By John Martin
My 11-year-old daughter Erin had been a willing student in her Hunter Education class as a nine year old. She read the materials along with my grandfather and passed the test with a nearly perfect score. In her second season of hunting turkeys, I wanted to keep her enthusiasm for the sport high. The perfect opportunity arose when a fellow archer, Doug Moore, and his daughter, Katerina, of Talkeetna, Alaska came to stay with us for a few days of turkey hunting. A fellow girl to hunt with …
Ingredients:
2lb Venison Roast
3 Cloves of Garlic
1 Bottle Cajun Dry Rub
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
by Brent Miller
Every hunter has one: a go-to place that they and their hunting buddies know can produce a buck or two, year in and year out. My stompin’ground has been hunted by our family for decades and has been very kind to me over the years. It is an area in California’s B zones where I cut my teeth hunting blacktail deer with my rifle. It is a steep, rocky, brushy, and unforgiving place. Not too many hunters venture into this area for this very reason. Some blacktail deer …
by Ron Jarvis
A California elk has been on the top of my hit list for many years. Every year I put in for California’s big game drawing with fingers crossed, hoping to draw an elk tag. I have put in for just about every elk hunt California has to offer for as long as I can remember. This year I decided to try to draw a tag for one of the Roosevelt elk hunts. Unlike many other Californians, I wasn’t as concerned with what species of elk I drew. I …
by Mike Friend
I’m often asked why I still shoot a “stick bow”. With today’s modern equipment, why not take advantage of the speed and accuracy that today’s bows have to offer? The answer is simple…I love shooting traditional equipment. I have shot compound bows in the past and harvested many big game animals. My son still insists that I revert to a compound bow for carp shooting tournaments. I shot my first recurve in 1969 and have been addicted ever since. Having watched men such as Howard Hill and Fred …
