Essays and Stories
Boom Chachalaca!
Hunting chachalaca birds in Texas is not easy, but the rewards are sweet if you come home with America's jungle grouse.
Essays and Stories
A Life in the Garden
A healthy garden becomes a haven in an otherwise frenetic world. There is a certain satisfaction to growing what you eat, and eating what you grow.
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
The World in a Tortilla
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
In Defense of the Pigeon
Pigeons deserve our respect both as a game bird, and as table fare.
Salmon and Trout
Heeding the Siren Song of Salmon
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
Chasing the Gray Ghost
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
The Things We Do for Mallards
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 Lightning
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
Ghosts of Prairies Past
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
Climb Every Mountain
Ptarmigan hunting in the Lower 48 states is an exercise in mountaineering. So if you want to hunt them, you need to climb mountains.
