hunting

Following Our Father

Sarah Smith — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:54:45 -0500

by T. Edward Nickens

Walter DeSales Witt was in a good place: with his back against a hemlock, green boughs dropped with snow all around, like a half-opened umbrella.

The 30 Best Field & Stream Reader Photos of May 2011

Online Editors — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:45:32 -0400

Each month our readers send us hundreds of great photos of the fish they've caught, the game they've killed, the sights they've seen, and the unusual events they've witnessed while enjoying the great outdoors. And each month, our editor's look through all the entries to pick their favorites. These 30 shots are the ones we liked the most out of all the great images submitted to our Trophy Room in May. Check them out, then enter yours!

12 Great Father's Day Gifts for $50 - $100 or Less

Dave_Maccar — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:22:03 -0400

A Sweet 16-point PA Buck for a Sweet 16 Hunter

Dave_Maccar — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:41:32 -0500

Hanna Harris celebrated her Sweet 16 not too long ago. On opening day of the Pennsylvania buck season, just two weeks after her birthday, she appropriately tagged this monster 16-point whitetail on her first solo hunt. Steve Hill got the story on this sweet-16 buck, which could rank in the state’s top five as either a typical or nontypical, and on Hanna’s family of hunters.

Patience and Scouting Yields Giant Double Drop Tine Buck

Dave_Maccar — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:33:40 -0400

Maryland resident and bowhunter Luke Muldoon spent the spring and summer scouting a monster buck he first spotted last October. He watched as he grew a serious rack that developed double drop tines by opening day. Steve Hill talked with the hunter and learned how patience and a dedication to glassing landed Muldoon this elusive 180-class giant.

Build A Survival Fire With Condoms and Underwear

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:58:22 -0400

When my wife notices the small, square foil wrapper on my desk, she regards me with a coolly level gaze.

“I can explain,” I tell her. And I do, but she remains skeptical. After all, it’s not the kind of wrapper she’s used to seeing when I’m conducting research for this column. She becomes even more skeptical when I tell her I need it to start a fire.

The Rare Black Buffalo of Long Island

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:35:55 -0400

Wet And Wild Montana Moose

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:41:12 -0400

Wet and Wild Montana Moose

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:41:12 -0400

F&S Adventure: City Girl On African Safari

Joe_Cermele — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:01:10 -0400