Between A Skunk and a Hard Place
photo courtesy of Teri James This article was first published in the Fall 2024 issue of Life and Land magazine. … Continue reading Between A Skunk and a Hard Place
Tag: turkey hunting
Last Call
Here in Oklahoma, we listen to classic country. Country-and-western country. Three-chords-and-the-truth country. So do the birds we hunt. Continue reading Last Call
Hunter Education: Set Your Sights on Safety
The pressure I already felt was ratcheted up a notch by the fact that my dad worked for Oklahoma’s Department of Wildlife. Continue reading Hunter Education: Set Your Sights on Safety
It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird. Or Is It?
It was the last call he made that made me turn and run for the safety of civilization. Continue reading It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird. Or Is It?
Because Stories Are Meant To Be Shared
Because stories are meant to be shared. And hunts are meant to be celebrated. Continue reading Because Stories Are Meant To Be Shared
What’s in a Memory?
Like many hunters, I depend on the successes of spring to get me through summer. The memory of a dewy April morning often eases the misery of a scorching August afternoon. Continue reading What’s in a Memory?
Because Stories Are Meant To Be Shared: Andy Brazle
If I could cross the open ground in front of me without being spotted, I might still have a chance. If not, I would have wasted three hours of afternoon and three hundred feet of elevation. Continue reading Because Stories Are Meant To Be Shared: Andy Brazle
Mournful Echoes
I had just calmed my breathing and corralled my heart rate, convinced that my eyes were playing tricks on me, when the jake began to speak. Continue reading Mournful Echoes
Talking Turkey
I pulled the trigger on my twelve gauge when he was just seventeen yards away, partly because he was well within range but mostly because I was sick of listening to him. Continue reading Talking Turkey
The Bearing Tree
It’s every family man’s dilemma and perhaps the most interesting of ironies that we regularly neglect our families for work, but not for play – not for the time away and the experiences that could actually make us better husbands and fathers. Continue reading The Bearing Tree
Wright Outdoors 