Essays and Stories
Chronic Wasting Disease in Humans
Here's what we know, and don't know, about CWD and human health.
Essays and Stories
Here's what we know, and don't know, about CWD and human health.
Essays and Stories
Cuisines, really most things, hinge on the perfect execution of something most of us think little about. In Mexican food, it is the tortilla.
Essays and Stories
Pigeons deserve our respect both as a game bird, and as table fare.
Salmon and Trout
I'll be working as a deckhand on a commercial salmon boat in Alaska next month. And guess what? You'll be able to buy sockeye, coho and pink I caught!
Essays and Stories
As a Western hunter, I am used to spot and stalk. But chasing the Coues deer of Arizona made me realize how much I still need to learn.
Essays and Stories
To many, duck hunting means mallard hunting. Not us. We don't see many mallards. So that's why we were willing to drive 12 hours to chase them.
Essays and Stories
Chasing steelhead is about much more than fillets on the grill. It is about taming lightning. It is about the pursuit of wildness within us.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
Hunting prairie chickens in South Dakota, one of their few remaining strongholds, makes you think about how important it is to conserve this iconic bird.
Essays and Stories
Ptarmigan hunting in the Lower 48 states is an exercise in mountaineering. So if you want to hunt them, you need to climb mountains.
Essays and Stories
Hauling commercial hand trolling gear on my friend's boat gave me a whiff of days past as a deckhand. Hard work felt good. So did catching fish.
Essays and Stories
I am not a fly fisherman. I don't like kayaks. I am scared of grizzly bears. But in search of trout, I bested all three of these fears and hangups.