Ruark On Safari: Hemingway

Ruark On Safari: Hemingway

An excerpt from Ruark Remembered by Alan Ritchie who served as Ruark’s personal secretary for 12 years. I had a feeling that Hemingway’s death affected Bob more than he would have admitted at the time, and, during the remainder of the safari he was puzzling out...
An Artist In Big Game Country: Moose Mishap

An Artist In Big Game Country: Moose Mishap

This is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the August 1910 issue of Outing magazine. This day we were in the heart of moose country with an ideal landscape spread before us, glowing with the golden red of a northern sunset. I worked quickly,...
The Rogue Sow

The Rogue Sow

An excerpt as it appears in Alaska Bears, Stirred and Shaken. Jake guides two German guest hunters after an irritated grizzly. I took two of the younger Germans, my fine Labrador, Max, and an assistant guide, Andy, down the valley to the south. The bear was maybe...
Shooting Flying At A Legendary Chateau

Shooting Flying At A Legendary Chateau

Setting off to distant places to hunt can take you far beyond the sport. There’s the prospect of adventure and new wonders to behold. How people in foreign lands embrace life, prepare their food, savor their wines and sing their songs broaden your personal horizon. I...
Good News, Bad News & the Gray Ghost

Good News, Bad News & the Gray Ghost

It was 1998 and my wife’s uncle had received exclusive permission from a farmer’s widow to hunt a hundred or more acres of farmland bordered by swamp and hardwood forest in Duplin County, North Carolina.  He’d hunted the land since opening day, and for most of that...
The Vintagers Help Keep Edwardian Shotgunning And Dress Alive

The Vintagers Help Keep Edwardian Shotgunning And Dress Alive

John Chudzik was a Winchester man, addicted to its famed cornshuckers—Model 97s and Model 12s—but the Belchertown, Massachusetts, resident began to think they were a little on the heavy side and too cumbersome on a clays course. In time, lust crept into his...
Rattlesnakes Among Friends

Rattlesnakes Among Friends

“You boys got to keep your eyes peeled for those diamondbacks,” Pierre said. He was butchering fish by the light of a Coleman, flounder fresh from the creek. “This time of year, they lookin’ for anything warm. Crawl right in your sleeping bag.” Pierre was fixing to...
An Artist In Big Game Country: Charged By A Caribou!

An Artist In Big Game Country: Charged By A Caribou!

This is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the August 1910 issue of Outing magazine. So often have I heard the tales of hunters being attacked by moose, bears, etc., that with every trip I looked for some similar adventure to befall me. With the...
Carson Wentz: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

Carson Wentz: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

There are many reasons for sportsmen to place North Dakota on their bucket list. The entire state, or about 90 percent of the territory, is home to large ranches and moderate-sized farms. Agriculture is king in a vast swath of land that stretches from the flat Red...
August 26 is National Dog Day

August 26 is National Dog Day

A hunter’s best friend has its own special day. National Dog Day was founded in 2004 by pet and family lifestyle expert, Colleen Paige, to celebrate all dogs — mixed breed and pure.  Whether it’s a true working dog or your “field & couch”...