“They’re treed! Let’s go, let’s go, lets go!” Urged my dad taking off at a fast trot. I did my best to follow. My six-year old legs were...

“Got forced into it! Colorado officials in their infinite wisdom decided to shut down their spring black bear season. At the same time,...

He was there, then gone like an afterthought in a bad situation. I had looked away merely for a heartbeat to glance at the crunching...

It’s HOT where I live in Texas about an hour west-northwest of Houston. Daytime temperatures and humidity levels are essentially the same...

It was February 1984. Judd Cooney, former Colorado Game Warden, outdoor writer, outfitter, photographer extraordinaire, and I were headed...

I freely and openly state, hunting black bear is one of my passions. Over the years, starting in 1978 I have pursued their kind from the...

A pair of red-tailed hawks circled overhead hoping to spot the distressed cottontail. Incoming crows increased their cawing as they drew...

“You’ve got to see the bear that just showed up on one of our trail cameras.” Said Dusty Vickrey, manager on the expansive Choctaw...

“Gracious Bob, what happened to you?” I asked as Bob Foulkrod limped his way toward me. “Come with me, I’m going to go buy either a...

The 3-inch in diameter rock just to the left of the 100-yard target exploded. “You missed the entire backstop!” blurted my appointed bear...

“Drats!” I will not be hunting spring black bear this year as has been the case during the past few years. That makes me a bit sad. I...

“I’m looking for a place to hunt. Can you help me?” I looked up from signing and doing a drawing in one of my DEER ADDICTIONS books at...

“You are one and a half inches high at a hundred.” Said David Cotton who was spotting my shots. It was where I expected Mossberg Patriot...

With the closing of deer and other big game species seasons, it’s time to switch to winter time pursuits. Where I live in Texas that...

During my most recent mid-January hunt on the property I concentrated my hunting efforts on the property’s lowlands.  That’s where most...

“Have you ever hunted with a bow or a crossbow?” asked the seminar attendee toward the back of the room.  Before I could respond he...

“Dos hembras, a la izquierda del pino mas alto, juto debajao de la cresta, en linea recta!” whispered my guide, Zurdo.  I had seen them...

I live in Texas where thankfully we have a State program known as the “Managed Land Deer Permit” (MLDP) which allows those who hunt...

If any of you can remember the turn of the 21st century, you will recall States such as Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and a couple of others...

“I tried rattling for whitetails a few years ago…no response!” said Erkki Vahakallio when I dragged out a couple of shed fallow deer...