One hunter wounded the deer. Another hunter killed it. Who gets the deer?
For some reason, the tradition of naming one’s favored firearm seems to have fallen out of fashion with today’s hunters. This wasn’t always the case.
The value of a deer hide ranged from a halfpenny per pound in 1831 up to about 30 cents per pound in the late 1870s. But what's its value today — not just the hide, but the venison too?
Mouth-calling ducks is a lost art, but a few hunters still practice it.
Finally, it was opening day of duck season. Every minute would hold special thrills.
Hunting mallards in flooded hardwoods might be the ultimate waterfowling experience.
It was just a wet spot in a harvested bean field, but it was the perfect place to kill a few ducks.