The Fanged Whitetail

The Fanged Whitetail

Q: A friend told me he shot a whitetail doe that had small upper canines or bugling teeth like an elk.  Not sure I believe him. When I asked about seeing the skull, he said it was at a taxidermist who was doing a complete skull mount for him.  Is there really such a...
A Wish Granted: 3 Days at Patagonia’s Tipiliuke Lodge

A Wish Granted: 3 Days at Patagonia’s Tipiliuke Lodge

In a three-day span I’d stalked a red stag, fished for browns and rainbows, then ended up with an exciting hunt for boar. I enjoyed them all at Tipiliuke. Sam Nede arrived at the beach well before daylight. Here on Captiva Island the shell hunters would soon be...
Michigan Man Charged: 125 Wildlife Crimes

Michigan Man Charged: 125 Wildlife Crimes

A Chippewa County, Michigan man is charged with 125 wildlife crimes following DNR investigation. A 56-year-old Pickford man was arraigned Wednesday morning ­in Chippewa County’s 91st District Court on 125 wildlife misdemeanor charges, following a months-long...
Death of a Tusker

Death of a Tusker

Poaching of Africa’s elephants continues at alarming levels, spurred by poverty, corrupt government officials, and the demand for illegal ivory in Asian countries. My earliest and fondest memories of the Kenya bush are the times I spent in Tsavo National Park...
The General

The General

Once he strikes a trail, a great rabbit dog like The General might just keep a’goin…on and on to the damn ends of God’s green earth. Everybody in the piedmont had heard of the General, but nobody had hunted with him. His owner, Reverend Eddie...
NRA’s Steel Magnolias

NRA’s Steel Magnolias

Meet some of the women who are infusing the NRA with high-octane energy, fresh thinking and the power of the purse…all with a feminine touch. The nickname “steel magnolias” first imprinted on the rest of the world by way of the 1989 movie of the same...
The Captain and Me

The Captain and Me

Fifty years later, the old men were boys once again. I suppose there was a time when the Captain and I did not know one another, when he did not call me a smart ass, but neither of us can recall when that might have been. We are about half senile now, or at least we...