“Tag: hunting stories”

Every young hunter should have a dog to lead him into the wild, but Barney did much more than that.

An elephant license and 50 miles along the Galana River to hunt Kenya’s famed elephant country were pretty special back in 1970.

The gobbler tactics divulged here might be unconventional, they might even be eccentric, but in theory they all work…well, they’re at least funny.

Some guns are meant to be passed from one shooter to another. Sometimes sooner than we'd like.

When I was young (how I regret that phrase), the old guys used to bore me with stories of how much better the hunting was, how much better the guns were, how much better—and simpler—cars and trucks were or even how much prettier the girls were when they were young. Now that I am among the old guys I am sometimes tempted to wax similarly. But was it really better 20, 30, 40 or even 50 years ago?

Hunts do not always go as planned, as a lifetime outdoors reveals a list of epic failures.

This fall promises to be the best hunting season of your life—but only if you properly prepare. Don't commit these common mistakes.

I needed a pair of waders. It was that simple. The water was so cold it made me feel like I had been digging in the ice-cold beer cooler at a weekend barbecue for more than five minutes with my feet (gross, I know, but follow me here), only I didn’t come away with a frothy beverage—just cold feet.