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EAB was bad enough in Wisconsin when it stood for Earn A Buck in the deer hunting season.  Now, it’s even worse; it also can mean Emerald Ash Borer. We had 17 nice white ash trees on our house [...]

I have several questions, a couple of identification guesses, and a real scene-of-the-crime mystery.

When estimating size and weight, black bears are the most misjudged big game animal in the woods. Bears simply look much bigger than they are, especially to hunters who have not seen several of [...]

The real thrill, the glamor and the mystique that make turkey hunting such a fascinating endeavor is calling. Translating the sounds into understandable terms, then imitating them with man-made [...]

Brown bears in Russia are big and aggressive. They have little hunting pressure, so they have little or no fear of man.

This may be the smallest shed whitetail antler ever found.

This young gobbler is safe as he can be, 10 feet from my house deck.   LOCATION...LOCATION...LOCATION!

This book is dedicated to the men and women who were brave enough to accompany me on my journeys to the far ends of Russia. It was their spirit of adventure and penchant for exploration that made [...]

In the early 1990s, the USSR wanted to boost its tourism industry. Hunters and fishermen usually aren’t at the head of a list of invitees anywhere, but in 1991 the Soviet Union, working with a [...]

We see them nearly every day, sometimes crossing our yard, sometimes practically knocking on our door.