You’re sitting in the tree. You have been set up since before daylight and your decoy is out. Within range, you have high hopes and you have confidence you have gotten in without leaving a scent trail, other than an attractant. Lets say you have a buck decoy out and have done all the work you can to [...]

I have been hunting over 20 years.  I have assisted many young and new hunters in taking their first whitetail, and probably just as many experienced hunters with another buck on their wall as well. Like everything else in this life of ours, things change. When I finally became a license carrying hunter, I was [...]

Pen hunting. What are your thoughts on this type of hunting? Before I started this column, I wasn’t really sure what category to put this under. But as I go along, I am sure you will see why I chose “How To”. There are many pros and cons we can all add to this subject [...]

October is just around the corner. For those of you who have this month earmarked for things that revolve around Halloween, I would plant another seed of opportunity. This month is a great one to get in the last hoorah of fishing before the weather turns cold. For the whole month, Destin, Florida has the [...]

I recently had the opportunity to fly down to Destin, Florida to film a shark video for Dave Langston, www.westernstatessportsman.com.  Going out on a charter boat is nothing new for me.  I’ve fished in the Atlantic for Tuna, and have taken more trips out into the Chesapeake Bay for Blues and Weakies, I can’t even [...]

Thinking about doing a product review on clothing was something I saw as a challenge at best, when I first thought about it. I then realized what clothing company I was talking about. Topwater Clothing Company. It was my thought of how this company can speak for itself to those who have ever worn anything made [...]

Cozy, quaint, secluded, comfortable. Only a drop in the bucket when you think of the setting at this historical plantaion hunting  area. Settled in the small town of Bainbridge, Georgia, Southern Legends Plantation is everything you have always imagined in a hunting opportunity. With plenty of wildlife to see, this property has Whitetail deer, Turkey [...]

Without a doubt we had a great time. But, did the SHOT show in Las Vegas really come through for the media and buyers? Did the celebrities sign autographs and treat the media and buyers with respect? Here is what I experienced…this is my SHOT Show experience.

Mid-November, I am familiar with this place. This time of year, the temperature is cooling, the air is dry and brisk. It always begins as a thick, leafy, abundant food source. A place where you need to be under the right tree, at the right time. They could be anywhere. And with the number of [...]

It’s the start of a new season. The air is still cool, the wind is calm the and water is slick. I have a family looking to have a good day. For all I know, they are on the first fishing trip of their lives. It is quite possible they have saved for years to [...]