Why Do People Hunt?

Why Do People Hunt?

We hunt for the same reason that foxes chase mice…because we’re genetically programmed to do it. Evans Chambers and I were reminiscing the other day, as old men are wont to do. Evans lives in Enid, Oklahoma, and has been affiliated with the Grand National Quail Hunt...
Did You Ever? Vanishing Aspects of Youth in Yesteryear

Did You Ever? Vanishing Aspects of Youth in Yesteryear

I would contend that boyhood in yesteryear, when most pursuits involved being outdoors, had it all over today’s technology-driven world. Increasingly with the passage of time I find myself reflecting on things I did as a youngster. That’s the purview of age, and as...
Pheasant Hunting with Tom Brokaw

Pheasant Hunting with Tom Brokaw

“I live in cities now and travel the world but I keep coming back to this prairie because I know this is where I belong.” Even at his busiest sitting at the anchor’s desk of NBC News for more than 20 years—longer than Walter Cronkite at CBS—Tom Brokaw managed...
Sitka Gear Elements Of The Migration

Sitka Gear Elements Of The Migration

SPONSORED CONTENT As hunters, we understand the importance of weather and the impact it has on our hunting success. We are constantly checking the winds, temperature and future forecasts for upcoming storms in an attempt to calculate a plan that will result in us...
Rust and Redemption: A Goose-Hunting Revival

Rust and Redemption: A Goose-Hunting Revival

The busts accumulated in earnest while he relearned the lessons lost during a decade away from the goose blind. Dawn had come and gone but the geese still squabbled from the roost, holding tight to a small pond tucked into the rolling topography of central Wisconsin...
Arizona’s rattlesnakes most active April

Arizona’s rattlesnakes most active April

So far, 39 bites have been reported statewide in 2020 and counting 19 of those bites were recorded in the month of April, the month when rattlesnakes are the most active. In warm deserts, rattlesnakes are most active March through October. During the spring,...