Redemption – Finally, One for the Books!

Redemption – Finally, One for the Books!

by | Oct 13, 2021

Larry Weishuhn recalls how he redeemed himself from the buck that got away.   Of all places!  The biggest whitetail buck I have ever seen was standing 50 yards off of Highway 2 between Edmonton to Athabasca.  He was huge of body and antler — wide, tall, massive — a...
King of the Beasts – Speed, With Spots

King of the Beasts – Speed, With Spots

by | Oct 8, 2021

Wayne van Zwoll discusses the real “King of the Beasts”, the African Leopard and those who dedicated their lives to hunting them. I shook his left hand. There was nothing below his right elbow. He was strong, an aging giant six-foot-five, with a raw-boned frame to...
Lessons Handed Down to a Son – The Borrowed Gun

Lessons Handed Down to a Son – The Borrowed Gun

by | Oct 7, 2021

Peter Ryan on lessons handed down to a son. Our son, Jamie, is 10 years old. Today, after much pleading, he is with me at a cabin on the South Island of New Zealand, a long way from anywhere. There at the head of the valley the snow looms high overhead, waterfalls...
Buffalo Hunt – A Tale of Two Buffs

Buffalo Hunt – A Tale of Two Buffs

by | Oct 5, 2021

James Stejskal details two occasions across the world where he is on the buffalo hunt and just how he went about claiming his prize. The early morning fog on the river was starting to dissipate as I stood in the waist high grass surveying the terrain ahead. I was...
Hunting of Old – Lonely Journey Backward

Hunting of Old – Lonely Journey Backward

by | Sep 29, 2021

Tony Kinton details the ups and downs, reliefs and frustrations and the total fulfilment of experience that comes with the hunting of old. Obstinacy is considered poor taste. But fracturing protocol and proper behavior were not my intent. Rather, I was simply curious...
The Faces of Eve

The Faces of Eve

by | Sep 24, 2021

On a May morning, in the glad renewal that is spring, two lives collided.  One was that of a young man who knew and loved wildness, but was not wild. The other was that of a child, five weeks from newborn, who was. In the moment they met, he was so fascinated by her...
When Wildness Goes Bold

When Wildness Goes Bold

by | Sep 23, 2021

In any great wildlife painting, viewers do not just feel the spirit of an animal, we’re making contact with the mind’s eye of a brilliant artist. Julie T. Chapman, in her acclaimed multi-media scenes and monochromatic scratchboards, demonstrates how a single image can...