Outdoor Channel

Story : Posted 04-09-2014
40-Yard Dash for a Turkey

Spring turkey hunting in Missouri can be frustrating; sometimes the gobblers go quiet and other times they gobble their heads off -- hung up just out of range. This morning was the latter.
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Story : Posted 03-14-2014
Crocodile at Fifty Paces

“Do you want to shoot a croc?” With that simple, unexpected, whispered question from my professional hunter, this story begins...
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Story : Posted 03-05-2014
Rattlesnake at Three Steps

When the shooting slowed down on my side, I headed over to the other side of the ridge to see how Joe was doing. Hadn't gone far when right in front of me was a four foot rattlesnake laying directly across my path – about three steps away...
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Story : Posted 02-20-2014
The 8mm Nambu Project

George Spence was a locksmith at Blytheville AFB, Arkansas, when I arrived there – right out of basic training - in November of 1971. A few months later there was a Q&A, in one of the gun magazines, on where to get ammunition for a WWII Japanese pistol; and the answer was...
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Story : Posted 01-29-2014
Best Prairie Dog Shooting of My Life

"Just take the two-track to the right, under the power lines, and follow it till you get to The Reservoir; there are lots of prairie dogs there." Those were the words of the rancher, offering advice about the best prairie dog shooting on his ranch.
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Story : Posted 01-06-2014
Lunch in the African Bush

In the larger hunting concessions of Tanzania, it's pretty common to be 50 miles or more from base camp at lunchtime. The plan for the afternoon might be to continue on a particular dirt track or be someplace special near sunset.
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Story : Posted 01-04-2014
We Spent the Night in the Mountains

At 5:30 in the evening, the three rams abruptly filed down from the rim rock and began to graze on the high, rolling pasture. We had watched a band of nine rams the day before, but...
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Story : Posted 12-12-2013
My Favorite Shotgun for Pheasants

Guns have been an important part of my life, since I was old enough to shoot –guns to hunt with, guns to shoot, and also guns for collecting. Often I'm asked which gun is my favorite; but there's no simple answer to that question.
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Story : Posted 11-11-2013
My First Cape Buffalo

Your first cape buffalo will dance around in your mind for the rest of your life, not necessarily because of the size of the trophy, but rather because of the circumstances of the hunt - no matter how routine.
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Story : Posted 10-03-2013
Sara's First Buck

It was my job to present my 11-year-old with a deer that would stand still long enough for her to take a well-aimed shot.
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