If the decline in hunters is to be reversed, getting more women, and younger, racially diverse folks involved is essential

Mountain quail are the one quail species of the six native to the United States that I have yet to successfully hunt

I think Doll is due an apprentice while she’s still spry enough to teach

There were plenty of important outdoor news stories in Montana during 2018

There appears to be plenty in the bill that will benefit hunters and anglers

For a day at least, I was the man with the golden shotgun

Perched atop one of the posts about 10 feet away was a rather nervous opossum, still eyeing Doll in the distance

Lab-produced fish hints at a guilt-free replacement for wild bluefin in sushi joints, but that’s certainly an illusion

Today’s domestic supermarket bird is vastly different from the wild Merriam’s turkey that wanders the Rocky Mountains

A plucked bird browns to a nice mahogany and the skin shields the meat beneath from the harsh heat of the oven

The evidence is overwhelming: catch-and-release fishing, as a conservation tool, works

There are plenty of nice drinks to celebrate a day afield, but beer just happens to be my favorite

It was a good day

Roaming grizzly bears is the new normal

The “sport” in hunting isn’t about a ball game, it’s about being a conservationist