By David Draper

I apologize for the gross photo.

But there’s a reason for this graphic image: I wanted to show you what a broadhead wound looks like on an unrecovered turkey—or, what I assume is a broadhead wound. That’s my best guess as to what happened to this turkey, which I happened to kill with my shotgun last week at a turkey camp with Hidden Valley Outfitters here in Nebraska. The crazy weather patterns we’ve been having made the birds difficult to say the least, so we resorted to guerilla tactics and ambushed this tom on the last afternoon of the hunt. Though I didn’t get a good look at him before taking the shot, he seemed to be doing fine and was feeding with a group of hens and other toms. [ Read Full Post ]

By Jeff Hull

This lion hound, named Sadie, was killed by wolves on a hunt near Libby, Montana on February 2. Left: Owner, Ryker Hittle, and his father, Todd, with Sadie and her last bobcat before the wolf attack. Photos courtesy of Phil Soucy.

On the morning of February 23, Hamilton, Montana, outfitter Tom Henderson and Dan Morris, one of his guides, were trudging north and downslope through a glade of ponderosa pines and Douglas fir trees. About 100 yards ahead of them they saw Morris’s bluetick hound Sadie baying up a tree. 

“At that point, it looked like we were going to kill a big tom lion,” Henderson said. 

Henderson and Morris walked down toward the treed lion. When they’d closed about half the distance, they saw seven wolves—five black and two grey—rush the tree from the west. Sadie was so intent on the treed cougar that she never noticed the wolves until one charged in, grabbed her by the neck and shook her for about five seconds. [ Read Full Post ]

By CJ Lotz

Car accidents involving animals are on the rise in Europe, and one study has broken down the most common factors of 6,255 accidents.

Wild boar are the cause of 63 percent of animal-car accidents, and roe deer are part of 37 percent of accidents. [ Read Full Post ]

By David E. Petzal

I’m old; I’m helpless; I’m feeble
And the days of my youth have gone by
It’s over the hill to the poorhouse
I must wander alone there to die
—19th century song sung by Flatt and Scruggs, which I find myself humming a lot these days.

But that’s not important now. Recently I’ve found myself writing about a lot of old (early 20th century) cartridges, and reflecting on the fact that most of them are anything but feeble. [ Read Full Post ]

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"Giant Iowa 8 Pointer"

Photo submitted by triplebeam1978

User Description: On January 5th 2013 during Iowa's muzzleloader season I was driving by my hunting spot after my morning hunt & seen a giant 8 point buck cross a corn field & bed in a small parcel of timber,so that evening I set up on that same cornfield he crossed in th am.Like a dream come true at 4:00 he came out and headed my way after about 15 minutes he stopped & I shot him.He grosses in the low 160's [ Read Full Post ]

By David Draper

This week’s Food Fight Friday features a couple of interesting reader submitted photos. It’s not often we get either crab or band-tailed pigeon on the Wild Chef blog, so I’m pretty excited to feature each here this week. I’m not sure there’s a clear winner here, so I’m going to stare at each picture a bit longer to work up an appetite. I suggest you do the same, then vote for whichever really gets you salivating. [ Read Full Post ]