 Winchester.
How I Lost My Thanksgiving Turkey
An off-the-wall hunt for a holiday gobbler.
Sheep On the Razor’s Edge
The only thing more dizzying than the thrill of taking three rams was the sheer drop-off on either side of the ridge.
Treed by a Moose, Pt. 2
A young man’s life hangs in the balance as he hangs from a tree branch.
Treed by a Moose
A man, a bear, and a moose walk into the woods . . . Sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s no laughing matter!
After the Wild Sheep in Altai and Mongolia
“I made out a suspicious-looking brown speck, then another, then a third, till I could count 40 of them some two miles below us. On more careful inspection we found them to be all rams, lying on the plateau in open ground.”
Hunting the Wild Tusker in the Ardennes
“To stand before the giant boar with his keen tusks, and then to deal the death stroke with a spear, requires great nerve and skill.”
Surviving the Civil War
A soldier’s autobiography shows hunting in the Civil War was a matter of survival, not sport.
A Colorado Bear Hunt
Pursuing a mysterious beast through the backcountry.