Hunting for Happiness

Hunting for Happiness

Man or woman, dog or gun, you never know when you might say goodbye. Fixing to write this down before I forget, the days and years slipping away the way they do, that blaze of autumn to water the eye, the flames of maple and oak and the dry-bone rattling aspen, that...
Hope, Faith and the Man-Killer

Hope, Faith and the Man-Killer

Night and day they would pursue the huge beast that was threatening the very existence of several villages. Hope is twenty-three and Faith is two, and they live together, mother and child, in a tiny mud and grass-thatched rondavel a couple of miles from a place called...
All That Alaska Allows

All That Alaska Allows

You can do it all on Alaska’s rivers as long as you’ve got the right outfitter and guides.  The idea is traditional. Go to the wilderness. Fish and hunt. Everything. Moose. Bears. Waterfowl. Salmon. Whatever pops up. It’s what sportsmen used to do. It’s what they...
Mallard Tornado

Mallard Tornado

Mind-boggling numbers of mallards, mallards like blackbirds, tornadoes of mallards, more mallards than sky. Way down in October, in The Moon of Falling Leaves, me and Joe Merganser on the back loading dock of the farmer’s co-op elevator.  Joe Merganser was full-blood...
Hunt Season Closure Social Media Posts Are Hoax

Hunt Season Closure Social Media Posts Are Hoax

Despite false rumors floating around on social media, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish reassures New Mexico hunters the results of the 2020-2021 big-game draw will be released by April 29, 2020, if not earlier. Over the past week, there have been prank posts...
New Shed Antler Boundaries Now Law

New Shed Antler Boundaries Now Law

New regulations on shed antler and horn collection in Wyoming are now in effect. The updated regulation expands the seasonal closure area to include expanded critical wintering habitat and enact a new opening time of 12 noon on public lands. The annual closure is to...
Nest Predator Bounty Program Begins April 1

Nest Predator Bounty Program Begins April 1

South Dakota’s 2020 Nest Predator Bounty Program will begin on April 1. However, due to concerns of COVID-19, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) will not be accepting tails for the program until a later date. Participants are asked to freeze all tails...