HUNTING STORIES

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GUNS FOR THE COUP DE GRÂCE ON GAME
August 11, 2023

OPENING DAY FOR VIRGINIA DOVES
-September 3, 2022

HUNTING SPOTS AND MEMORIES
-May 29, 2022

REFLECTIONS ON A LIFETIME OF ELK HUNTING
By Bill Ruediger
-May 1, 2022

AN OBJECT LESSON IN THE CONSEQUENCES OF CARELESS GUN HANDLING
-March 20, 2022

PRINCIPLES OF THERMOREGULATION
-August 29, 2021

THE CASE AGAINST TREESTANDS
August 4, 2021

A TWELVE-STEP PROGRAM FOR RECOVERING VEGETARIANS
-February 19, 2021

AGING OUT
-January 26, 2021

YOU'RE BEING "PLAYED": HOW ADVERTISING TRICKS OUTDOORSMEN
-July 25, 2020

MUZZLE LOADERS FOR SMALL GAME
-September 16, 2019

TALES FROM CECIL'S HILL
-August 26, 2019

A DISQUISITION ON THE MECHANISM OF KILLING
-August 23, 2019

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HUNTER
A needlessly long and admittedly narcissistic account of my
path to becoming a successful hunter
-January 8, 2019

GOOD OLD PRINCE: A BEAGLE'S NOSE SAVES THE DAY
-December 3, 2017

HUNTING WITH A FLINTLOCK RIFLE
-February 19, 2017

HOW MUCH IS HUNTING WORTH TO THE ECONOMY? 
A graphic from the National Shooting Sports Foundation

HOW MUCH IS TROPHY HUNTING WORTH TO AFRICA?
-August 5, 2015

LICENSED TO LICENSE TO KILL: ISSUING CULL PERMITS
-June 28, 2015

THE "ALL AROUND GUN"
April 14, 2015

KEEP BAITING ILLEGAL!
-March 5, 2015

PIGS IN THE RAIN
-January 7, 2015

WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER SHOOT AN OSTRICH
-November 26, 2014

TIME TO OUTLAW DEER FARMING
-August 22, 2014

EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK: SPOTLIGHTING DEER
-February 25, 2014

BIG & SLOW OR SMALL & FAST? MORE ON MEAT DAMAGE
-October 25, 2013

A DRILLING IN NAMIBIA
-August 29, 2013

THE FIRST ELEPHANT: A TALE OF AN AFRICAN HUNT

DISMANTLING AN ELEPHANT: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE KILL 
(WARNING!! Contains many very grisly images, use caution!)

A ZEBRA HUNT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NAMIBIA
-August 20, 2012

THE MUSEE DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA NATURE IN PARIS
-June 28, 2012
(Opens as a PDF in a separate window)

A PRESERVE GAMEBIRD SHOOT
-January 26, 2012

NAMIBIAN ELAND HUNT
-September 10, 2011

A SAD STORY FOR OUR TIMES
March 6, 2010

RANGE REPORT: BENJAMIN'S .25 CALIBER MARAUDER AIR RIFLE
-October 6, 2010

THE BLACK POWDER WARTHOG: A TALE OF AN AFRICAN HUNT
-September 29, 2010

A DOVE HUNT IN ARGENTINA
-March 14, 2010

A FERAL HOG SHOOT IN TENNESSEE
-February 5, 2010

ON HUNTER EDUCATION
-March 31, 2009

ARE SHOTGUNS SAFER THAN RIFLES IN HUNTING?
A report by the Pennsylvania Game Commission

WHO NEEDS CONICALS? A TREATISE ON THE PATCHED ROUND BALL
-January 18, 2008

A DAMNED EXPENSIVE WAY TO KILL A DEER
-December 14, 2007

FIRST SHOT OUT OF THE BOX
-December 3, 2007

THE TURKEY-FEATHER DOE
-November 26, 2007

VIRGINIA SMALL GAME HUNTING WITH A YOUNG "KIWI"
-December 15, 2006

A KUDU FOR FREE
-December 14, 2006

GAMEBIRDS: HIT OR MISS?
-March 28 2006

A DOE IN THE SNOW
-December 22 2005

JOSH GETS HIS DEER
-December 28, 2005

TESSA'S FIRST KILL
-January 2, 2006

THE .54 CALIBER FOX SQUIRREL
-January 3, 2006

THE CURIOUS ADVENTURE OF THE TWO WILDEBEEST

OUCH! THAT HURTS ! PAIN PERCEPTION IN ANIMALS

THE SLOB