By Dave Hurteau

In my first couple years with F&S, I edited a handful of articles by Bill Tapply. I didn’t know him as the literary force he was. The English professor and author of more than 40 books, including two dozen mystery novels, never let on to any of that in our few phone conversations. His writing was clean and tight—not much to discuss there. So we talked grouse hunting and flyfishing. I didn’t think anything of it. Having no clue of his stature, I saw no reason why he shouldn’t speak to a perfectly green editor as a friend and an equal.

By Dave Hurteau

From The New York Times:
When deer are scarce, ticks don’t necessarily become scarce, because they have alternative hosts. Indeed, several recent studies. . . in New York and New Jersey found no correlation between deer and ticks.

Second, ticks and Lyme disease are rare or absent in parts of the United States (the Southeast, most of the Midwest) where deer are abundant.

By Dave Hurteau

This summer the Tennessee legislature voted to allow handguns in state parks. They remain banned, however, at school events. So what happens when the local high school holds a cross-country meet in a state park?

By Dave Hurteau

From the Wisconsin Ag Connection:
July hasn't been a good month in parts of Wisconsin in terms of the number of hunting dogs being killed by wolves. The state's natural resources department has confirmed that three more dogs have been fatally attacked during the past week.