Tracy Breen Every year, bowhunters are excited to see what bow companies have done to outdo themselves from the year before and there is no question bow companies have…
Craig Boddington I’ve written before that all mountain hunting is somewhat similar, a matter of climbing, glassing, and figuring out how to get close enough for a shot. The difficulty…
Steve Hickoff Provided by Yamaha Outdoors in the Outdoor Wire You have land and water to waterfowl hunt. Secure success by building blinds now. LET’S GET SERIOUS: Take your blind…
Tim Herald Spring turkey hunting is a personal obsession for me, and over the years I have been fortunate enough to hunt many western states during April and May. With…
Craig Boddington The first big game I ever shot was taken in 1965 with a .243 Winchester. The rifle was a first-year production of what would quickly come to be…
Mike Hanback A stinky scrape the size of a tractor tire is the most bewitching buck mark you’ll find in the woods in a few weeks. It is also the…
Mike Hanback A stinky scrape the size of a tractor tire is the most bewitching buck mark you’ll find in the woods in a few weeks. It is also the…
Tony Kinton Dreams don’t always come true. Some simply fade away with time; others actually materialize but afford little satisfaction. Rare it is to have dreams, even a single dream…
Kimberly J. Williams On a quiet, cold morning in January, thousands rise; dressed completely in camouflage, the hunters make their way to a duck blind. Weighted down by shotguns, ammunition,…
Tim Herald In my opinion, there is no more fun bowhunt than a good plainsgame hunt in southern Africa. The variety of animals you can see and harvest is unparalleled,…
Craig Boddington In just a few hours it would be a hot July morning, but a pleasantly cool dawn was just breaking when we took a stand on a ridge.…
Jim Klatt You could say being left standing at the dike isn’t as bad being left at the altar, but I think it really depends on what you’re standing in.…
Tim Herald Thirty years ago my father gave me a book about all the big game animals of North America. I wore holes in the cover pouring over all the…
M. D. Johnson I make no apologies to the mallard purists when I say there’s nothing wrong with greenheads, but there’s just something about divers. Perhaps it’s where they live-the…
Mike Hanback Luke Strommen pulled back his longbow string and launched a wooden arrow down through the cottonwoods. It arched through the air as if in slow motion, then buried…
Craig Boddington As standard cartridges go, the .280 Remington has one of the oddest histories. Based on the .30-06 case necked down to take a 7mm, or .284-inch bullet, the…
J. Wayne Fears Oftentimes your hunt really begins once you’ve shot or arrowed a deer. Only after you’ve recovered the animal can you call your hunt a success. Let’s look…
David Hart If you served your family a farm-raised, store-bought, hormone-injected turkey for Thanksgiving, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You’re a hunter, aren’t you? You probably have lots…
Mike Hanback At first I figured a guy on the next ridge had spooked the jittery doe that dashed past my stand. But then I questioned the spooky doe’s motives:…
Tim Herald Late season hunting equals spending lots of time on food sources, right? Well, that certainly can be a good strategy, especially in cold temperatures. After all, deer have…
Craig Boddington Nearly 90 years ago Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Kermit, journeyed to the Tien Shan Mountains of western China. His book, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, is a…
Rich Kostner As seen on MyBuckStory.com. There we were: Day One of our quest to harvest the beautiful black turkey of Wisconsin. My guide, Scott, had gotten me in range…