Growing up throughout the farm fields and flat lands of Southeast Missouri, I could only dream of getting close and personal with the great mountain ranges of the western United States. I had never visited Colorado, or Montana, or Utah. However, during the summer of 1999, this was all about to change. READ MORE>>>

If you have very much experience with hunting, then you have walked in the dark. Whether you are going to your favorite duck blind or to that tree stand back on the hill, you have walked in darkness. I vividly remember the first time I took my son, Jordan, hunting. He was eight years old. READ MORE...

Every hunter and every fisherman goes through a dry spell now and then. The deer movement is minimal. The fish aren't biting. The turkeys aren't gobbling. No matter how well one prepares, there just isn't anything that seems to work. The hottest doe scent can't do the trick. The perfect stand location sticks out like a hunter orange jacket in a pile of dead leaves. The good ole "honey hole", where both dad and grandpa used to find deer every year, just isn't as sweet as in days gone by. We've all experienced these long days without much activity. And might I say, "They are long days." READ MORE...