Whitetail Hunting in 1810
This comes from the final portion of Chapter 6 in Forty-Four Years in the Life of a Hunter (1859) and captures the author’s activities when at the height of his considerable hunting powers. Shortly after returning to my home, three hunters and myself agreed to go to...
Tails, You Lose!
“Sometimes I dearly hate whitetails!” My humbled, mumbled comment brought a snicker from my hunting partner, J. Wayne Fears. I was glad it was only a small laugh and my friend had recovered a bit. Only moments before he had been laughing so hard I thought he might...
My First Buck with a Bow
Saxton Pope, the father of modern archery, takes his first whitetail with stick and string.
Braden’s Buck
The author’s nephew killed his first white-tailed buck in October, and neither of them will ever forget it.