Stories

Love, Strife, and the Great Outdoors

Love, Strife, and the Great Outdoors

By Michael Cravens Accusations of being a little intense, maybe even obsessive, have followed me my entire life. I certainly can’t deny it; I’ve always taken my interests to the...

Love, Strife, and the Great Outdoors

By Michael Cravens Accusations of being a little intense, maybe even obsessive, have followed me my entire life. I certainly can’t deny it; I’ve always taken my interests to the...

Harvest or Kill? Considering our Choice of Language in Hunting Stories

Harvest or Kill? Considering our Choice of Lang...

By Paul McCarney This article was originally posted on Landscapes & Letters. It has been republished here with permission. For many of us, the months spent in between hunting seasons...

Harvest or Kill? Considering our Choice of Lang...

By Paul McCarney This article was originally posted on Landscapes & Letters. It has been republished here with permission. For many of us, the months spent in between hunting seasons...

Plentiful Opportunities: Squirrel Ecology, Hunting, and Cooking

Plentiful Opportunities: Squirrel Ecology, Hunt...

By Paul McCarney Squirrel hunting might be where small game meets big game hunting. Squirrels have a fascinating ecology, offer amazing hunting opportunities, and make delicious table fare. I can...

Plentiful Opportunities: Squirrel Ecology, Hunt...

By Paul McCarney Squirrel hunting might be where small game meets big game hunting. Squirrels have a fascinating ecology, offer amazing hunting opportunities, and make delicious table fare. I can...

Getting Turkeys to (Montana) Decoy

Getting Turkeys to (Montana) Decoy

By Gabby Zaldumbide Wisconsin in early April is not known for its comfortable climate. Usually, that’s the dead middle of the season midwesterners coined “Second Winter.” Instead of budding daffodils and...

Getting Turkeys to (Montana) Decoy

By Gabby Zaldumbide Wisconsin in early April is not known for its comfortable climate. Usually, that’s the dead middle of the season midwesterners coined “Second Winter.” Instead of budding daffodils and...

Lessons Learned by a Beginner Waterfowler

Lessons Learned by a Beginner Waterfowler

By Michael Cravens Seven flocked-up mallards glided over our heads and out of sight behind us. My two companions and I squatted in our blind, eyes glued to the sky....

Lessons Learned by a Beginner Waterfowler

By Michael Cravens Seven flocked-up mallards glided over our heads and out of sight behind us. My two companions and I squatted in our blind, eyes glued to the sky....

A Shift in the Wind

A Shift in the Wind

By Josh Mills I spend a great deal of time outdoors in places where I know I’ll find success. Having a steelhead crush a fly I tied the day before...

A Shift in the Wind

By Josh Mills I spend a great deal of time outdoors in places where I know I’ll find success. Having a steelhead crush a fly I tied the day before...