At Greystone Castle, It’s Great Being the King

At Greystone Castle, It’s Great Being the King

The Greystone Castle Sporting Club did not, like a phoenix, arise from a bed of ashes. This superb Texas hunting and shooting facility did, however, end up being built, in good measure, on a pile of bricks. The story begins in the late 1800s when a large vein of coal...
EP: 164 The Never Give Up Buck

EP: 164 The Never Give Up Buck

Click Here to Listen Now Thanks to Texas’ Managed Land Deer Permit, properties under the program can hunt whitetails until the last day of February. In this episode Larry and Luke talk about a buck, Larry initially passed in November, and then the long subsequent hunt...
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,...
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...
A Fox and a Conscience

A Fox and a Conscience

Conscience,” the negro minister had solemnly said in his sermon that Sunday, “is sho’ going to keep a man good. It will make yo’ ‘fraid to lie, or steal, or bear false witness.” Ben, the old negro who had outlived his generation and who was sheltered in his desolate...
SEWE 2024 Trip Auction

SEWE 2024 Trip Auction

Bid for Thrills: Unleash Your Adventurous Spirit and Support DU! Join SEWE & Ducks Unlimited for an exclusive trip auction at the Charleston Marriott on SEWE Saturday, February 17th at 4 PM. If you are dreaming of that once-in-a-lifetime hunt, fishing experience...
EP 161: Late Season Does

EP 161: Late Season Does

Click Here to Listen Larry and Luke both live in Texas where ranches under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s “Manage Land Deer Permit” (MLDP) can hunt whitetails until the end of February. In this episode Luke and Larry talk about their...
On a Collision Course with The H.M.S. Maternity

On a Collision Course with The H.M.S. Maternity

Excerpted from the book Facing the Charge. Who would have thought that a nice, brisk morning walk could get your torso hung up on a set of giant, prehistoric, enamel meat hooks? But I get ahead of myself. See, there was this dirt road just outside Lew’s safari camp...