Dispatch from FTW Ranch SAAM Course: Day 2

Dispatch from FTW Ranch SAAM Course: Day 2

I wasn’t sure how my second day here could top my first, which was full of accomplishments, but then I remembered I’m at FTW and that’s how things work around here. We spent the morning with another hour-long class session where our instructor went into more detail...
Not-So-Positive Predators

Not-So-Positive Predators

Anyone and everyone who encourages the growth of predator populations is actually contributing to increased animal suffering in the wild. After centuries of uninformed overuse and abuse of wildlife, American conservationists/scientists in the early 20th century...
Thrills Above Kills

Thrills Above Kills

Beneath the watchful eyes of the spirits, he would follow his dream of hunting a single species of African game. Sometimes in the deep of night, when I’m alone with my thoughts, I reflect on the moment. And it’s always the eyes that I remember. Probably...
Nebraska Boasts Wild Turkey Variety

Nebraska Boasts Wild Turkey Variety

One reason Nebraska claims to have the nation’s best turkey hunting is its variety of subspecies of the big bird. Bryce Gerlach, a forester for the National Wild Turkey Federation and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission who is an avid hunter, said the Cornhusker State...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Caping a Turkey

A Step-by-Step Guide to Caping a Turkey

Just as an oft-used adage suggests “there’s more than one way to skin a cat,” so are there multiple ways to skin a turkey. Mind you, if you have plans to roast or deep-fry your gobbler, it shouldn’t really be skinned at all. Plucking is a tedious, time-consuming...
Arizona GFD Accepting Applications for Fall Hunts

Arizona GFD Accepting Applications for Fall Hunts

The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is accepting applications for 2020 hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for deer, fall turkey, fall javelina, bighorn sheep, fall bison and sandhill crane.   To apply, visit the AZGFD website and click on “Apply...
Kentucky Elk Hunt Drawing Announcement

Kentucky Elk Hunt Drawing Announcement

This season’s unveiling of hunters for the 2020 Kentucky elk hunt will be held at 1 p.m. (Eastern) May 16 at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. The event will be held virtually without an audience. This decision was made by the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and...
Where Dreams Were Born

Where Dreams Were Born

Your first encounter with a mountain nyala will stay with you forever. It may even haunt you. A soft mist rises from the forest valley like a whisper from a forgotten memory. Colobus monkeys growl. A bushbuck barks. A snake eagle soars past sheer cliffs. The wind...