In August of 2012 I received a call from a man in California. He asked, “Can you make me a pen from a Warthog tusk?” I told him I had never made one but I was willing to try. He explained that he had been on an African Safari in 2011 and had harvested a […]
I’m a city boy from Wichita, KS. While I was an avid reader of outdoor magazines, I was primarily a bass fisherman. I had my first opportunity to deer hunt in 1986. I borrowed a rifle and set off for the woods, owned by a friend who was a farmer. I was so enamored with […]
Deer have an amazing sense of smell. If you don’t believe that, just take a look at your local sporting goods store at all of the products designed to keep you from smelling bad. When I first started deer hunting, frankly, all of that was a little hard for me to believe until one evening […]
December 7th, 1987 my son Mike and I were hunting in SE Kansas near Longton on a 1,200 acre farm. We decided to set up on the edge of a large winter wheat field and see what happend. While we were sitting there we heard a shot to the north of us. A couple of miinutes later […]