Ernest Hemingway is, or was, a lot of things: writer, bon vivant, drinker, hunter, angler, probably a bully at times, world traveler and lover of good food and beverage. A couple of years ago Hemingway’s papers and such were released by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. These include items ranging from grocery […]
Okay all my deeranddeerhunting.com backstrap BloodBrothers, altogether now with spirit; Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear WhackMaster StrapAssassin1 Uncle Ted, happy birthday to me! By Ted Nugent Oh my but that sounded so sweet, almost romantic now didn’t it. Yes, it did. Thank you very much. And so it was […]
DDH Editor-in-Chief Dan Schmidt was in Kansas with Xtreme Hunts when he spied a fine buck limping along before it came into range. Schmidt has seen thousands of deer during his time in the woods, so he knew something wasn’t right about this old bruiser. Here’s Schmidt’s report: Great hunt at Xtreme Hunts in Kansas tonight. This […]
Joe Mosby, who began working at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission after the Arkansas Gazette closed in 1991, died over the weekend at age 85. He was born Oct. 5, 1930. Mosby was busy writing about the Arkansas outdoors for the agency even during his final days. He enjoyed nothing more than scouring the […]
More than 600,000 deer hunters embraced the excitement of another nine-day gun deer season in Wisconsin, and preliminary numbers show an increase in both deer registration numbers and license sales through the end of the nine-day season. With the end of another Wisconsin nine-day gun deer season, Gov. Scott Walker and Stepp have shared a […]
We love hearing stories about deer hunters but this one is pretty doggone cool by any stretch of the imagination. A few weeks ago we had a great video of Grandma Spencer shooting a buck (and gutting it!) in Ohio with her crossbow and grandson. And now we hear about Clyde Roberts in Virginia, who […]
We’re back for another great look at the Buck Pole Honor Roll for the 2015-16 season with your bucks and does from across the country! Each year we highlight your deer and the hunters who killed them with photos that will be updated all season long. These are from submissions on social media and via […]
Professional musician Jimmy Herman originally is from Wisconsin, where he grew up in a family that loved music and the outdoors. He, in turn, developed a great passion for both that continues today. Herman plays fiddle, guitar and mandolin in the band with superstar Carrie Underwood, and he’s also part of a new group in […]
Having lived in the Southeast all my life, I’ve heard tales for decades about mountain lions and the elusive “black panther” sighted here and there. Some of those stories or sightings are from reliable folks who I believe. I have no doubt that we in the Southeast have some mountain lions that have escaped from […]
What would you do if you were driving down the road minding your own business, maybe going to the grocery store or to get a triple frappe chocolatte drink at the DunkBucks, and saw a deer on a bicycle? Yep, it’s a deer on a bicycle being hauled to the processor by a guy in […]